Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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I do not believe there is a need to do so but that does not mean I would be hostile to putting it in. I absolutely would include it if people felt it was necessary. It is already very much implicitly there in the Organisation of Working Time Act. That is how leave operates, in any event, which is why it is there. Employees do not have to take ten days' leave in a block when they might be busy for three days and not busy for seven days. The intention is that they will be able to break leave up and take it accordingly, as they can with other forms of leave covered by the Organisation of Working Time Act. That said, I would welcome discussion on an amendment if it was felt that it was necessary. I do not see it as necessary, but that does not mean I would not be open to making sure that is crystal clear.