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

It was not published. That is what the Minister's spokesperson said. I am not putting words into anyone's mouth. That is a fact.

My concern today is on behalf of both workers and employers. The Minister will appreciate that while he says there is a sense of urgency, I asked a priority question on this back in 2021 and it is now 2024. I do not know if the Minister's version of urgent is massively different to mine but there is three years in the difference. It is now 2024. This was promised by the Minister's predecessor, who assured me it would be done before he left his term of office. There was a clock ticking from the minute he took office so we understood exactly when that was going to be, as did he. It has not been delivered. The Minister will forgive me if I am somewhat sceptical about the Government's intentions in this regard.

For the avoidance of any doubt, work patterns are being established. Employers and workers are sitting down to establish work patterns because they want to put this on a stronger footing. They are waiting on the code to be published, so they want to see that sense of urgency.

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