First Stage Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means Lapsed The bill’s status — click for what it means 33rd Dáil The House currently handling the bill 126/2021 Official bill number / year
Maternity Care (Covid-19) Bill 2021
- Sponsor
- Peadar Tóibín · Aontú
- Introduced
- 6 Oct 2021
- Last updated
- 14 Nov 2024
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Requires hospitals to permit one accompanying person to attend with mothers during labour, birth, and specified occasions before and after delivery.
- Allows accompanying person to visit baby in neonatal or special care units, with broad definition to cover fathers and others.
- Permits hospitals to refuse accompanying person only if Covid-19 positive test or symptoms present substantial transmission risk in circumstances.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil6 Oct 2021
Debates
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