Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The legislation outlines the information an "employer may reasonably require in relation to the person in respect of whom the request is made", which includes the documents set out in section 13B(7)(a), the section the Senator is seeking to amend, and, in section 13B(7)(b) which states: "in the case of a person referred to in subsection (1)(b): (i) the employee’s relationship with the person in respect of whom the request is made", from "an employee who is or will be providing personal care or support to a person to whom this paragraph applies".We can list every single potential document that has ever existed if we want to, but we are not doing that. The legislation clearly provides for the sort of documentation that would establish personal linkage to prove that personal care is being provided as would be provided in the case where a foster parent is providing care to a foster child. Its inclusion risks becoming overly prescriptive, which is why I do not propose to accept it.