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Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2021
- Sponsor
- Réada Cronin · Sinn Féin
- Introduced
- 10 Nov 2021
- Last updated
- 11 Nov 2025
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Employees who lose a child get at least 10 working days bereavement leave, to be taken within 42 days of the child's death.
- Applies to children under 18 and stillborn children after 24 weeks pregnancy; amends Parental Leave Acts 1998 and 2006.
- Bereavement leave does not reduce other leave entitlements and is treated as part of overall leave allowance.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage33rd Dáil10 Nov 2021
- Second Stage33rd Dáil10 Nov 2021
- Committee Stage33rd Dáil1 Feb 2023
Debates
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