Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein)
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It is worth repeating that 35.2% of the workforce earn €400 or less per week. For the benefit of my colleague, Senator Reilly, I wish to repeat that we had been led to believe that this was a relatively small-scale problem. That was never my experience as a trade union official. Based on what we have heard from our colleagues, this affects a range of sectors. It is the model for the hospitality sector which, as the witnesses rightly pointed out, receives a subsidy of €650 million a year while refusing to engage with industrial relations bodies. It is also extremely widespread across private health care, from what Mr. Bell has said. I believe it is rampant across retail. Am I missing out on any sectors such as education?