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17/04/2008
Co-Habitation Bill To Be Published Soon, Says Cowen
The Taoiseach in waiting, Brian Cowen, has told the Dáil the Government will be publishing a bill on the rights of co-habiting couples.
Mr Cowen was responding to questions from Labour leader Eamon Gilmore following yesterday's court ruling that a lesbian couple living together with a child can be regarded as a family under the European Convention on Human Rights.
The Tánaiste said the government plans to put the issue to the house in an upcoming bill to protect the rights of co-habiting couples.
Mr Cowen says this would have to be examined by officials, but the bill on co-habiting couples had already been circulated among the relevant departments and would be brought to government shortly.
Legally recognised civil partnerships were introduced in Northern Ireland in 2005.
(DW/JM)
Mr Cowen was responding to questions from Labour leader Eamon Gilmore following yesterday's court ruling that a lesbian couple living together with a child can be regarded as a family under the European Convention on Human Rights.
The Tánaiste said the government plans to put the issue to the house in an upcoming bill to protect the rights of co-habiting couples.
Mr Cowen says this would have to be examined by officials, but the bill on co-habiting couples had already been circulated among the relevant departments and would be brought to government shortly.
Legally recognised civil partnerships were introduced in Northern Ireland in 2005.
(DW/JM)
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