Pat O'Neill (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I agree with Senator Barrett on certain aspects of the section. I ask the Minister to withdraw the amendment until Report Stage. There is doubt about certain aspects of this section. I refer to people involved in agriculture, who may be working in a field all day driving a tractor, and those who commute to work, for example. There is no table produced on the number of hours one may work. While the hours worked by the driver of a truck or school bus, for example, can be determined through a tachograph, one should consider the hours worked by others in any ordinary form of business, such as a salesman who may travel in his vehicle for four or five hours per day. Will the number of hours the latter can work as a part-time taxi driver be affected under the legislation? A table needs to be produced on this. I ask the Minister of State to withdraw the amendment until Report Stage.