I asked the Minister “to address the impact PRSI rates and commercial rates are having on small and medium size businesses and their ability to employ when they are struggling to profi... Read more
15% fewer full-time jobs in Ireland than in 2008, 25% of employees earn an hourly wage of less than the living wage threshold of €11.45. If people are going into employment that does not all... Read more
A constituent has been in contact expressing the difficulties the water charges are causing his business in Dublin Central; huge firms in Ireland are charged the same rates as the small loca... Read more
I remember grandfathers and other relatives standing along the quay side every morning waiting to be offered a couple of hours work. Many of these men were paid in pubs along the quays. Ther... Read more
The Low Pay Commission’s report is expected to come before the Cabinet at the end of July, Tánaiste Joan Burton has told the Dáil. She said it would form part “of our deliberations with rega... Read more
I am a member of the Grangegorman Community Liaison Committee and attended the meeting last week. For those of you who could not make it the main issue discussed was employment opportunities... Read more
This is an issue I have been following up re primary schools. There is a situation where schools will lose a teacher before June; then in June can appeal the decision. They may get a teacher... Read more
I do not have an economic background so I do not approach this from that angle but from the point of view of the ordinary person, who is appalled and disgusted by what they see happening her... Read more
