Gino Kenny
Question:1505. Deputy Gino Kenny asked the Minister for Health if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many healthcare and social care workers are slipping into poverty as a result of low wages; his views on the contribution that these workers, many of whom are on the frontline have made during the Covid-19 pandemic; the steps that will be taken to address issue of low pay for workers in these sectors; the further steps that will be taken to ensure they have a living wage; his further views on the fact that low pay is forcing many to leave these sectors to seek alternative higher paid employment and the gap that is left in the sectors as a result of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63442/21]
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