Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

If one is providing for a penalty for not providing a payslip, one cannot infer that there is another much greater offence occurring, which is essentially what the Deputy is saying. He is saying that if we catch someone for failing to issue a payslip, he or she is guilty of something much more grave. I do not think we can make such an assumption. We would have to produce the evidence to show that the employer was guilty of the bigger crime, namely, the non-payment of the minimum wage.

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