Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That does not make it right. I refer to the recovery of that money for some of the lowest paid workers in this State. When we consider the WRC is operating with approximately half the inspectors it should be, the commission is certainly not by a long shot getting into every factory or place that Mr. Healy represents but every time its staff get in and conduct an inspection we see that there are high levels of non-compliance within the sector.

It is not a case of the WRC being in every factory because of course it cannot be, but I am referring to situations where it is there. I find it quite disturbing that Mr. Healy has come in here to defend that because those figures are quite shocking. The fact that 48% were found to be non-compliant is not a great advert for Mr. Healy's industry. We completely understand that it is a labour-intensive industry but it does not have to be a byword for precarious work, low pay and for figures like-----