Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 17 September 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Impact of Recession on Low-Paid Workers: Discussion with Mandate
3:05 pm
Mr. Gerry Light:
A temporary reduction. I think so. We should apply that level of thinking to many issues before us. No more than around this issue, what we should be doing is assessing the situation as we find it to give ourselves the opportunity, hopefully, sooner rather than later, as we work our way out of this recession, to question whether it is still appropriate to retain that measure, whether we should build on it or go back to where we came from. I have no wish to fool anyone about this. Given the stark circumstances that present to precarious workers as we sit here today I believe we will be building on what we have as opposed to moving back on a temporary basis. What we need is permanent meaningful movement in respect of a whole swathe of different areas that affect the daily lives of precarious workers and their families.
No comments