Seanad debates
Wednesday, 7 July 2010
Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill 2009: Committee Stage
6:00 pm
Ivana Bacik (Independent)
They could not be greater than the status of married people but they could be equivalent. Legal recognition could be given to a cohabiting couple, including a same-sex couple, to a level equivalent with marriage. I do not see how our amendments go anywhere beyond that. They are not even equivalent to marriage. I do not see how there could be a constitutional difficulty with those.
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