Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE)
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So it did not. I will finish on this question. This is an urgent issue, not just because of the workers but because of the issue of the adequate minimum wages directive. What further follow-up work is being done on that in the context of assessing whether this can legally stand up and count as proportionate? I accept that, in principle, one can have exceptions and carve-outs, but the Low Pay Commission said explicitly, first, that it was unable to identify the specific legitimate aim based on age alone and, second, when justifications were considered, that none were identified that had a sufficient evidentiary base to justify retaining sub-minimum wage rates. Is there any more work happening on that?