Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

No, but a person can purposely do an act that would negate his domicile here. The legislation states that the court can only make an order if one of the civil partners is domiciled in the State on the date of the application. Someone who has just temporarily changed his residence on behalf of the State working in a mission abroad who wants to apply under this legislation would not be regarded as having been domiciled in that foreign territory because their domicile of origin would be in Ireland.

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