Maternity Protection (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee and Remaining Stages
Dail Éireann — 2024-10-23
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Roderic O'Gorman (GP), Dublin West

I move amendment No. 8:
In page 6, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following:
“Amendment of Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005
6. Section 47 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 is amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (7):
“(7A) Regulations may provide for the postponement of the payment of maternity benefit in the event of the person who is entitled to that benefit having a serious health condition within the meaning of section 14C of the Maternity Protection Act 1994, subject to the conditions and in the circumstances that may be prescribed.”.”.

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