Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Question 105: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will take steps to ensure that Departments and agencies who are seeking to make savings on their wage bill do not compromise the family friendly working options that have been developed in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33006/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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Family-friendly policies have made, and will continue to make, a vital contribution to the recruitment and retention of staff across the public sector. The Civil Service, in particular, is acknowledged as offering a wide range of flexible and family friendly options including flexitime, work-sharing, term-time working and career breaks. Requests for access to work-life balance schemes are generally facilitated as far as possible, subject to business requirements. It is a matter for each individual Department or Office to determine how best to apply these schemes in their business context, including in the context of securing payroll saving and other efficiencies.