Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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274. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans for more flexible conditions and working from home arrangements in the public service following the mass roll-out of the vaccine. [29299/21]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Government, has committed, in the Programme for Government, to mandating public sector employers to move to 20% home and remote working in 2021. In this context, My Department is, as a matter of priority, working with employers across the civil service to develop the longer term approach to remote working in the sector. My Department is also working closely with the wider public sector to ensure a consistency of approach.