Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
Committee on Education and Social Protection: Select Sub-Committee on Social Protection
Social Welfare Bill 2015: Committee Stage
1:00 pm
Kevin Humphreys (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Throughout this process, the Department has endeavoured to change as many as possible. The consolidated Act is under review constantly to ensure the legislative references are correct. Since I came into the House, I and many Deputies have been finding references that were not up to date. However, through a review mechanism, the Government will rectify anything that is discovered. A huge body of work has been undertaken by civil servants in respect of the Marriage Act in an endeavour to rectify everything possible. I certainly am not stating nothing will be found but if it is, it will be rectified as discovered as soon as practicable.