Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)

I am sure the Minister is probably aware that one third of domestic workers in Ireland earn less than the minimum wage at present. It is reckoned that 40% of them have no contracts. Unfortunately, many of the domestic workers in Ireland are migrant workers and their immigration status is very often used against them. Domestic workers do not have the rights of ordinary workers at present. With a view to being fair, their rights are worth campaigning for. The Government should be pushing very strongly in this regard.

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