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Maternity Care (Covid-19) Bill 2021
- Sponsor
- Peadar Tóibín · Aontú
- Introduced
- 6 Oct 2021
- Last updated
- 14 Nov 2024
What this bill doesAI · 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 timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil6 Oct 2021
Debates
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