Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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668. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will publish the work-life balance directive heads of Bill. [14102/22]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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Heads of a Bill to give effect to remaining aspects of the EU Work-Life Balance Directive will go to Government in the coming weeks. The Bill will include provisions to give effect to the right of workers to leave for medical care purposes and a right to request flexible working arrangements for workers who are parents of children up to at least 8 years old or who are carers under the terms of the Directive.

The Bill will also include provisions to extend the entitlement to breastfeeding breaks for mothers returning to work after maternity leave.