Tommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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445. To ask the Minister for Health when all sections of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015 will be commenced; the timeframe for full commencement; if there are barriers impinging on the rights of same-sex married persons and their children prior to commencement of all sections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9599/18]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Officials in my Department are undertaking the work necessary to facilitate the commencement of Parts 2 & 3 of the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015. A small number of technical and legal issues have arisen which require clarification, and it is important that these are resolved before Parts 2 & 3 of the Act are commenced. I hope to be in a position to lay the Regulations before the Houses of the Oireachtas as early as possible in 2018.