Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 12 June 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
European Union-Related Matters: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
2:30 pm
Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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I am not in favour of us asking other countries to reduce their minimum wage, to privatise their public services, to introduce water charges and so on. I am not supportive of the idea that just because we got beaten on some of those issues, but not on them all, we should be seeking to be a part of that and would use our experience to expedite a race to the bottom in terms of economic policies.