Denise Mitchell (Dublin Bay North, Sinn Fein)
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255. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he expects the Heads of the Local Government (Maternity Protection for Local Authority Elected Members) Bill 2022 to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46125/22]

Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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293. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the publication date for the Heads of the Local Government (Maternity Protection for Local Authority Elected Members) Bill 2022 that provides maternity leave for local authority-elected members. [46045/22]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 255 and 293 together.

The General Scheme of the Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Local Authority Elected Members) Bill 2022 was approved by Government on 27th July 2022 and is published herewith on the Government website: www.gov.ie/en/publication/4258f-general-scheme-of-local-government-maternity-protection-and-other-measures-for-local-authority-elected-members-bill-2022/

The Bill is scheduled to begin pre-legislative scrutiny by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage on 22nd September 2022 and will be drafted in the coming months. The Bill will be progressed through the Houses of the Oireachtas having regard to the overall Government legislative programme.