# Maternity Leave
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Last year
2023
Back at Cabinet
Helen McEntee returns as Justice Minister this week after six months maternity leave
30 May 2023
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pairing agreement
Violet-Anne Wynne to resume Dáil pairing with McEntee after breaking it for eviction ban vote
29 Mar 2023
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All time
Justice Minister
Helen McEntee begins maternity leave with Heather Humphreys taking over justice brief
25 Nov 2022
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Maternity Leave
New scheme to allow councillor appoint temporary substitute while on maternity leave
22 Nov 2022
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Voices
Opinion: It's time we designed a better politics for women that benefits us all
Peter Burke
28 Jun 2022
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Irish Cancer Society
Calls for Govt to fix maternity leave issues for mothers diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy
23 Jun 2022
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Back to Work
Helen McEntee returns as Justice Minister today after six months maternity leave
Updated
1 Nov 2021
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local government
Maternity leave for councillors to be examined by all-female group
29 Mar 2021
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Maternity Leave
Justice Minister to take six months paid maternity leave from 30 April
11 Mar 2021
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maternity issue
Taoiseach says government is committed to facilitating McEntee's maternity leave and not have her resign
Updated
8 Mar 2021
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Maternity Leave
Public won't be thankful if new minister appointed to replace McEntee during maternity leave, Nora Owen says
7 Mar 2021
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Maternity Leave
Referendum may be needed to allow maternity leave for politicians, Taoiseach says
28 Dec 2020
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Houses of the OIreachtas
Does the constitution need to be changed to allow TDs to take maternity leave?
12 Dec 2020
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new parents
'Maternity leave is a human right': TD calls for parental leave for TDs
29 Jul 2020
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Voices
Opinion: Maternity leave in lockdown was no picnic, so please don't forget new parents
Patrice Hosford
17 Jul 2020
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Maternity Leave
'Parents face stark choices': Three-week extension to parent's leave criticised as too little, too late
14 Jul 2020
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Paid leave
Parents of children born during pandemic to get additional three weeks leave
13 Jul 2020
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Maternity Leave
Micheál Martin to consider calls to extend maternity leave due to Covid-19 pandemic
7 Jul 2020
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covid-19 pandemic
Leo Varadkar tells Dáil he will consider extending maternity leave by three months
Updated
11 Jun 2020
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Maternity Leave
Paschal Donohoe is 'examining' maternity leave exclusion from Covid-19 wage subsidy
20 May 2020
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Temporary Wage subsidy
Maternity leave exclusion from wage subsidy referred to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission
15 May 2020
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Maternity Leave
Company ordered to pay €61,000 to woman who was 'discriminated against due to pregnancy'
21 Aug 2019
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bogus self-employment
Some female pilots have to 'choose between terminating pregnancy or quitting'
20 Jun 2019
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Maternity Leave
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern returns to work 6 weeks after giving birth
2 Aug 2018
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Voices
Column: 'We are required to provide a sick cert to cover the period of absence to give birth'
Senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee
17 Jul 2018
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Goat
Serena Williams' post-pregnancy return to tennis is bringing sexism in the game to the fore
3 Jul 2018
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Maternity Leave
6 events for mums on maternity leave - from book clubs to baby-friendly movie screenings
24 Apr 2018
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parents panel
Parents Panel: How did you find returning to work after maternity leave?
3 Apr 2018
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time off
Here's why this Maryland politician's decision to breastfeed in her campaign video is so important
22 Mar 2018
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Maternity Leave
'A disgrace': The mothers of premature babies who say they've been left behind by the Minister
18 Dec 2017
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premature baby
'My son had a 10% chance of survival and I only had 8 weeks paid leave when I got him home'
2 Oct 2017
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Danielle Twomey
Cork councillor with young baby back at work after discovering she's not entitled to maternity leave
26 Sep 2017
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Voices
Cllr Jennifer Whitmore: 'I'm shocked a breastfeeding politician was considered news'
Jennifer Whitmore
27 Jun 2017
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Premature
Dáil to debate extending maternity leave for the 4,500 Irish mothers who start it in hospital every year
4 Apr 2017
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