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Houses of the Oireachtas (Members) Bill 2024
- Sponsor
- Violet-Anne Wynne · Sinn Féin
- Introduced
- 10 Jul 2024
- Last updated
- 14 Nov 2024
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Allows each House to make standing orders permitting members to record absences for humanitarian reasons or infant care in Official Report, rather than relying on regulations.
- Amends 2021 Secretarial Facilities Regulations to entitle either parent (if a member) to secretarial assistance for parental leave, stillbirth, and child-related humanitarian grounds up to age two.
- Extends parental leave protections from primary legislation rather than statutory instrument, covering both parents equally and broadening eligible circumstances beyond the 2021 regulations.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil10 Jul 2024
Debates
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