Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform An Roinn Dlí agus Cirt, Comhionannais agus Athchóirithe Dlí SUBMISSIONS SOUGHT CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS ON “DOMESTIC PARTNERSHIP” A Working Group on Domestic Partnership has been established by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. The Working Group is to prepare an Options Paper on Domestic Partnership for presentation to the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform by October 2006, within the following terms of reference: • To consider the categories...
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Submission to Domestic Partnership Working Group
Submission from Stephen Spillane, Finance Officer,University College Cork, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered SocietyWorking Group Member,Union of Students of Ireland, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Campaign In today’s society nothing is or should be taking for granted. People have to look for security in their lives at all times. When it comes to domestic partnerships, security is lacking, if something happens to one of the partners, they have no rights to each others property even if it is held...
Same-sex Marriage in Ireland?
Will it ever happen? In recent years same-sex marriages and civil unions have become the norm in many jurisdictions around the world. Within Europe nearly every country has discussed laws dealing with same-sex marriage and civil unions. Belgium, Holland and now Spain all allow same-sex marriages while many other countries allow civil unions or give gay couples some rights. These countries are very varied from France, the UK (next December) to the Scandinavian countries. In Ireland it is a...
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