Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Socialist Party) | Oireachtas source

How long will this investigation take? The strike has been going on for almost four and a half months. The JJ Rhatigan company is not a minor company. It won about half of all the school building projects awarded in the previous phase. It is one of the top 100 companies in Ireland and one of the top builders in the country. We have evidence to suggest that workers on that site are being paid €5 an hour and they have been on strike for four and a half months. Is a Labour Party Minister going to stand over that situation? Is it not her responsibility to ensure that where State contracts are involved, at the very minimum the minimum wage legislation is enforced?

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