Aoife Murphy – Communications Officer @ The Migrants Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI)

admin June 9, 2015

Mark Finnegan talks to Aoife Murphy , a Communications Officer @ The Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI).
A new paper from the Migrant Rights Centre Ireland (MRCI) indicates that urgent action is needed to ensure that Ireland guarantees the safety and welfare of the thousands of migrant women caring for Ireland’s children. ‘Childcare in the Domestic Work Sector: Who’s Minding the Children?’, which launched on Wednesday 3rd June, draws on Irish and European data and contains an infographic illustrating the long hours worked by ‘Jessica’, one young au pair who came to the MRCI for help.
More than 20,000 families in Ireland rely on au pairs to provide childcare and household duties. The average au pair is paid just €100 for a 40 hour week of childminding, cleaning and cooking – considerably less than the legal minimum wage.

You can read the paper and get lots more information on the MRCI Website HERE.