Call for some employers to pay for their staff's childcare
A new bill is being launched today to provide paid childcare leave for parents who have to mind children due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Rise TD, Paul Murphy, says it's not possible for some people to go to work, particularly if they are a single parent:
"What we would favour is a system where big businesses, many of whom have done quite well in the course of the pandemic and are in receipt already of massive state support would pay for the childcare leave. But small businesses; it would be paid out of a general social insurance fund."
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