Only Half Of New Fathers Avail Of Paternity Leave
The Last Word with Matt Cooper

Only Half Of New Fathers Avail Of Paternity Leave

2025-04-04

New research from the ESRI has shown that only half of fathers are using paternity leave, with issues around levels of income a common reason for not doing so.

Claire Keane – Associate Research Professor in Taxation, Welfare & Pensions at the ESRI and co-author of the report and Frances Byrne, Director of Policy, Advocacy & Campaigning with Early Childhood Ireland spoke to Matt on The Last Word about this.

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