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Updated at 12.20pm
A GROWING NUMBER of Irish people believe the minimum wage should be increased, according to a new survey.
Almost three-quarters say it should be the same as what’s considered to be the living wage of €11.50, something trade union Siptu previously called for.
The current payment of €8.65 per hour was set in 2011, and has remained untouched since despite other austerity measures.
A new survey of 1000 adults by think-tank Tasc revealed that 86% believe it should now be increased again, up 2% from last year’s survey.
Support for setting the minimum wage on par with the living wage is at 77%.
Tasc analyst Cormac Staunton described the support as “overwhelming”.
“This should certainly assist the Government in acting decisively on the report of the low pay commission when it emerges in the coming weeks,” he added. Staunton noted that Ireland has the “Ireland has the third highest level of low pay in the OECD”.
The commission, tasked with deciding whether or not to raise the minimum wage, is due to make its first report to Minister Ged Nash tomorrow.
An increase to the minimum wage has been opposed by some businesses, who believe it could impact their ability to create jobs.
The Restaurant Association of Ireland voiced concerns in its submission to the commission that it could affect the sector’s growth. It noted that many SMEs are still under pressure.
Other findings of the survey, conducted by Behaviour and Attitudes poll, include:
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40 foot swimmers jeez they’re tall
@Alison Maguire: The Nephilim are back! . . . And this time, their pissed.
@Alison Maguire: Brilliant comment. .. You’re very quick..
Time to have all boats carrying a registration number like the US
Otherwise the rules are a waste of time
No accountability for reckless use of water crafts
Jet skis are particularly dangerous and many clowns own one
What do the coastguard do, issue a set of regulations . These rich kids owners of those crafts should be charged with endangerment to swimmers.
@Just Me: only if they are rich? Or was that a redundant adjective?
That place is Notorious….
@Brian O’Faolain: those responsible obviously liked the may weather
@Ian Ó Grèachaín: Don’t think many will get that.
@….: who da fook is that guy?
@Ian Ó Grèachaín: there’s been a floyd of complaints
@….: I get it!
Foreign nationals on jet skis we get them from time to time in Tramore no idea of any rules or regulations.ps get pc about my comment we watch them launch their jet skis from pier
@Gerard Heery: I won’t get PC about your comment, but some punctuation wouldn’t go amiss.
@Gerard Heery: it was Conor McGregor, unless you consider Tallaght foreign!
@Neal Ireland Hello.: Will you have a word with Brian MacCartaigh please
@Ian Murphy: Is he not from Crumlin? Bleeding tallafornians trying to claim
Everyone as theirs
@Neal Ireland Hello.: It’s computer predictive text sometimes changes after I post don’t know y
And the would of got away with it, if it wasn’t for those pesky kids.
Kirsty MacColl was decapitated be a death , sorry, jet ski. These idiots should be seriously penalized for endangering lives.
Spoilt brats on their power toys with no respect for others. Typical establishment behaviour
@Roger Clarke: it was Conor McGregor, so you’re right about the spoilt brat bit
@Sam Harms: was it really???
@Deborah Behan: yep lovin dublin had an article about it
A, the forty foot, brings back memories albeit the only thing that raised alarm back in the day was old fellas crinkly dangly bits on full view
You should be allowed shoot Jet Ski riders.
@William Grogan: with a blunderbuss to ensure maximum spread
Drug dealers
Gobmight’s Ted
If the yellow marker marks a swimming zone and they are on the far side of the marker what’s the problem?
@David Hanks: scratch that. Just had a look at the chart and that bouy is about 200m from shore so they were too close
Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig says it beautifully in “Ode to a jet ski person” https://www.google.ie/amp/s/homepaddock.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/ode-to-a-jet-ski-person/amp/
The only thing I took from that was the weather was so nice you could go swimming in the sea and now I want to cry.
That’s all we need boy racers in the sea, spoilt lowlifes knew they were in the wrong
This is not national news
Bloody fools!
Surely the time rules are arse ways?
@Derek Brian Griffin Cooper: why do you think that? It’s to accommodate swimming hours, it’s also a massive ocean and there’s plenty of other places jet skis etc could go.
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