Written answers

Wednesday, 24 January 2018

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Paternity Benefit

Photo of Anne RabbitteAnne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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169. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that received statutory paternity benefit in 2017. [3525/18]

Photo of Regina DohertyRegina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Paternity benefit provides a payment in respect of two weeks paternity leave to be taken within 26 weeks of the birth of the baby. During the 2017 year, 26,139 people availed of this leave and were awarded paternity benefit.

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