Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 8 December 2022

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Business of Select Committee
Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Bill 2022: Committee Stage

Photo of Peter BurkePeter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The provision covers maternity and sick leave. As I said earlier, we will make incremental changes. We must give consideration to a host of others areas and find ways to cover them in primary legislation to give enhanced rights to local authority members. We are on a journey and this Bill is the second part of that journey post Moorhead.

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