Alice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

Do they? Is that the argument for the provision relating to 16 years? I was concerned that there was a state of limbo where children reach the age of 16. Even in that circumstance, the child is still a minor. I refer to children with a disability.It could be that two years of having to make complicated special arrangements is exactly what makes a parent who is balancing out the cost of care, especially the very expensive cost of additional care, with the value of their continued employment fall out of the workplace in that two-year period before, for example, a child with a disability might go to college or move on. I echo Senator Sherlock's point about disability. Having curtailed capacity or needing to manage one's capacity is one of the very good reasons people might be looking for flexible work.