Claire Kerrane (Roscommon-Galway, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I will withdraw the amendment on the basis that the report is being done. I understand the issues around having both parents and equality and all of that. It is not fair on children who have just one parent, however. A child with two parents will have 14 weeks whereas a child with one parent will have only seven weeks. It is not fair on a child who for whatever reason has one parent, even if, God forbid, the other parent is deceased. That is not fair on the child. Given that the report is being done, however, I will accept that and withdraw the amendment.

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