John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I want to agree with some of Deputy Berry's points about oversight, which is critical and a proposal I fully support. The failure to have oversight has really impacted on implementation, particularly of the high-level implementation plan. I was very concerned when the representatives mentioned that the programme management office had been disbanded. That was a body that was established to provide that oversight. When was it disbanded and what, if any, rationale was given?

On the working time directive, in a response to a question we were told the last meeting took place on 24 July 2019. That failure has led to legal action being taken. There would have been requests for meetings. Will the representatives elaborate on that? How regularly were those requests for meetings to follow-up on the working time directive made? Was any rationale given for not engaging to advance or to continue some of the discussions that had been ongoing until then?