Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

The Minister is counter-posing an absolute right to work remotely, regardless of job, versus no right whatsoever. To be clear, what the Minister is proposing is not a right to remote working in certain circumstances. All that is being proposed is the right to request it. There is a big gap between the absolute right to work remotely regardless of the job and, on the other hand, just the right to ask and the right of the employer to refuse.