Just in from the Department of Justice and Law Reform Ahern Welcomes Coming Into Law of Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 The Minister for Justice & Law Reform, Mr. Dermot Ahern T.D., welcomed the coming into law of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act […]
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I don’t usually do blog posts on rumours but there’s an awful lot of whispering going on regarding the President calling a meeting of Council of State and sending the Civil Partnership Bill to the Supreme Court to test it’s constitutionality. Early this afternoon the phone and the gchat started going from people in all […]
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Just in from from Senator Dan Boyle on twitter. Seanad business has been re-organised. Civil Partnership debate to be held on Wednesday and Thursday of next week (July 7th/8th). Momentum being used to get it done with? Afraid of letting it fester until the 13th? Whatever the reason it’s good that it will be sorted […]
Tags:Civil Partnership·Civil Partnership Bill·Dan Boyle·Seanad Eireann
And now onto the Seanad. It’s 21 years since the first European State passed a registered partnership bill. Ireland today is on it’s way to catching up – slow as ever. The Bill passed without a vote and there were moving speeches at the end, some acknowledging the fact that the bill does not go […]
Tags:Brendan Howlin·Ceann Comhairle·Civil Partnership·Civil Partnership Bill·Dermot Ahern·Green·Ireland·Mattie McGrath·Parties·Politics
The report stage of the Civil Partnership Bill will take place in the Dáil tomorrow night between 5pm and 9 pm. (Amendments tabled for debate) There is a liveblog available for commentary and you will be able to watch the debate on the liveblog or you can watch it by picking a stream from the […]
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