(1) Subject to article 63D, employment contributions shall be credited to an insured person in respect of each contribution week during which he or she avails of -

(a) carer's leave under Part 2 of the Carer's Leave Act, 2001 (No. 19 of 2001),

(b) maternity leave under Part II of the Maternity Protection Act, 1994 (No. 34 of 1994),

(ba) parent's leave under Part 2 of the Parent's Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (No. 35 of 2019),

(c) adoptive leave under Part II of the Adoptive Leave Act, 1995 (No. 2 of 1995), or

(d) paternity leave under Part 2 of the Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (No. 11 of 2016).

(2) Subject to articles 40 and 49 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions Regulations, 1994 (S.I. No. 417 of 1994)), an employment contribution credited to an insured person, by virtue of this article, in respect of whom the last previous contribution payable was -

(a) a contribution at the rate specified in articles 81(2)(a), 82(2)(a) or 83(2)(a), or