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- Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Roderic O'Gorman: The Deputy referenced it earlier in the process, and I thank him for bringing it forward. I will make a broader point and a specific point on this particular issue. The campaign to extend to women who were ill the ability to postpone maternity leave was first introduced by the Irish Cancer Society. It was originally for women who were experiencing cancer during maternity leave. That is a...
- Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Seán Sherlock: I am a little bit at pains to understand the justification with regard to the inpatient hospital treatment insertion within the legislation. However, I am very conscious of the need to have this legislation dispensed with today. On that basis, I will withdraw, but I suspect we will be coming back to that very issue again at some future date. I have no doubt about it. I think we all share...
- 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)
Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 2: In page 3, between lines 9 and 10, to insert the following: “Expenses 2. The expenses incurred by the Minister for Children, Disability, Equality, Integration and Youth in the administration of this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, be paid out of monies...
- 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)
Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 3: In page 5, to delete lines 17 to 20 and substitute the following: “(10) An employee to whom subsection (1) of section 14B and subsection (1) apply shall not be entitled to postpone maternity leave under section 14B and this section in respect of the same birth.”.
- 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)
Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 4: In page 5, to delete lines 23 and 24 and substitute the following: “ ‘maternity leave’ includes, where applicable, a further period of maternity leave referred to in section 8, section 13(2), or section 13B;”.
- 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)
Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 5: In page 5, to delete lines 27 and 28.
- Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Amendment, by leave, withdrawn.
- Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Section 1, as amended, agreed to.
- Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
SECTION 2
- Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Roderic O'Gorman: I move amendment No. 6: In page 6, line 13, after “period”, to insert “(whether or not deferred or paused in the event of the member having a serious health condition)”. Amendment No. 6 deals with the issue of leave for Oireachtas Members. The proposal related to maternity leave for Members of the Oireachtas has been carefully drafted with the Office of the...
- Maternity Protection Bill 2024 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages (23 Oct 2024)
Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Is the amendment moved by the Minister agreed?
- 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.