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Enacted Seanad
No. 33 of 2021

Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021

Public bill · Government · Introduced

It would update adoption and family leave rules so that same-sex male couples and jointly adopting couples can access adoptive leave more fairly, with the couple able to choose which parent takes the leave. It also increases parent’s leave and payment from two weeks to five weeks, and lets parents take it over a longer period, while making related changes to social welfare, workplace and adoption laws. Another change would expand the Child and Family Agency board from seven to nine ordinary members.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Adoptive Leave Act 1995 to enable a couple who jointly adopt a child to choose which member of the couple is to be entitled to employment leave under that Act for the purpose of the adoption; to amend the Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 to extend the period to which a relevant parent is entitled to leave from his or her employment under that Act and to extend the period in which such leave may be taken; for those purposes to amend the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 and certain other enactments; to amend the Child and Family Agency Act 2013 to increase the number of ordinary members of the Board of the Child and Family Agency to nine; to amend the Judicial Council Act 2019 and the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 to make further provision in relation to the operation of personal injuries guidelines adopted by the Judicial Council; and to provide for related matters.

Last updated 11 September 2024

Sponsor
  • Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth Primary
Progress
  • First Stage
    Seanad
  • Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Committee Stage
    Seanad
  • Report Stage
    Seanad
  • Fifth Stage
    Seanad
  • Second Stage
    Dáil
  • Committee Stage
    Dáil
  • Report Stage
    Dáil
  • Fifth Stage
    Dáil Enacted
  • Enacted
    Enacted
Debates
  • Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages
    Dáil
  • Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage
    Dáil
  • Family Leave Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages
    Seanad
  • Family Leave Bill 2021: Order for Second Stage
    Seanad
  • Family Leave Bill 2021: Second Stage
    Seanad

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