Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 26 September 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

General Scheme of the Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Role of Women) Bill: Discussion (Resumed)

9:00 am

Photo of Donnchadh Ó LaoghaireDonnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

If the proposal of the Constitution Review Group were included in the Constitution as an alternative wording, or if something in that general vein were included to make this section of the Constitution gender-neutral, would there be any obvious cause of action, from Mrs. Justice McGuinness's point of view, that could be taken? Given that there have not been many successful actions on the basis of the current provision, it might seem that no obvious case could be taken on the strength of such a wording.

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