Seanad debates
Thursday, 22 October 2015
Marriage Bill 2015: Committee and Remaining Stages
10:30 am
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
The legislation is clear. My attitude to the points the Senator makes has nothing to do with timing. I simply have told him that I consider them to be redundant. They are not needed because the Bill takes careful and meticulous account of the position of religious bodies and is completely respectful of the constitutional guarantee that each religious denomination shall have the right to manage its own affairs.
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