Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Employees can see that and they do not need to the Minister to point them in that direction. They see that their bosses are getting the subsidy and their wages have been reduced by 30% while their hours remain the same.

The Minister said he will ask employers to make their best efforts. Good luck with that because many of them do not seem to be making an effort. This is not a significant problem, but I am interested in hearing from the Minister if he has a view on whether this should be tackled.

Sinn Féin proposed the implementation of an income support scheme back in March but that was not the route the Minister went down. Of course, we supported the emergency measures. We recognised the need for those, but now that these have been implemented there is surely a case to be made for them to be monitored. Employees are logging on and can see that their employer is getting a subsidy. They note also that they are working 100% of their hours for 70% of their wages. Does the Minister have a view about that practice and what he might be able to do about it?

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