Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

As usual, the Deputy's feet are on the ground and she is engaged with the communities across her county. She raised a fair point in terms of cost-of-living issues for service providers, such as BEAM Services and the Cairdeas and Delta centres. In the context of a cost-of-living approach by the Government, we will examine what we can do for the sector.

We are aware of the issue of pay disparity.

There was a resolution of that some years back, or at least a partial resolution. Some of the bigger organisations like SIPTU had arrived at agreements with the Government but there are still obviously concerns in regard to the disparity between smaller organisations.

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