Anne Rabbitte
Question:169. Deputy Anne Rabbitte asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons that received statutory paternity benefit in 2017. [3525/18]
View answerWednesday, 24 January 2018
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Paternity benefit provides a payment in respect of two weeks paternity leave to be taken within 26 weeks of the birth of the baby. During the 2017 year, 26,139 people availed of this leave and were awarded paternity benefit.