Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

I stand with the meat factory worker. I stand with the contract cleaner who felt she had to go to work in a nappy even though she is on a low income. Yes, I think she should be entitled to sick pay and, yes, I think those who have it should pay for it. Does Mr. McDonnell accept that if employer's PRSI were increased by 2%, which would still leave it substantially lower than the EU average, that would raise close to €1.5 billion, which would be more than enough money to take the example of the public sector sick pay scheme and expand it across the entire economy.