Finian McGrath (Dublin North Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

It is the same issue but I may have to disagree with our two visitors because I have concerns about the research. I hope it is well-researched, as we say at the Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, because I get a lot of people in their 50s coming to my constituency office who say they find it very difficult to get a job as some of the companies they go to say they can get a young man or woman in their 20s for half the price, from a salary point of view. The over-55s are telling me this. That seems to contradict what the witnesses are saying about their research. A private company, in IT, human resources or some other sector, can get a young person in their mid-20s or 30s for half the salary of this older person. It is an issue.