Sinn Féin’s motion calls on the government to end the referral of jobseekers to JobPath.
Under the current system labels of ‘Mother’ and ‘Father’ exist on birth certificates.
She said people on welfare payments were needlessly worried by news reports this morning.
Poll: Should paternity leave be mandatory?
The Irish Times reports today that the government is planning on introducing both two weeks’ paid parental leave and mandatory paternity leave.
Regina Doherty said there’d been a fourfold increase in the number of claims for free treatment benefits.
Maternity leave was extended for mothers of premature babies back in October – but not for parents of infants born before then.
The new Bill to be published this week aims to tackle the casualisation of work.
Minister Regina Doherty has said she heard a roar from Fianna Fáil TDs.
But the Social Protection minister says that other changes to social welfare payments are “in limbo”.