Report On Cohabiting Couples By The Law Reform Commission 2006
In this report the Law Reform Commission repeats it recommendations but strengthened them to allow for a wider range of protections especially those effecting pensions and employment law. It contained a draft bill to allow legal recognise of cohabiting couples. Almost all of this draft bill was included as Part 15 of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act, 2010.
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