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UTAO: Six-month 100% paid parental leave would cost 230 million euros

The Technical Unit for Budgetary Support (UTAO) estimates that extending parental leave to six months with 100% pay would cost 230 million euros, a figure lower than the government's initial estimate of 445 million. Various opposition proposals for parental leave extensions are estimated to cost between 33 million and 290 million euros.

Why it mattersThis is a budgetary analysis of potential policy changes currently under debate; while nothing has changed yet for families, it indicates the scale of costs the government and opposition are considering regarding future leave entitlements.

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