Sick Leave and Parental Leave (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Second Stage [Private Members]
Dail Éireann — 2020-09-23
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Louise O'Reilly (SF), Dublin Fingal

I thank the Deputies for introducing this legislation, but I cannot let this go without remarking on how the former Minister, Deputy Howlin, stated that sick pay was a moral imperative even before Covid. He was bang on. It was a moral imperative when he cut the entitlement of public servants, including our nurses, to sick pay in half. I campaigned against that cut.

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Sitting date: 2020-09-23