Ms Wendy Gray:

Regarding the drafting, it can often be difficult to draft legislation to cover individual scenarios that may occur in certain weeks during the year. It is too difficult to legislate for such instances. We would expect, as normal and as things are working now, that most employers will be open to discussing with employees issues that may arise in situations requiring something to happen temporarily. There is not necessarily a need for the State to intervene in such cases and to legislate for that kind of temporary or emergency arrangement to be put in place. It is too difficult to envisage and legislate properly for every scenario.