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Civil Partnerships bill set to go before Irish Parliament in the fall

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KENNETH HAYNES,
IrishCentral.com Staff Writer
Published Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 11:00 AM
Updated Thursday, July 23, 2009, 6:07 PM

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Fianna Fail TD and Minister for Justice Dermot Ahern has told the Sunday Business Post that he is working on cabinet approval for a civil partnerships bill that could be enacted before 2010.

Ahern told the Sunday Business Post that the recognition of civil partnerships would be ‘‘implemented in full through the forthcoming Civil Partnership Bill, which I will publish within weeks’’

Kieran Rose, chair of the Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (GLEN), welcomed the development.

“This is an historic civil rights reform that will resolve many immediate and pressing issues faced by lesbian and gay couples, and the Minister and the Government are to be congratulated on bringing forward this complex and comprehensive legislation and committing to its early enactment.

“This is a human rights reform whose time has come. All political parties have played a role in getting us to this point and there is huge public support for change.”

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