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

It is not fair to say this started with the work life balance Bill because it did not. It started with the Department's failed attempt to bring in a code of practice that then got subsumed into the work life balance Bill. It has been going on for quite a while. As I said, in September 2021, I was told the code of practice was imminent and that the legislative underpinning of it would be imminent. It is not for me but for others that I ask. It is not that new. It is part of an evolution in working time and working patterns. It used to be called teleworking, then e-working and then working from home and remote working. It is part of an evolution that is happening in the workplace anyway. The difficulty is that it is happening without guidance. I want to impress on the Minister the need for this to be done sooner rather than later. I appreciate that it has to be done right but a considerable amount of time has been given to it. I hope we will see it in the next few weeks.

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