Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I ask Deputy Joan Collins not to press them and for us to discuss it offline before the Report Stage. If the Deputy presses them, she will be removing the protection offered currently to employees with if-and-when arrangements under section 18 of the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997.

It means that when those employees were called into work, they would not receive the three hours. Currently, if someone is mistakenly called in on a Tuesday, that mistake will not be made again because the employer would have to pay the person for three hours. If these amendments are pressed, that person will not get those three hours. An unintended consequence of the amendments is that such people will be excluded from the working time directive, which ensures that they get the three hours. I know what the Deputy is trying to do, but we-----