Correct me if I’m wrong please. But won’t that just make the cost of living more difficult on people?
Businesses in parts of the country where the cost of living is lower won’t be happy
Weak attempt to win back national support.. but a promise to eventually do something is the cheapest lie in politics – also I douth the Government will last till 2026 so seems like Martin and Leo using straws to blow warm air directed as our asses from a few km away
Lipstick on a pig?
The biggest problem is affordable accommodation.
From €10.50 to about €12.50 is a good improvement
Is this like the usc they promised to remove , rats
The boom is back baby! Now, your dream of owning a mould infested match box single room apartment will be now closer in reach than ever before.
They crank it up to 65%, then 70% then 80% then 90 % over the course of 30 years or so. We’ll end up with UBI
They’re changing the words not the wage. The living wage will be the new minimum wage. If the min wage kept up with the cost of living for the ordinary person it would be enough to pay rent and support a family
Another weak attempt to win back the vote of the younger generations and those on the breadline by a tone deaf government. Remember when he said he was going to abolish the USC, that was a good one.
They’ll just do what the Tories did and co-opt the phrase ‘living wage’, and change nothing.
As a genuine question, if this is raised by 30% as it’s expected to in under 5 years, won’t this just lead into more and more inflation? You can’t tackle inflation by just giving people more money. There’s other more effective ways to combat the cost of living crisis but all this does is line the elites pockets even more.
Still waiting for this sick pay legislation to come through. I believe the first phase is meant to come in in 2022
Put they fuckers on living wage for a month,
That’s not what ‘Living Wage’ means, 60% of median just means that the minimum wage will be a sliding figure which, according to their own figures, would still be below the living wage as it is currently understood.
I’d .much rather see steps introduced to lower the costs of goods and services.
Would be great if business could move away from the minimum wage on their own. It’s sad to think if it wasn’t there, people would abuse it.
Changing the word instead of what it’s describing. This is a tactic you use when your dealing with people that you perceive as stupid. Fine Gael are a disgrace.
There’s a living wage and there’s a living wage. If a single full time working person will be able to afford to rent a decent one bedroom while also having money left for food, bills and a bit of a life, then and only then is it a living wage.
Just another word basically, it will not change things
Ahhh, another death rattle of a dying party.
Class, now I just need to exist for 4 more years making peanuts!
Grasping for votes.. the issues are now in 2022 by the time something is done eg this 2026 the problem we currently face would have grown exponentially
Totally meaningless statement.
Great so the thing that drives up the cost of living will have a new name and be higher driving up the cost of living. Yay.
A dynamically changing minimum wage is a great idea. It removes the need to change the figures or rely on the government to step in.
I’m not a fan of FFG, but this is a smart move. Now, how they go about it is another story altogether but we’ll see.
Fucking joke
You can calls a pile of horse manure a bowl of rose petals.
It’s still a pile of horse manure.
Fun Fact: Singapore has no minimum wage laws or regulations. Singapore is about 98 times smaller than Ireland. It has roughly 1 million more humans that reside there. Singaporean restaurants on average are 30% cheaper than Republic of Ireland, Average monthly income after tax (In USD) is $6,470, (Ireland is $3,020) , Average rental price for a 3 bedroom apartment in Singapore is $1,200, in Ireland (outside of Dublin) the Average rent overall is $1,100 regardless of property size…. perhaps rather than asking “Is minimum wage value the problem?” maybe you should be asking “Are socialist policies and structure in most EU countries the problem?” , 70+% of Scandinavian countries’ roads are privatised btw , they have lower corporate tax and tax is usually returned back to the taxpayer, their pensions are all privatised as well. Yet it is seen as one of the best “managed” countries in the world; the key to that success is that there is no “management” from the government or centralised planning by incompetent civil servants who won’t have to bare any consequences for mistakes and failures.
lol 2026, by then the new living wage will be worth less than the current minimum wage 🤣
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And other jokes you can tell yourself
BOOO!!!, why are they so mean.
