Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Dail Éireann — 2024-05-16
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Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (LAB), Dublin Bay North

I do not know what question the Tánaiste was answering but he was not answering mine. In the Fine Gael video, they did not have the courage to say "sick pay" out loud. The Tánaiste did not say it out loud either in his answer to me. If he and I are too sick to come to work, we get paid anyway, but low-paid workers in insecure, low-paid jobs, who are predominantly young people, migrants and women, are unlikely to get paid if sick. Why should these vulnerable workers have that right paused?

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Sitting date: 2024-05-16