Paul Gavan (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Callinan. I am thinking in particular - perhaps all members, on a cross-party basis, will do likewise - of local councils, for example. Local authorities are ideal organisations for us to encourage to consider participating in this pilot project.

In my final couple of minutes, I invite both sides to reflect on the following question. One hundred years after an eight-hour working day was established, is it not high time to give serious consideration to a reduction in the working week? After 100 years of massive productivity gains, surely it is time now for us all to work collaboratively - that is what is happening here this morning - to establish a four-day working week. Surely it is high time to get a further reduction in working hours and a better balance for people's lives.