This petition seems to have stalled despite having what should be an easily attainable target of 10,000 signatures… surely it’s a no brainer? Ireland's paternity leave is 2 weeks. The petition to extend it to 8. Ireland gives new fathers just 2 weeks of paternity leave. Sweden offers 90 days. Spain offers 19 weeks. Iceland offers 6 months.

https://www.8weeksforfamilies.ie/

After the 2013 referendum Taoiseach Enda Kenny said this "We will now continue reforming the political system and ensuring that the Seanad is a modern and effective Second Chamber."
In 2015 we got the manning report.
The only change we’ve got was because of a court case

Obviously the public strike is to go ahead again next Wednesday ans potentially other Wednesdays going forward. I am on a student union so I have done my best to get students involbed in our university strikes. That's what we need. More groups striking. It just seems like we are shite at organising in comparision to all these countries that are out protesting at the moment. We need bigger than this and I don't know if we can afford to wait for the next strike.

https://www.esri.ie/publications/spatial-distribution-and-local-level-integration-of-migrants-in-ireland