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- Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Seán Sherlock: It is agreed, but may I speak to the amendment very briefly?
- Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Yes, you may.
- Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Seán Sherlock: I do not think the Minister can talk about this amendment for Members of the Oireachtas without talking about the amendment the Labour Party tabled on the social welfare Bill with regard to a Member of the Oireachtas who is the subject of maternity leave and who is paying class K contributions. That amendment, which we promulgated during the social welfare Bill, was rejected by the Minister...
- Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Amendment agreed to.
- Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Section 2, as amended, agreed to.
- Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
NEW SECTIONS
- Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 7: In page 6, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Amendment of 5. The is amended— (a) by the insertion of the following section after section 14A: “Non-disclosure agreements 14B. (1) Subject to this section— (a) an employer shall not enter into a non-disclosure agreement, and (b) where such an agreement is entered...
- Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Acceptance of this amendment involves the deletion of section 3 of the Bill.
- Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Amendment agreed to.
- Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Section 3 deleted.
- Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 8: In page 6, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “Amendment of 6. Section 47 of the is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (7): “(7A) Regulations may provide for the postponement of the payment of maternity benefit in the event of the person who is entitled to that benefit having a serious health...
- Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Amendment agreed to.
- Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Amendments Nos. 9 to 14, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.
- Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 9: In page 6, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following: “PART 3 PRESERVATION OF CERTAIN RECORDS Definitions (Part 3) 7.(1) In this Part— “Act of 1986” means the “Act of 1991” means the “Act of 2022” means the “adopted person” has the same...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I accept that.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: I think there will always be private hospitals. To be honest, from a public healthcare perspective it can be useful to be able to dip into additional capacity from time to time when it is needed and if there is a shortage. However, it should be the exception rather than the rule. I hear what the Deputy is saying but I do not agree with the Deputy's language. It is a little unfair. I...
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Richard Boyd Barrett: I am not talking about them.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Stephen Donnelly: The people I have met at the VHI are doing their very best to try to provide the best possible care.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Amendment put and declared lost.
- Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
SECTION 2