Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 April 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

General Scheme of Children and Family Relationships Bill 2014: Discussion

1:25 pm

Photo of Katherine ZapponeKatherine Zappone (Independent) | Oireachtas source

My questions relate to earlier comments about the constitutionality of some aspects of the legislation. Perhaps lawyers at the table would like to comment. There is a principle of a child's right to have a family recognised, and many of the other presentations have a basis in an acceptance of that principle. How would this be constitutionally compliant, given that our Constitution largely bases the family on the institution of marriage?

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