Seanad debates
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
4:00 pm
Barry Andrews (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
The statutory declaration is clearly unable to address the issues raised by Senator Bacik. I would not wish to make a commitment in this regard. The guardianship rights afforded to natural fathers in an unmarried situation are limited to those who are named on the birth certificate in respect of making a statutory declaration in the absence of applying to the courts.
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