Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

On Sunday, I joined workers protesting outside Liffey Valley Shopping Centre. They have been protesting over the last few weeks about the implementation of parking charges for them.

The cost will amount to at least €600 annually for many of the workers, which they will have to pay just to come to their place of work. If they cannot find a space in the limited staff car park and have to use the customer car park, this could rise to more than €2,000. Effectively, this a pay cut for these workers. They are 100% right to campaign and fight against it. Liffey Valley should be forced to offer free parking for its staff, as it has up until now. If it wants to encourage workers to take public transport, it should be covering public travel passes. Does the Taoiseach agree that it is disgusting that Hines, the real estate investment trust that owns Liffey Valley and that has more than €3.7 billion worth of assets in management in Ireland, is trying to squeeze even more profit out of these workers?

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