Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Work is really only at the very early stages of that legislation. We hope to have heads of Bill next year. We have to bear in mind that an EU directive on work-life balance is on the way. We do not want to introduce legislation only to find out that it contradicts a new European directive. However, we expect to have heads of Bill next year.

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