Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 15 October 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Report of the Commission on the Defence Forces: Engagement with Chair of Implementation Oversight Group
3:10 pm
Ms Julie Sinnamon:
I thank the Deputy. First I will address the working time directive. The Deputy is correct that it is a critical recommendation. It is something which has been complex in terms of getting us to the stage we are at. The question was on how we would best effect that change. A lot of work was done with the Department of enterprise and the Attorney General's office in terms of making that decision. That has now been decided and a statutory instrument will be used, under the European Communities Act 1972, to remove that blanket exemption. Work is ongoing effect that decision and it will be completed by the end of the year. That is something which has been complex to get to this stage but it is now being concluded. Is there anything Mr. Murtagh wants to add to that?
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