James O'Connor (Cork East, Fianna Fail)
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39. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the progress that has been made regarding the transposition of the European Union Work Life Balance Directives to provide new rights to parents and carers in order to help support a better work life balance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28471/22]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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On 21 April the Government gave its approval for the drafting of a Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill, the main purpose of which is to transpose the remaining elements of the EU Work Life Balance Directive and provide new rights to parents and carers in order to help support a better work life balance. The General Scheme of the proposed Bill, which is published on my Department's website, has been referred to the Office of the Attorney General for drafting of the Bill.

The General Scheme has also been referred to the Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for pre-legislative scrutiny.

It is intended that this important legislation will be passed and enacted prior to summer recess.