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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 30 June 2021

Wednesday, 30 June 2021

Questions (55)

Alan Kelly

Question:

55. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will report on his plans for the creation of new public holidays. [34837/21]

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Written answers

The legislation which provides for public holidays is the Organisation of Working Time Act 1997. This Act provides that certain days may be prescribed as public holidays. At present, there are nine public holidays.

An extra holiday has implications of a broad nature in terms of costs and productivity and has cross-government issues to be explored.

Any proposal for the provision of an additional public holiday would require careful consideration and wide-ranging consultations with relevant stakeholders. Not least we would need to consider the implications and impact of any new public holiday on employment and for the economy at large, in particular the extra costs it would impose on employers already dealing with the Covid-19 crisis and Brexit.

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