Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 July 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Sub-Minimum Rates of the National Mininimum Wage: Discussion

9:30 am

Photo of Paul GavanPaul Gavan (Sinn Fein)
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What about the evidence with regard to a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work? ISME references people “who lack the skills and experience of older work colleagues.” I know first-hand of young people who work in the hospitality business. I am thinking of my son just a couple of years ago. His job was to serve the sausages and rashers each morning. He stood there and literally had to put them on the plate. Is Ms McCabe seriously suggesting that he should be paid lower a lower rate of pay than a colleague doing the same job?