Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

On Deputy Sherlock's point regarding leave for medical care purposes, that is defined in section 5(2)(b), which states, "is in need of significant care or support for a serious medical reason." We relied on what is in the directive and that is what the directive says. We were also cognisant of other legislation in which there was an attempt to define things very rigidly. We steered away from that approach. We are using the language in the directive. We were concerned that to define it further risked narrowing an EU law provision. That is why we took that particular approach.