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

Low pay and underemployment are entrenched in the economy. Currently 50% of workers are earning less than €25,000 a year. Internationally Ireland is becoming an outlier with regard to the level of low pay. At the heart of this is the imbalance between the relationship of the employer and employee. For a long time the Government has promised to rebalance this and has promised legislation on collective bargaining. This should be a red-hot topic and one would think it would be front-ended in the process of the Dáil, but we are seeing the Government drag its heels on it. Do we have a date for it?

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