Second Stage Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means Lapsed The bill’s status — click for what it means 25th Seanad The House currently handling the bill 32/2017 Official bill number / year
Critical Health Professionals Bill 2017
- Sponsor
- Mark Daly · Fianna Fáil
- Introduced
- 1 Mar 2017
- Last updated
- 20 Apr 2020
What this bill does AI · 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 timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 25th Seanad1 Mar 2017
- Second Stage 25th Seanad1 Mar 2017
Debates
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