Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

As I said to Deputy Ó Fearghaíl, when somebody seeks one of these arrangements, every effort is made to accommodate that person irrespective of the sector in which they work or their level, in accordance with what I have said here. While Haddington Road sets out the collective agreement for the Civil Service and the non-commercial State sponsored bodies, NCSSBs, some of the individual responses I have given may differ from the broader public service. But because the Deputy has asked a very direct question here, let me give him the following assurance. The Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach would be more than anxious that where people have made a request for any one of the flexitime or shared-time working arrangements, the Department tries to accommodate them where that is possible. I can give the Deputy an update where that is concerned with both women and men in the Department where it applies.

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