Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Many Senators are proud to be trade union members.

The Restaurants Association of Ireland gains hundreds of millions of euro in subsidies each year, while it refuses to engage with the Workplace Relations Commission and the joint labour committee, JLC, system, re-established by the previous Fine Gael Government. It is an organisation, along with the Irish Hotels Federation, which has effectively casualised employment the whole industry. It is not possible to have a career in the hotel industry anymore, unless one is a manager, because one will only get a casual contract. This applies across all of the best hotels.