Low-wage families must be put first

I AM a contract cleaner. I work in Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin.

I support my family on the minimum ERO (Employment Regulation order) rate of pay for contract cleaning which is €9.50ph.

Hundreds of thousands of other low income families will suffer a further reduction in our income if the ERO system of wage setting is destroyed; we will be forced to make choices for our families that we should not have to make — do I buy my child a new pair of shoes or do I buy fuel for the fire.