Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Tánaiste will by now have received the pre-legislative scrutiny report from the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment. The debate on self-certification or medical certification was pretty robust, as the Tánaiste can imagine. I put down this question because I want to hear the Tánaiste's views and hear if he can understand the quandary the committee found itself in, inasmuch as this is a very important public health measure. Access to sick leave is extremely important but there is a financial barrier that specifically impacts on workers on low incomes.

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