Bríd Smith (Dublin South Central, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

In his discussion with the social partners, did the Taoiseach discuss the employment regulation order for the security industry which is being held up because of a court challenge by a number of big security companies? This is pretty pathetic especially since the Government recently made arrangements to lift the pay limits on very-well paid bankers but security workers who are paid the minimum wage and are entitled to a pay increase and improvement in their terms and conditions are being held back for the last year because of this court challenge. Will the Government intervene? Will it show that it supports the workers in this court challenge and not allow them to be held back the way they are? We can intervene on bankers pay. We should intervene for this group of front-line workers who are very low paid and very badly treated.

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