Kathryn Reilly (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 2:

In page 4, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following:"(a) has due regard to Ireland's human rights obligations to guarantee the right to just and favourable remuneration,".

Ireland has obligations under the ILO convention and international human rights law to ensure workers are offered decent pay and conditions. As we are aware, low pay rates are not good for workers, the economy, the State or wider society. It results in huge costs being placed on the State in terms of social transfers, including family income supplement, and delays in economic recovery. The growth in the numbers of the working poor has a detrimental effect on families, children in particular, and entire communities. The amendment is straightforward and seeks to ensure we have regard to our international human rights obligations.