Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I believe members are asking because a lack of sick pay would incentivise workers to take paracetamol given they are on low pay and, if they are not entitled to sick pay, desperate to get to work. It was suggested in a previous session that workers may take paracetamol to lower their temperature because they are in such a precarious position that they feel they have no alternative but to do so if they are to earn money, which is why they migrated to Ireland in the first place. That is the reason I asked the question.