Frank Fahey (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

The Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 provides for the entitlement of employees to the following nine public holidays per year: New Year's Day; St. Patrick's Day; Easter Monday; the first Monday in May; the first Monday in June; the first Monday in August; the last Monday in October; Christmas Day and St. Stephen's Day. The average public holiday entitlement in the EU at present is approximately 11 days annually. There are no plans to increase the number of public holidays in Ireland.

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