Denis Naughten (Roscommon-South Leitrim, Independent)
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200. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the affect parental leave has on calculations for redundancy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7001/15]

Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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The Redundancy Payments Act 1967, as amended, provides that an absence from work while on parental leave or force majeure leave within the meaning of the Parental Leave Act 1998 is an allowable absence.

The European Union (Parental Leave) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 81/2013) increased the amount of parental leave available to each parent per child from 14 to 18 weeks, under the Parental Leave Acts, from 8 March 2013.

An absence from work while on parental leave would not affect the calculation of the statutory redundancy entitlement due to an employee.