Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

We may, perhaps, look at this before the Bill is debated in the Seanad. However, my advice is that under the Interpretation Act 2005, those who would be prohibited from marrying would not include same-sex couples, given the fact that are debating civil partnership legislation and that the references in section 26 take care of the prohibited relationships.

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