Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2023-01-31
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Fintan Warfield (SF), Cultural and Educational Panel

I thank the Minister. I apologise for my confusion there for a hot second. I raised this issue with the Taoiseach at the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Gender Equality. We have consistently made the point that many companies provide more than five days' leave. In the North, there is more than five days' leave. We thought the Government should go further. I will press the amendment. I have made these points on many occasions. As I stated on the previous amendment, many groups made a submission to the children's committee on the Bill and recommended the substitution of "10 days" for "5 days", in line with international best practice and sectors that had already commenced such a policy in Ireland, including the higher education sector, with the support of the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Deputy Harris.

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Sitting date: 2023-01-31