Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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50. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if childcare allowances are made for OPW employees who cannot avail of external childcare facilities at present; and if OPW employees who have to care for their children on a number of days per week due to the pandemic have been instructed that they must use holidays for such days. [12321/21]

Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick County, Fine Gael)
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Allowances are made for OPW employees who cannot avail of external childcare facilities at present. OPW employees who have to care for their children on a number of days per week due to the pandemic have not been instructed that they must use their holidays for such days. Flexible working hours have been made available to staff who have childcare responsibilities during the pandemic.