Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Update on Quarters 1 and 2: Discussion

Photo of Marie SherlockMarie Sherlock (Labour)
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This is quarter 4 of the year and it feels like the Government is dragging its heels on this. It also seems wasteful that we have from the Minister’s Department a right to request remote work and from a separate Department a right to flexible work.

Does the Tánaiste believe there is a distinction between remote work and flexible work, by which I mean flexibility with regard to place of work and flexibility with regard to hours of work? Does the Tánaiste really believe that they should be legislated for separately?