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Finance Bill No. 3 enters the Seanad

July 14th, 2011 · 2 Comments · Equality, Irish Politics, Same Sex Partnerships

It’s nearly there – the Finance Bill No. 3  2011 which deals with the tax affairs of civil partnerships (and children of civil partners) has passed all stages of the Dáil and is now in the Seanad for consideration.   It passed the second stage yesterday.  The debate which took place can be read here. There […]

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Finance No. 3 Bill – debate begins

June 25th, 2011 · Comments Off on Finance No. 3 Bill – debate begins · Equality, Irish Politics, Same Sex Partnerships

On Wednesday the Finance No. 3 Bill 2011 was debated in Dáil Eireann and passed through second stage without a vote. The Bill seeks to revise the tax codes which are affected by the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights of Cohabitants Act 2010.  One clause of the bill will give a child whose parents are […]

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Finance Bill published to pave way for full Civil Partnership rights

June 9th, 2011 · 1 Comment · Irish Politics, Same Sex Partnerships

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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Handbags over Civil Partnership and Government Collapse

January 30th, 2011 · 4 Comments · General Election 2011, Green Party, Irish Politics, LGBT, Same Sex Partnerships

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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Confirmed – Finance Bill will not cover Civil Partnership issues

January 25th, 2011 · 7 Comments · Elections, General Election 2011, Irish Politics, Same Sex Partnerships

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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