Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Again, I believe the Deputy is right. There are new sick leave arrangements which we have spent a year and a half discussing with the unions and bringing through the Labour Court, and it was in the Labour Court right up to the end of last year. We then enacted specific legislation which we brought through the Houses in this regard. However, there are probably many public sector workers who are not as familiar with it as people who have been involved in the legislative process here or who have followed closely the work of the Labour Court. There is probably a job of work for both trade unions and employers in the public sector to better explain entitlements. Again, that is a point I will look at.

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