Search for mother and baby homes speaker:Liam Twomey (KildareStreet.com)

Adoptive Leave Bill 2004 [Seanad]: Second Stage. (12 Oct 2004): Liam Twomey: This is minor legislation. It seems strange that the Government always wants to hang on to its little piece of inequality and discrimination, no matter how minor the legislation. I do not understand why adoptive parents cannot be given 18 weeks' paid maternity leave in the same way as a natural mother. One of the arguments made is that a pregnant woman needs to rest for two weeks prior to...

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