Sick Leave Bill 2022: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2022-06-29
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Damien English (FG), Meath West

I remind the Senator that what we are starting here is a payment for three days. It kicks in after that. It will move to ten days in the next couple of years, as committed to by my party and the other parties in government. I am not sure what Sinn Féin would do. It has a very different view when it comes to creating and sustaining jobs. I will not go into that today. The Government is clear that there is a commitment to go to ten days. The Senator is taking a one-day view of this, which is not a fair analysis of the legislation. If he wishes to redo his example in the context of the payment for three days, rather than one day, it will be a different story.

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Sitting date: 2022-06-29