James Bannon (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 162: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the measures he will put in place to reform maternity leave for private sector employees to remove the inequity which sees such employees disadvantaged in comparison to those in the public sector. [13669/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Maternity Protection Acts 1994 and 2004 make provision for maternity leave and do not discriminate between employees in the private sector and those in the public sector. Employees and employers in either sector are free to agree terms more favourable to the employee than are set out in the Acts.

My Department is currently undertaking a review of maternity, paternity and parental leave. This review is in line with commitments given in Towards 2016 and the Programme for Government.