Dáil debates

Tuesday, 18 December 2018

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation

 

3:40 pm

Photo of John BradyJohn Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The CSO survey on income and living conditions 2017 was published yesterday. It shows that 109,000 people with jobs, the very people who get up early in the morning and go to work, are living in poverty. They are the working poor and the numbers are alarmingly on the increase. There are over 4,000 more people in employment at risk of poverty than 12 months ago. The Taoiseach has often said that the best route out of poverty is to find a job but that is not true. Having a job does not guarantee a route out of poverty. We need the introduction of a living wage for working people to ensure that those in work are not living in poverty. When will the Taoiseach commit to introducing a living wage?

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