Departmental Budgets
Departmental Budgets Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 July 2024
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PQ reply by Minister for Social Protection
Mad they don't know the number. Zero chance they'll ever introduce paid Parental Leave Benefit if they don't know the numbers availing of it.Parental Leave allows parents to take 26 weeks unpaid leave for each eligible child before their twelfth birthday. My colleague the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth holds responsibility for Parental Leave. There is no associated benefit payable with Parental Leave.
It is not known how many people avail of Parental Leave and therefore it is not possible to estimate the cost of introducing a €300 weekly payment for people availing of the leave.