Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

As the Minister of State knows, the workers at the Kishoge Community College site have effectively been locked out of their place of employment because a subcontractor has demanded that they register as self-employed and accept excessively low rates of pay. Some of the rates we have heard of are less than €5 per hour or €20 per day. To be blunt, the Government's response so far has been overly bureaucratic. Indeed, I would argue that the Government has washed its hands of this issue. For months now, men with families have been outside their place of work doing their damnedest to draw attention to what is going on, but the Government is doing nothing about this issue. The citizens of this country who are purchasing this site and having the building done on their behalf through the State need to know that the work is being done in a way that respects common decency. They need to be assured that the law will ensure that these individuals get a proper day's pay for a day's work.

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