The Bill brings Ireland closer to international provisions for breastfeeding mothers. Section 8 provides that an employee who is breastfeeding, and who has informed her employer that she is doing so, shall be entitled until the child is four months old either to breastfeeding breaks, where facilities for breastfeeding are provided in the workplace, or a reduction of working hours, without loss of pay in either case. This important and new statutory entitlement will facilitate breastfeeding mothers on their return to employment.