The updated Living Wage for the Republic of Ireland has been set by the Living Wage Technical Group , and it is now an increased €12.30 per hour.
The change to the rate is determined by the fluctuation of living costs and taxation, with this year's increase being largely put down to the housing crisis. It found that in Dublin, weekly housing costs for a living wage worker increased by €21.80, while they increased by an average of €9.27 per week across the rest of the country.
LWTG have said that if rent had increased at the same pace as other living costs, the Living Wage in 2019 would be lower than the 2014 rate, which was €11.45 an hour. It claims that, housing aside, there has been very little change in the overall cost of the minimum needs of a full-time worker in the last year.