Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have considered this issue but I do not want to be in the position where we are subsidising employers to give people fewer hours either. I want to be conscious of that and we have looked at many different ways to incentivise people to get back to full-time work because that is where we want them. I know this is an issue and it is certainly something we have looked at. I will look at it again but it applies to women in particular who want to do a few hours of work in the mornings before the children come home from school. It is as simple as that.

However, again, this particularly applies to women who want to do a few hours in the morning before their children come home from school. It is as simple as that.

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