John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Earlier on, the Minister stated the process associated with the working time directive must not be allowed to drag on. We already know that it is. According to the Government's high-level implementation plan concerning the commission report, which was published 13 months ago, the heads of Bill concerning the working time directive were to be introduced within six months. It is now eight months since the high-level implementation plan was published and there are no heads of Bill. The Minister is saying there are still discussions going on. He might tell us when the heads will be produced. If not, the process will inevitably be allowed to drag on.

The critical point concerns the exemptions. The Minister might touch on what exemptions are being considered. Does he believe operations that can be rostered for within the Defence Forces should be exempted in implementing the working time directive?

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