For day that is in it (Bah Humbug) GLEN have released some statistics on Civil Partnership in Ireland. The figures, provided by the General Registrars Office show that: · 536 couples entered civil partnership in Ireland in the nine months from April 5th 2011, when civil partnership first became available · the 1072 people entering […]
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The Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan today published the Finance No. 3 Bill 2011. This bill will change tax legislation affected by the passage of Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010. These matters were omitted from the Finance Bill published at the beginning of the year before the collapse of […]
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There is going to be a lot of revisionism and distorting of the facts in the next four weeks and I am sure we’ll be catching and factchecing a lot of claims along the way. Some of it is off before the campaign has begun, no surprise there! On Friday Minister for Finance, Brian Lenihan, […]
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It was confirmed last night that the sections to be included in the Finance Bill to provide for the rights accorded to Civil Partners would not be ready for debate for another month. As I mentioned yesterday it was the intention of the Minister for Finance to include the section at committee stage. In the […]
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The shambles and uncertainty that is Irish politics at the moment may effect the passage of legislation on civil partnerships due to be debated before the General Election. The Finance Bill published last Friday was due to be amended during the committee stage to contain provisions for the recognition of Civil Partnerships within tax systems. […]
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