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No. 43 of 2016

Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016

Public bill · Government · Presented

The Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016 would give eligible employees two weeks’ leave after the birth or adoption of a child, with a new social welfare payment for those who meet the insurance conditions. Leave could generally be taken within 26 weeks, and employers could not dismiss or penalise workers for using it; it would also cover same-sex couples and make humane arrangements for stillbirth, a child’s death, hospitalisation, or the death of a parent.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to entitle certain employees who are relevant parents in relation to a child to employment leave for the purposes of enabling the employee to provide, or assist, in the provision of, care to the child or to provide support to the adopting mother, sole male adopter or mother of the child, as the case may be, or both; to entitle a surviving parent to employment leave on the death of a relevant parent; to extend the protection against unfair dismissals conferred by the Unfair Dismissals Act 1977; to provide for the payment of paternity benefit to certain persons and, for that purpose, to amend the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005; and to provide for related matters

Last updated 25 October 2019

Sponsor
  • Minister for Justice and Equality Primary
Progress
  • First Stage
    Dáil
  • Second Stage
    Dáil
  • Committee Stage
    Dáil
  • Report Stage
    Dáil
  • Fifth Stage
    Dáil
  • Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Committee Stage
    Seanad
  • Report Stage
    Seanad
  • Fifth Stage
    Seanad Enacted
  • Enacted
    Enacted
Debates
  • Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages
    Seanad
  • Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Order for Report Stage
    Dáil
  • Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages
    Dáil
  • Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Committee Stage
    Select Committee on Justice and Equality
  • Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Financial Resolution
    Dáil
  • Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Order for Second Stage
    Dáil
  • Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Second Stage
    Dáil
  • Paternity Leave and Benefit Bill 2016: Referral to Select Committee
    Dáil

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