Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)

Currently, 200,000 people in this State are working for wages of approximately €18,000 per annum and have been doing so for the past six months without a legislative floor to prevent downward pressure on their wages and the rates. We have been promised replacement legislation for the joint labour committees for the past number of months. Given that the passage of my legislation through the committee process has slowed on the promise of this new legislation, will the Tánaiste tell us when it will be published?

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