Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

It is exactly what is going on here. We are speaking about rising levels of wages in a situation where the cost of accommodation has gone out of control. What is the real actual money workers have? What is the average rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Dublin these days? Is it €1,600? How many workers only earn this a month? These are serious issues and we are asking that the Low Pay Commission must have them stitched into it.

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