Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie

Public Consultation on The Family in Bunreacht na hÉireann

Options
  • 05-11-2004 2:18pm
    #1
    Yoda
    Registered Users Posts: 1,853 ✭✭✭


    From an advertisement on page 9 of today's Irish Times:

    THE ALL-PARTY OIREACHTAS COMMITTEE ON THE CONSTITUTION
    The Family
    The Committee invites written submissions

    Bunreacht na hÉireann (the Constitution of Ireland) contains its main provisions in relation to the family in Articles 41, 42 and 40.3.

    Following the enactment of the Constitution, legislation relating to the family has been developed in line with those Articles and elucidated by the courts in a substantial body of case law.

    The All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution, which is charged with reviewing the Constitution in its entirety, is now examining these Articles to ascertain the extent to which they are serving the good of individuals and the community, with a view to deciding whether changes in them would bring about a greater balance between the two.

    The Committee wishes to invite individuals and groups to make written submissions to it, whether in general terms or in terms of specific issues such as:

    * how should the family be defined?

    * how should one strike the balance between the rights of the family as a unit and the rights of individual members?

    * is it possible to give constitutional protection to families other than those based on marriage?

    * should gay couples be allowed to marry?

    * is the Constitution's reference to woman's 'life within the home' a dated one that should be changed?

    * should the rights of a natural mother have express constitutional protection?

    * what rights should a natural father have, and how should they be protected?

    * should the rights of the child be given an expanded constitutional protection?

    * does the Constitution need to be changed in view of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child?

    Submissions should reach the Committee at the address below before 31 January 2005

    The All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution
    Fourth Floor, Phoenix House
    7-9 South Leinster Street
    Dublin 2

    Fax: 01 662 5581
    Email: info@apocc.irlgov.ie


Advertisement