Report of The All-party Committee On The Constitution 2006
The All-party Oireachtas committee set up to examine the constitution published a report on the provisions effecting the part about the Family. It recommended that civil partnership be introduced for same sex couples but that marriage remain restricted to men and women and that provision should me made for opposite sex couples who live together but who do not marry. Any such provisions for opposite sex couples should exclude same sex couples.
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