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

No, the Minister should bear with me. At present, my understanding is that in the case of a person on half pay who is ill during pregnancy, whose illness is related to the pregnancy and who, under the current regime, exhausts her full 12 months, there is an arrangement in place whereby she will not drop below that rate during her pregnancy. I believe the arrangement is that-----

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