Seanad debates

Tuesday, 2 December 2003

Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2003: Committee Stage.

 

This amendment also gives rise to a number of consequential technical amendments to sections 10 to 13, inclusive, of the Bill and to the application of any consequential increases to the father's leave entitlements arising from the appropriate amendment. There was an unintentional tie-up between the mother's leave entitlements and the father's leave entitlement to which he should be entitled in his own right. This tie-up reduced the father's leave entitlement in the sad situation where a mother dies within a certain period. It is to get rid of that and to improve the situation regarding parental leave that this amendment has been introduced.

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