145 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the criteria that will be attached to the inability-to-pay provision for the hotel, catering and retail sectors in respect of the way companies will demonstrate if they are in financial trouble that prevents them from paying their staff the minimum wage; the provisions that are being put in place by her Department as part of this clause that will prevent the exploitation of this legislation by employers who do not want to pay their employees the minimum wage; the steps that are being planned by her to make provision for workers in the business affected whose wages will be cut; if there will be a cut-off point at which employers will have to pay their employees a set wage below which they cannot go; if the remainder of the wage will be met by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4684/10]

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145 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the criteria that will be attached to the inability-to-pay provision for the hotel, catering and retail sectors in respect of the way companies will demonstrate if they are in financial trouble that prevents them from paying their staff the minimum wage; the provisions that are being put in place by her Department as part of this clause that will prevent the exploitation of this legislation by employers who do not want to pay their employees the minimum wage; the steps that are being planned by her to make provision for workers in the business affected whose wages will be cut; if there will be a cut-off point at which employers will have to pay their employees a set wage below which they cannot go; if the remainder of the wage will be met by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4684/10]

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