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

If I can give reassurance to the Deputy, I hope and anticipate I will be the Minister who is signing these regulations in a few weeks' time or a few months' time. I want to be very clear the regulations will apply to the hospitality sector, including restaurants, hotels, cafes, pubs etc. I also intend they should apply to personal services where people often leave a tip, for example a barber, hairdresser or beautician, and also to platform workers. That is the intention here. Of course, future Ministers could extend it to other sectors.

The concern my officials have is this amendment would have the unintended affect of applying the protections only to people who are formal employees and could take it away from people who are not employees and are contract workers or self-employed. That is why I am advised not to accept it.

See this speech in context