Mr. Dermot Mulligan:

We have heard, both this morning and as part of our consultation, a number of voices that took a different view. What we have to try to find is a legislative measure that will create a legal framework for employees to request remote working and to have that right to request, but also to create a framework where an employer can and should respond in a reasonable and considered way to that request. We are very clear that we want to promote remote working in Ireland and we see all the benefits of it, so we are trying to find our way to strike the balance in an appropriate way between the various interests.