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

I move amendment No. 4:

In page 3, to delete line 16 and substitute the following:“ “Act of 2010” means the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010;”.

In light of the enactment of the Marriage Act 2015, these amendments provide for various references to the gender-specific terms of "husband" and "wife" contained in the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 to be replaced with reference to the gender-neutral term of "spouse". They also provide for related changes in the Acts. All these changes pertain to the recently enacted Marriage Act 2015 and it is just to tidy up and to make sure the references are correct within the Acts.