Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 3 March 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Low Pay and the Living Wage: Discussion (Resumed)

1:35 pm

Mr. John King:

I respect that and do not want to over-indulge on anybody else's time. However, I want to reiterate the point the Senator has just made. Everything we have put before the committee today is on the public record. There is nothing new or anything that we believe is in any way dangerous, but I will be guided by the Chairman. Everything is on the public record. If I may, I will finish the substantive point in respect of what we have to do. It is a fact that we have to ballot our members. It is a fact that the decision will be known next Friday and it is a fact that it is highly undesirable that we had to go to that length to have a major retailer come to the table and discuss legitimate issues of concern with us. They are all matters of public record and fact.