Willie Penrose (Longford-Westmeath, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 31:

In page 13, to delete lines 24 to 26 and substitute the following: “(7) An employee placed on a weekly band of working hours shall work hours the average of which shall fall within that band until such time as a further review of hours determines that the employee concerned should be placed on a different band of working hours.”.

This amendment is being proposed in order to prevent an employee being placed on a lower number of hours after 18 months while a further review is under way. That is the thrust of it. Deputy Joan Collins will probably be speaking on Deputy Róisín Shortall's proposal. We debated this ad nauseamon Second Stage. I do not want to delay the committee. It is self-explanatory. I am sure the Minister will accommodate one of our amendments at this Stage.