Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

My advice is that this has been looked at by the Attorney General and the way in which it is looked at by the courts, under the Interpretation Act, will clearly indicate that two adults are within a proscribed degree of relationship if they are prohibited from marrying each other within the State.

It will indicate clearly that although the two adults who are within a proscribed degree of relationship are prohibited from marrying each other within the State, this does not apply to civil partners.

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