Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire as ucht a chur i láthair. We have heard the Minister state a number of times that he is seeking to take politics out of the setting of the low pay commission. Given that poverty, inequality and low wages are currently entrenched in the economy, many would say that the Labour Party has been successful in taking politics out of its time in government. Politics must be at the heart of these decisions. One goes to the people, tells them what one will do and then one delivers. That is the political way. The problem is that this is not a low pay commission, but a minimum wage commission. It is not looking at low pay in its entirety. The Minister said that he has asked it exclusively to examine the minimum wage-----