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Seanad
‹ An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

Health workers and minimum wage debate

Summary

Senator Gavan raises delayed payments owed to 7,000 health workers and attacks Fianna Fáil’s role in low-pay policy, leading to interruptions and procedural warnings. He concludes by calling for debate and saying the confidence-and-supply arrangement should end.

What are we to do about Brexit? Are we to do what the Senator's colleagues did up in the North?

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I wish to make a further comment.

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Paul Coghlan An Leas-Chathaoirleach Fine Gael

Did Senator Murnane O'Connor not hear what I read out earlier? She was absent. Now be quiet. Allow Senator Gavan to continue without interruption.

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I was amused by the Senator's comments about how her party always looks after the working people. I still remember when the minimum wage was cut by Fianna Fáil. The lowest paid workers in the State were caught and stabbed in the back by Fianna Fáil.

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Who brought in the minimum wage?

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Fianna Fáil brought in the minimum wage.

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Who increased it?

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People in the trade union movement will never forget how Fianna Fáil dealt with low paid workers.

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Paul Coghlan An Leas-Chathaoirleach Fine Gael

The Senator should address his comments through the Chair.

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Absolutely.

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Who restored the minimum wage?

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Paul Coghlan An Leas-Chathaoirleach Fine Gael

Order, please.

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Can we be clear, in summary-----

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Who increased the minimum wage?

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Paul Coghlan An Leas-Chathaoirleach Fine Gael

The Leader will respond to the Order of Business.

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I call for a debate in this regard. I support the call for both Ministers to come into the House but it is time for the confidence and supply party to stop talking and act up in the interests of this nation, and bring down this awful Government.

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