Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We are talking about workers' rights. We can see that the concern is shared right across this committee. Why do both of the organisations refuse to engage with trade unions? Why do they both refuse to engage specifically with the JLC, which could set up a sectoral employment order to put a floor of decency under the sector to ensure that tips are given over to staff and there is a decent floor for wages? It is hugely frustrating that most of the decent people who work in this sector do not have a right to be represented by their unions.