Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The definitions contained in the Bill are very expansive. For example, the definition of "couple" refers to a married couple, civil partners within the meaning of the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010, a man and a woman who are not married to each other but who are cohabiting as husband and wife or two persons of the same sex who are cohabiting in domestic circumstances comparable to that of a man and a woman who are not married to each other but who are cohabiting as husband and wife. There is no need for the additional provision contained in the amendment because the definitions contained in the legislation are sufficiently expansive and encompass the points the Deputy makes.

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