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Critical Health Professionals Bill 2017
- Sponsor
- Mark Daly · Fianna Fáil
- Introduced
- 1 Mar 2017
- Last updated
- 20 Apr 2020
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Allows health professionals in publicly-funded health organisations to voluntarily defer mandatory retirement age, if both employee and employer agree in writing.
- Extension periods proposed as up to two years initially, renewable once for another two years, with both parties' ongoing consent required throughout.
- Excludes those who previously took early or voluntary retirement; preserves employees' existing conditions of employment except the mandatory retirement clause.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage25th Seanad1 Mar 2017
- Second Stage25th Seanad1 Mar 2017
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