Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

That is on the basis that there is a legal contract in place. If an employer provides an employee with a contract of employment, there is a rate for the job inherent in that contract. We are providing for a situation in which no legal contract is provided and to allow in respect of an employee who has no legal contract and is exploited for him or her to be compensated on the basis of the national minimum wage or as provided by statute.