667. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing paid paternity benefit from two weeks to eight weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21809/26]
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901. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1093 of 17 February 2026, if she will consider a public consultation plan regarding the Action Plan for the National Strategy to allow parents to share parental leave allocations between each other; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14983/26]
998. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider introducing new rules that would allow spouses to share parental leave allocations between each other (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11664/26]
1482. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will widen the parental leave scheme from its current model, which allows for some of the leave to be transferred if both parents work for the same employer, to allow transfer between parents who work for different employers (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58067/25]
1067. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider extending the parental leave scheme past the existing 962 hours, in recognition of the challenges parents are facing with sourcing childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48172/25]