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Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 31: In page 17, line 6, after “purposes” to insert “, domestic violence leave”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 32: In page 17, line 10, after “purposes” to insert “, domestic violence leave”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 8: In page 8, line 13, to delete “employee; or” and substitute “employee;”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I can look at that. In terms of the medicalised model, we have seen much more egregious language in legislation. I can look at "ceases to have" and "has recovered from".

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Section 13D(1) mirrors the provisions of the Parental Leave Act 1998, again looking to cover the scope of employment types that exist and any other relevant grounds for postponements that may arise and that have not already been provided for. When read with the other subsections, it is clear an employer cannot postpone the commencement of a flexible working arrangement without first...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 34: In page 17, line 20, after “7(2),” to insert “and”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 35: In page 17, line 28, after “ “permit”,” to insert “and”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 36: In page 18, line 1, after “occurs,” to insert “and”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 37: In page 18, line 2, after “ “she”,” to insert “and”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 38: In page 18, line 4, after “occurs,” to insert “and”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 40: In page 18, line 8, after “purposes” to insert “, domestic violence leave”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 41: In page 18, line 10, after “leave”,” to insert “and”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 42: In page 18, line 11, after “purposes” to insert “, domestic violence leave”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 43: In page 18, between lines 13 and 14, to insert the following: “Amendment of National Minimum Wage Act 2000 18.The National Minimum Wage Act 2000 is amended in section 8(2)(ii) by the insertion of “leave for medical care purposes, domestic violence leave,” after “parental leave,”.”. These amendments propose to amend...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 44: In page 18, line 21, after “1994;”,” to insert “and”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 46: In page 3, line 13, after “1997” to insert “, the National Minimum Wage Act 2000”.

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: On Deputy Sherlock's point regarding leave for medical care purposes, that is defined in section 5(2)(b), which states, "is in need of significant care or support for a serious medical reason." We relied on what is in the directive and that is what the directive says. We were also cognisant of other legislation in which there was an attempt to define things very rigidly. We steered away...

Select Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage (8 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: It is section 5(2)(b), which states, "is in need of significant care or support for a serious medical reason."

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Childcare Services (9 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: €9m Capital Grant has been allocated by my Department to the Early Learning and Childcare sector. The Building Blocks - Improvement Grant is part of a wider Building Blocks capital programme for the sector under the National Development Plan. Grants will range from €35,000 to €75,000 under both Strands: Strand A (Green Energy) and Strand B (Retrofit). The application will...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: International Protection (9 Nov 2022)

Roderic O'Gorman: Regarding the matter raised, I can advise the Deputy that I have assigned additional staffing resources to deal with the extraordinary volume of accommodation payments required to be processed in the context of the Ukraine crisis. The delay in this instance is deeply regretted. My officials have advised that this payment has been prioritised for issue.