Seanad debates
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (No. 2) Bill 2010: Committee and Remaining Stages
4:00 pm
Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)
We are talking about people. In the Minister of State's matrix, this is about a cold computer printout of analysis of a budgetary figure. He is not trying to keep people in jobs. When account is also taken of the people who have emigrated, the position has become a great deal worse. If we are serious about incentivising work, the minimum wage should not be cut.
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