Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will make a few points just to conclude this line of approach. As a highly practical person, I will make two real and practical suggestions that I ask the Minister and the Department to take on board. On the issue of pregnancy-related illness, a system is in place at present whereby a person who is on half pay and has a pregnancy-related illness will not drop to a rehabilitative rate. There is a simple way to deal with this issue, that is, to have the same provision for a person on full pay, whereby she will not drop to half pay specifically during the period of a pregnancy-related illness. At present, there is full pay, half pay and the rehabilitative rate and there is already in place a system whereby one will not drop-----

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