Sinn F\u00e9in Dublin South West TD Se\u00e1n Crowe has welcomed the decision to end the exclusion of women returning from maternity leave from the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme and described it as \u201ca victory for common-sense\u201d.<\/p>\n
Teachta Crowe said it will be a relief to many women that the government has finally accepted what Sinn F\u00e9in has been saying for weeks \u2013 that legislation was not required to deal with their exclusion from the payment.<\/p>\n
Teachta Crowe said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI welcome the decision of the government to do the right thing and end the exclusion of women returning from maternity leave from the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme. It defied logic for the government to dig their heels in on the issue when everyone accepted that the exclusion of these women was unfair and amounted to discrimination.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a victory for common sense.<\/p>\n
\u201cSinn F\u00e9in had said a number of weeks ago that new legislation was not needed to deal with this issue and that all the Minister had to do was simply instruct the Revenue Commissioners to act – just as he had done to fix other problems with the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will be a huge relief to many women that the government has finally accepted what Sinn F\u00e9in and many others have been saying and has now agreed to deal with this problem.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a victory for common sense and comes as a direct result of women across the country speaking out and demanding an end to their exclusion.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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