Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein)

We welcome the restoration of the minimum wage, which was Sinn Féin's policy. However, the people who will be caught in the net are those who will also be subject to JLC reviews. On Senator Paul Bradford's point on employers, Sinn Féin would also like to support them, but we must at all times be cognisant of the rights of employees. Contrary to the Senator's experience, we are aware of people who are being manipulated by and subject to less than scrupulous employers. In some cases,employers are reducing the working hours of employees in respect of whom the minimum wage must be reintroduced.