Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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902. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection what supports are available for employees and self-employed people with chronic illness to attend medical appointments during work time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17035/23]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Employment rights relating to illness and entitlement to statutory sick pay are a matter for the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment.  Where a person is absent from work for more than three days due to illness and meets the contribution requirements, along with other statutory conditions, they may have an entitlement to Illness Benefit from the Department of Social Protection.

I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.