Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would be interested to explore a bit more what Mr. O'Brien is referencing with remote working and the broader concept of mental health stress and well-being in the workplace. On remote working, I presume it is quite a change in employers' responsibilities in not having a site that they can see every day and be conscious of the different things. Has the HSA developed codes of practice at this point? It is a sort of an uneasy relationship between someone operating in their home and the expectations.

The second thing is that I have been doing a bit of work on positive ageing and one of the things that is very clear is there is very little preplanning for the transition from work. Often people see a very abrupt change in all their social contacts and in their connectedness and status. It brought to my mind that there are much wider issues in the workplace in terms of how people protect their well-being in a life course, not just when they are in the workplace. I am interested to know how the HSA approaches those, perhaps fluffier, issues of well-being in the workplace? What codes should be in place at certain stages in people's careers to do checks as to where they are regarding stress and planning and other things they will need in the longer term?