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The key provisions of the Parent's Leave and Benefit Act 2019 are as follows:
Pay Admin Section, Finance Br, DOD with at least six weeks' notice, will make the necessary arrangements for pay to be
stopped for the period of the leave.
Applications for Parent's Benefit can be made online at mywelfare.ie.
(https://services.mywelfare.ie/en/topics/parents-children family/). If an individual is unable to apply online, postal applications
are also accepted. A Parent's Benefit application form can be requested by emailing or phoning the Parent's Benefit Section,
DSP (Department of Social Protection).
When submitting an application for Parent's Benefit, the applicant must declare that their Parent's Leave has been approved
by their employer. DSP may contact an employer (Pay Admin Section, Finance Br, DOD) asking them to confirm the dates of
Parent's Leave.
Each relevant parent is entitled to 2 weeks paid parent's leave for a child born or, in the case of adoption, placed on or
after 1 November 2019.
It is a requirement of the Act that applications are submitted in time to reach Pay Admin Section, Finance Br, DOD, at least
6 weeks in advance setting out the expected date on which the leave will begin and the duration of the planned leave (this
is to facilitate not only unit staff planning but also for cessation of pay).
All DF members are entitled to protection from penalisation, including dismissal, unfair treatment for exercising their
entitlement to Parent's Leave. Any DF member availing of the leave has an entitlement to return to his/her normal military
employment in the same location and to the same terms and conditions of employment before they commenced the
Parent's Leave.
Parent's Leave can be taken in a continuous period of two weeks or in separate blocks of one week each.
Parent's Leave cannot be transferred between parents other than in specified circumstances such as the death of a
parent.
Parent's Leave can be availed of from the date of the birth/placement date up to 52 weeks after this date.
The Act provides for the commencement date of Parent's Leave where a relevant parent is entitled to Maternity Leave (inc.
extended Maternity Leave), Adoptive Leave and transferred Paternity Leave
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