2816. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019, under which a child in a one-parent family has access to a maximum of nine weeks’ paid parental leave compared with up to 18 combined weeks for a child with two parents in the household, is consistent with the principle of equal access for children to early parental care regardless of family structure; if her Department has engaged with the Department of Social Protection on this disparity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59632/26]

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2816. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Parent’s Leave and Benefit Act 2019, under which a child in a one-parent family has access to a maximum of nine weeks’ paid parental leave compared with up to 18 combined weeks for a child with two parents in the household, is consistent with the principle of equal access for children to early parental care regardless of family structure; if her Department has engaged with the Department of Social Protection on this disparity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59632/26]

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