Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This issue has been examined as far back as 2002 and in the Towards 2016 report.

Has there been any recent working group? Will the Minister set up another working group to look at this aspect of leave? Other countries have managed to put a system of paid parental leave in place, which is ahead of where we are in Ireland. When will the working group examine the issue rather than just ticking it off from a list of matters at every meeting?

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