Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have some questions for Dr. Cahillane. The history of this is very interesting and what it really reveals is that the 1930s were, in many respects, a different time. I would like to ask about the definition of the family and how it is defined by the courts. Since then we have had jurisprudence on the definition of the family, obviously, and we have had the constitutional amendment. Does Dr. Cahillane not think that there is a strong possibility that the courts, in interpreting this, would regard family as extending beyond the standard marital concept?