Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

"Iris Oifigiúil" of 16th October, 2015.

I, GERALD NASH, Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection (1) of section 10D (inserted by section 8 of the National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Act 2015 (No. 22 of 2015)) of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 (No. 5 of 2000) (as adapted by the Enterprise, Trade and Innovation (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 245 of 2011 )) and the Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (Delegation of Ministerial Functions) Order 2015 ( S.I. No. 426 of 2015 ), having received on 17 July 2015, a recommendation made by the Low Pay Commission under subsection (1) of section 10C (inserted by section 7 of the National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Act 2015 ) of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 , having considered the report and having had regard to section 10C of the National Minimum Wage Act 2000 , hereby order as follows:

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the National Minimum Wage Order 2015.

(2) This Order comes into operation on 1 January 2016.

2. It is hereby declared that the national minimum hourly rate of pay for the purposes of the National Minimum Wage Acts 2000 and 2015 shall be €9.15.

GIVEN under my hand,

13 October 2015.

GERALD NASH,

Minister of State at the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

This Order sets the national minimum hourly rate of pay from 1 January 2016 at €9.15.