Mr. Neil McDonnell:

I am not sure what the Deputy is seeking to achieve. As a legislator, the Deputy is charged with bringing in laws that work for people and their employers. I have no criticism of the legislation to which the Deputy referred inasmuch as they are well-intentioned pieces of legislation. However, I and the people I represent are at a loss. Why do we not simply bring in a compendium act? Currently, we are dealing with six or seven pieces of primary legislation that deal with time away from work. If we continue down the track of talking about taking leave on miscarriages or domestic violence, we will eventually end up with workers taking leave because they have been involved in a car accident or because something else has happened.