Second Stage Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means Current The bill’s status — click for what it means 34th Dáil The House currently handling the bill 42/2025 Official bill number / year
Organisation of Working Time (Leave for Health Screening Purposes) Bill 2025
- Sponsor
- Duncan Smith · Labour Party
- Introduced
- 3 Jul 2025
- Last updated
- 4 Jul 2025
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Creates statutory right to paid leave for employees to attend HSE cervical, breast, colon cancer screening, or other screening recommended by their doctor.
- Excludes health screening leave from weekly working hours cap calculations and nightly hours reference periods under Organisation of Working Time Act 1997.
- Dismissal for taking health screening leave is presumed unfair; protects continuity of service for redundancy; disputes handled by Workplace Relations Commission.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 34th Dáil3 Jul 2025
- Second Stage 34th Dáil3 Jul 2025
Debates
Related bills
- Organisation of Working Time (Reproductive Health Related Leave) Bill 2021 Committee Stage
- Health (Postponement of Certain Leave) Bill 2024 Second Stage
- Organisation of Working Time (Workers' Rights and Bogus Self-Employment) (Amendment) Bill 2021 First Stage
- Personal Protective Equipment (Covid-19) Bill 2022 First Stage
- Workplace Ventilation (Covid-19) Bill 2021 Second Stage
- Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2022 Enacted