Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Revenue Commissioners have informed my officials at the Department of Finance that they will regard a 40-hour week as the maximum normal working week but they will recognise as normal working weeks that are shorter than 40 hours. They will not go above 40 hours. They have also notified us that as soon as these measures pass, they will put out a note, almost the equivalent of a statement of practice, on how this will operate. I am communicating that. Nobody will be disadvantaged and nobody who wants to farm will be prevented from doing so. It is an honour system and the purpose is not to raise revenue but rather to get as much land in Ireland as possible farmed for commercial purposes being defined as farming for a profit and not hobby farming.