598 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the latest social policy report from the Citizen’s Information Board regarding Section 9 of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) Act 2004 which points to the redundancy of the provision in relation to leave entitlements for women who breast-feed since the extension of maternity leave; if the claim in the report is correct that breast-feeding women no longer have an entitlement to leave if they have taken the full paid and unpaid maternity leave; and if so, the action he is taking to correct this anomaly and restore the leave entitlement of breast-feeding women. [30840/07]

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598 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if his attention has been drawn to the latest social policy report from the Citizen’s Information Board regarding Section 9 of the Maternity Protection (Amendment) Act 2004 which points to the redundancy of the provision in relation to leave entitlements for women who breast-feed since the extension of maternity leave; if the claim in the report is correct that breast-feeding women no longer have an entitlement to leave if they have taken the full paid and unpaid maternity leave; and if so, the action he is taking to correct this anomaly and restore the leave entitlement of breast-feeding women. [30840/07]

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