Mary Seery Kearney (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Cutting across Ms Fleming, this year, quite a number of employment rights came into being, such as sick pay and all of those. How are they accounted for, given that childcare would have a high level of absenteeism, to be fair, because people are exposed to children and all the stuff that goes through services, even with the best hygiene in the world? How is that increase in entitlement to sick pay calculated into the next year? The next level increase in core funding is in September next year, yet the increase will be in sick days, where employees are entitled to a day’s pay. How will that be catered for? I refer to domestic violence leave and all of those sort of leaves.