Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019
Number 35 of 2019
PARENT’S LEAVE AND BENEFIT ACT 2019
REVISED
Updated to 1 August 2024
This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Parent's Leave and Benefit Act 2019. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.
All Acts up to and including the Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024 (30/2024), enacted 23 July 2024, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Human Trafficking) Act 2024 (Commencement) Order 2024 (S.I. No. 391 of 2024), made 31 July 2024, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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Number 35 of 2019
PARENT’S LEAVE AND BENEFIT ACT 2019
REVISED
Updated to 1 August 2024
CONTENTS
Preliminary and General
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Voidance or modification of certain provisions in agreements |
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Parent’s Leave
Employment Protection
Resolution of Disputes
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Parent’s Benefit
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Miscellaneous
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Acts Referred to
Adoption Act 2010 (No. 21)
Adoptive Leave Act 1995 (No. 2)
Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 (No. 9)
Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 (No. 24)
Civil Registration Act 2004 (No. 3)
Civil Service Regulation Act 1956 (No. 46)
Employment Equality Act 1998 (No. 21)
Industrial Relations Act 1946 (No. 26)
Interpretation Act 2005 (No. 23)
Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37)
Maternity Protection Act 1994 (No. 34)
Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (No. 25)
Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Act 1973 (No. 4)
Paternity Leave and Benefit Act 2016 (No. 11)
Protection of Employees (Fixed-Term Work) Act 2003 (No. 29)
Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act 2001 (No. 45)
Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012 (No. 13)
Redundancy Payments Act 1967 (No. 21)
Redundancy Payments Acts 1967 to 2014
Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26)
Social Welfare, Pensions and Civil Registration Act 2018 (No. 37)
Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39)
Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 (No. 10)
Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16)
Number 35 of 2019
PARENT’S LEAVE AND BENEFIT ACT 2019
REVISED
Updated to 1 August 2024
An Act to entitle certain employees who are relevant parents in relation to a child to employment leave for the purposes of enabling them to provide, or assist in the provision of, care to the child; to entitle certain employees who are surviving parents in relation to a child to employment leave on the death of a relevant parent; to provide for the payment of parent’s benefit to certain persons and, for that purpose, to amend the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005; for those purposes to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters.
[24th October, 2019]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
Annotations
Modifications (not altering text):
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Functions transferred and references construed (14.10.2020) by Disability, Equality, Human Rights, Integration and Reception (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 436 of 2020), arts. 2, 3(1)(a), (3) and sch., in effect as per art. 1(2), subject to transitional provisions in arts. 4-8. Note name of Department and Title of Minister changed from Children and Youth Affairs to Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (15.10.2020) by Children and Youth Affairs (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 437 of 2020).
2. (1) The administration and business in connection with the exercise, performance or execution of any functions transferred by Article 3 are transferred to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.
(2) References to the Department of Justice and Equality contained in any Act or instrument made under such Act and relating to any administration and business transferred by paragraph (1) of this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.
3. (1) The functions vested in the Minister for Justice and Equality -
(a) by or under the enactments specified in Schedule 1, and
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are transferred to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.
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(3) References to the Minister for Justice and Equality contained in any Act or instrument made under such Act, and relating to any functions transferred by this Article shall, on and after the commencement of this Order, be construed as references to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.
SCHEDULE 1
Article 3(1)(a)
Enactments, functions by or under which are transferred from the Minister for Justice and Equality to the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs
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Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019 (No. 35 of 2019)
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