Taoiseach announces paid leave for partners of healthcare workers

This would apply where the partner currently works in the public sector and would allow them to stay at home and provide childcare.

Paid leave will be provided for the partners of healthcare workers to assist with childcare issues in the home, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has confirmed.

Mr Varadkar, speaking in Dublin on Wednesday, said that a proposal was considered yesterday by the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) on childcare for frontline workers which has two aspects.