Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Section 26 amends the principal Act by inserting a new section 59IA which provides for the validation of certain civil partnerships which were carried out at a foreign embassy of the State. As required procedures under the principal Act were not followed, these civil partnerships are not valid under Irish law and would generally not be recognised anywhere but the assenting country. The Bill provides that the civil partnerships are validated on a one-off basis.

The Deputy's amendment No. 7 proposes the deletion of subsection (4) in the new section 59IA. He is proposing the deletion of the provision covering the validating of a marriage that took place within an embassy.