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

The proposal under section 59IA(4) is intended to ensure that the validation of a civil partnership does not adversely interfere with a person's entitlement under a will or a bequest or entitlement to a benefit, allowance, pension or other payment. The duration of this safeguard is for a period commencing on 1 January 2011 and ending on the day before the commencement of this section. The Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations under the Cohabitants Act 2010 came into effect on 1 January 2011. I do not propose to accept the amendment. I am not clear exactly what the Deputy is seeking to do in this respect.