Frances Black (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 5:

In page 11, after line 34, to insert the following:

“Report on adequacy of social protection payments and Minimum Essential Standard of Living (MESL) 21. The Minister shall, within six months of the passing of this Act, prepare and lay before both Houses of the Oireachtas and the Joint Committee on Social Protection a report on options for increasing and benchmarking all social protection rates in line with the Minimum Essential Standard of Living (MESL), including an analysis of options to fund such a measure through increased employer contributions to the Social Insurance Fund, and analysis of the impact of such a measure on poverty rates and inequality.”.