Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to refer to a matter Mr. Ó Muilleoir mentioned earlier. I commend him on his comments on workers' rights, in particular, and the work he is doing on a living wage. While I share some of the concerns of our colleague, Deputy Bríd Smith, about the EU, I would acknowledge that a great deal of workers' rights are underpinned by EU legislation, rights such as annual leave, rest breaks, parental leave and the rights of agency workers, part-time and temporary workers. I would like to get Mr. Ó Muilleoir's view on this matter because it seems the Tory Government's agenda is that there will be a rush to the bottom in terms of rights and wages. That will have implications for our people in the North and, by extension, for people down here because a competition issue will be playing out. I want to understand Mr. Ó Muilleoir's concerns about workers' rights and the potential serious downsides Brexit suggests in regard to those issues.