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

It seems to me that many of the arguments Mr. McDonnell makes, in responding to Deputy Stanton, are about experience. The point has been made repeatedly that I could lose my seat in the next general election, walk into a petrol station, look for a job, not be particularly good at it for the first couple of weeks and need training, but I would not legally be allowed to be paid less than the minimum wage as a result of age. We previously had trainee rates that were abolished in 2018 after a 2017 report of the Low Pay Commission. I presume ISME argued against the abolition of those trainee rates, but they are gone now and this is not a substitute for that. This is purely based on age. This is not about experience. Does Mr. McDonnell accept that?