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Version status: Published
Version date: 3 October 2019 - onwards

10. Commencement of parent’s leave for a relevant parent entitled to paternity leave

This format of the bill is taken from the text of stage 1 published on 3 October 2019 by Seanad Éireann

(1) Subject to this section, where a relevant parent is entitled to parent’s leave and paternity leave -

(a) the date of confinement or day of placement, as the case may be, or

(b) the day immediately following the end of the period of paternity leave concerned, is specified for the purposes of section 7(1).

(2) Where a relevant parent is entitled to parent’s leave and paternity leave and becomes entitled to leave under sections 16(1) and (4) of the Act of 1994, the day immediately following -

(a) where the relevant parent is taking a period of leave under section 16(4) of the Act of 1994, the end of the period of leave concerned,

(b) where the relevant parent is not taking leave referred to in paragraph (a), the end of such period of paternity leave as the relevant parent may take in accordance with section 13(1) of the Act of 2016, or

(c) in any other case, the end of the period of leave under section 16(1) of the Act of 1994,

is specified for the purposes of section 7(1).