Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
Dail Éireann — 2024-01-17
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Michael McNamara (IND), Clare

Just because something is not envisaged at a particular time does not mean that when we change the Constitution we change the meaning of the institutions. The Minister said he wanted to expand the protections for relationships that can avail of the shield of the family.
The Minister wants to expand them, and I do not have a problem with that, but I want to understand where the Minister sees the limit of the relationships which do not currently enjoy the shield of the family but will enjoy the shield of the family after these amendments are made, if they are made.

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Sitting date: 2024-01-17