Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Today is 1 May, International Workers' Day. I presume the Taoiseach is wearing his red socks in recognition of it. Workers today are still struggling to get decent pay and conditions. A recent report by Think-tank for Action on Social Change, TASC, shows increasing growth in precarious employment. Precarious employment does not just condemn workers to low pay, which now affects one in four workers according to the criteria of the OECD. Precarious work also affects access to health services, housing and other services. When will the Government's Employment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill, even though the union Mandate says it contains shortcomings, be presented to the Dáil?

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