Correct me if I’m wrong please. But won’t that just make the cost of living more difficult on people?
Businesses in parts of the country where the cost of living is lower won’t be happy
Weak attempt to win back national support.. but a promise to eventually do something is the cheapest lie in politics – also I douth the Government will last till 2026 so seems like Martin and Leo using straws to blow warm air directed as our asses from a few km away
Lipstick on a pig?
The biggest problem is affordable accommodation.
From €10.50 to about €12.50 is a good improvement
Is this like the usc they promised to remove , rats
The boom is back baby! Now, your dream of owning a mould infested match box single room apartment will be now closer in reach than ever before.
They crank it up to 65%, then 70% then 80% then 90 % over the course of 30 years or so. We’ll end up with UBI
They’re changing the words not the wage. The living wage will be the new minimum wage. If the min wage kept up with the cost of living for the ordinary person it would be enough to pay rent and support a family
Another weak attempt to win back the vote of the younger generations and those on the breadline by a tone deaf government. Remember when he said he was going to abolish the USC, that was a good one.
They’ll just do what the Tories did and co-opt the phrase ‘living wage’, and change nothing.
As a genuine question, if this is raised by 30% as it’s expected to in under 5 years, won’t this just lead into more and more inflation? You can’t tackle inflation by just giving people more money. There’s other more effective ways to combat the cost of living crisis but all this does is line the elites pockets even more.
Still waiting for this sick pay legislation to come through. I believe the first phase is meant to come in in 2022
Put they fuckers on living wage for a month,
That’s not what ‘Living Wage’ means, 60% of median just means that the minimum wage will be a sliding figure which, according to their own figures, would still be below the living wage as it is currently understood.
I’d .much rather see steps introduced to lower the costs of goods and services.
Would be great if business could move away from the minimum wage on their own. It’s sad to think if it wasn’t there, people would abuse it.
Changing the word instead of what it’s describing. This is a tactic you use when your dealing with people that you perceive as stupid. Fine Gael are a disgrace.
There’s a living wage and there’s a living wage. If a single full time working person will be able to afford to rent a decent one bedroom while also having money left for food, bills and a bit of a life, then and only then is it a living wage.
Just another word basically, it will not change things
Ahhh, another death rattle of a dying party.
Class, now I just need to exist for 4 more years making peanuts!
Grasping for votes.. the issues are now in 2022 by the time something is done eg this 2026 the problem we currently face would have grown exponentially
Totally meaningless statement.
Great so the thing that drives up the cost of living will have a new name and be higher driving up the cost of living. Yay.
A dynamically changing minimum wage is a great idea. It removes the need to change the figures or rely on the government to step in.
I’m not a fan of FFG, but this is a smart move. Now, how they go about it is another story altogether but we’ll see.
Fucking joke
You can calls a pile of horse manure a bowl of rose petals.
It’s still a pile of horse manure.
Fun Fact: Singapore has no minimum wage laws or regulations. Singapore is about 98 times smaller than Ireland. It has roughly 1 million more humans that reside there. Singaporean restaurants on average are 30% cheaper than Republic of Ireland, Average monthly income after tax (In USD) is $6,470, (Ireland is $3,020) , Average rental price for a 3 bedroom apartment in Singapore is $1,200, in Ireland (outside of Dublin) the Average rent overall is $1,100 regardless of property size…. perhaps rather than asking “Is minimum wage value the problem?” maybe you should be asking “Are socialist policies and structure in most EU countries the problem?” , 70+% of Scandinavian countries’ roads are privatised btw , they have lower corporate tax and tax is usually returned back to the taxpayer, their pensions are all privatised as well. Yet it is seen as one of the best “managed” countries in the world; the key to that success is that there is no “management” from the government or centralised planning by incompetent civil servants who won’t have to bare any consequences for mistakes and failures.
lol 2026, by then the new living wage will be worth less than the current minimum wage 🤣