The Government is making proposals to provide new parents with three extra weeks of leave each.

This is in order to recognise the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on new parents.

So, if and when it comes to pass, what impact will it have on society and the workforce?

John Barry is a former member of the ISME National Council, and Managing Director of MSS - The HR People, and and Mary Connaughton is Director of CIPD Ireland; they joined Ivan on Tuesday's edition of the Hard Shoulder.