Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour) | Oireachtas source

As a result of the Organisation of Working Time Act, as people involved in industrial relations will know, there is a framework of 15 hours. However, for many people 15 hours is not enough and they need certainty as to when their hours of work are to be in order that they can make arrangements - this applies in particular to women - for their families, whether their children or perhaps older parents they are helping to look after. That is what we want to see in terms of the collective bargaining legislation.

There is an avenue open to the Dunnes Stores group before that happens and I urge Dunnes Stores to use that mechanism.

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