Written answers
Tuesday, 6 October 2015
Department of Social Protection
Paternity Leave Scheme
Eric Byrne (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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174. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection her plans for paternity benefit (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34245/15]
Joan Burton (Dublin West, Labour)
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There has been no Government decision on the introduction of a paternity benefit scheme. I am not therefore in a position to give any details of how such a scheme might operate.
However, it should be noted that paternity benefit could only be introduced in conjunction with a paternity leave scheme. Responsibility for any proposed paternity leave scheme would in the first instance be the responsibility of my colleague the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.
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