Three more paid weeks off for new parents as Family Leave bill passes

Children's Minister Roderic O’Gorman said the move, which is required to be transposed into Irish law under the EU Work-Life Balance Directive, would see the total number of paid weeks go to nine in the coming years.

Working parents will be entitled to an additional three weeks of paid parental leave and benefit after the passing of the Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021.

The additional leave was announced in the budget last October but passed all stages of the Dáil this week and will be signed into law by the President in the coming weeks.