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Calls For More Parental Leave

Would you like to be able to avail of more unpaid parental leave? The Social Democrats are proposing...
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11:29 AM - 8 Feb 2018



Calls For More Parental Leave

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Calls For More Parental Leave

TodayFM
TodayFM

11:29 AM - 8 Feb 2018



Would you like to be able to avail of more unpaid parental leave?

The Social Democrats are proposing the entitlement should increase from 18 to 26 weeks.

The government has indicated it won't oppose the new bill.

Sheila Garrity is a Lecturer in Early Childhood Studies in NUIG.

She welcomes the move but says paid leave would see both parents more likely to avail of it:



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