PublicPolicy.ie
Vincent Jennings: Chief Executive Officer, Convenience Stores and Newsagents Association
Patricia King: Vice President, SIPTU, incoming General Secretary of ICTU
Gerry Light: Assistant General Secretary, Mandate Trade Union
Caroline McEnery: Director, HR Suite; HR & Business Solutions
Edel McGinley: Director, Migrant Rights Centre Ireland
Mary Mosse: Lecturer in Economics, Programme Director for Postgraduate Research, WIT Business School
Tom Noonan: Chief Executive, The Maxol Group, President of IBEC (2008-2010)
Prof Donal O'Neill: Dept. of Economics, NUI, Maynooth

The Commissioners will examine a range of issues in considering the appropriate rate of the National Minimum Wage, including:

• the changes in earnings since the minimum wage was last increased in 2011
• the unemployment and employment rates generally
• the expected impact of a change to the minimum wage on employment, the cost of living and national competitiveness
• changes in income distribution and
• currency exchange rates

The current rate of the National Minimum Wage is €8.65. It has remained at that rate since 2007, except for a period in 2011 when it was cut by €1 by the previous Government. The current Government reversed that cut in July 2011