Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will be very brief and I appreciate the Minister of State's answer. On the issue of how his Department has ensured that work pays through fair pay and conditions for workers, my concern is that as workers do not have a statutory right to collective bargaining in this State, unlike most of Europe, they are at a distinct disadvantage. Workers in many sectors have no means of getting a pay rise. It is a reality that many workers have not had a meaningful pay rise in over a decade.