Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)

It would go some way towards doing it. The Bill states "The employee shall cease to be entitled to any leave not by then taken." I want this deleted and the amendment would go some way towards doing so. The provision in the Bill is almost a virtual punishment. Some women who adopt children will become ill and will not take what they naturally would, such as disability benefit, in between the periods as they know they will be short-changed at the end of the process.

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