Cost of Living Issues
Dail Éireann — 2022-09-15
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Louise O'Reilly (SF), Dublin Fingal

The Tánaiste referenced in his remarks the public sector pay deal and the increase in the minimum wage. There is a cohort of workers not covered by either of these who are being creased by inflation. They desperately need a pay rise. The Minister and I both know, whether we say it publicly or not, that the best way for a worker to achieve a pay rise is not to wait around for the Government to grant it but to join a trade union, get active in that trade union and bargain at local level. In this regard I ask the Tánaiste for an update on the transposition of the directive on collective bargaining. When can we see legislation for the right to collective bargaining before the House?

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Sitting date: 2022-09-15