Bill entitled an Act to provide for certain matters relating to donor-assisted human reproduction and the parentage of children born as a result of donor-assisted human reproduction procedures; to provide for the establishment and maintenance of a register to be known as the National Donor-Conceived Person Register; to amend and extend the law relating to the guardianship and custody of, and access to, children and for those purposes to amend the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964; to extend the category of persons who may be liable for the maintenance of children and for that purpose to amend the Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act 1976, and for that and other purposes to amend the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010; to provide for the use in certain circumstances of DNA testing to determine parentage and for that and other purposes to amend the Status of Children Act 1987; to amend the Family Law Act 1995; to amend the category of persons who may adopt children and for that and other purposes to amend the Adoption Act 2010; to make consequential amendments to the Succession Act 1965, the Civil Registration Act 2004 and other enactments; and to provide for related matters
Last updated: 6 Apr 2015
History of this Act
The Bill has been signed into law by the President.
6 Apr 2015
Dáil Éireann
Seanad Éireann
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Dáil First Stage
17 Feb 2015
Dáil First Stage
The Bill is initiated or presented to the House
17 Feb 2015
Completed
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Dáil Second Stage
24 Feb 2015
Dáil Second Stage
The general principles of the Bill are debated
24 Feb 2015
Completed
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Dáil Third Stage
26 Feb 2015
Dáil Third Stage
The Bill is examined section by section and amendments may be made
(Also known as Committee Stage)26 Feb 2015
Completed
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Dáil Fourth Stage
12 Mar 2015
Dáil Fourth Stage
Amendments arising out of Committee Stage are considered
(Also known as Report Stage)12 Mar 2015
Completed
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Dáil Fifth Stage
12 Mar 2015
Dáil Fifth Stage
Final statements on the Bill are made and it is set down for Second Stage in the Seanad
(Also known as Final Stage)12 Mar 2015
Completed
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Seanad First Stage
n/a
Seanad First Stage
The Bill is deemed to have passed Seanad First Stage
n/a
Completed
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Seanad Second Stage
24 Mar 2015
Seanad Second Stage
The general principles of the Bill are debated
24 Mar 2015
Completed
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Seanad Third Stage
27 Mar 2015
Seanad Third Stage
The Bill is examined section by section and amendments may be made
(Also known as Committee Stage)27 Mar 2015
Completed
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Seanad Fourth Stage
30 Mar 2015
Seanad Fourth Stage
Amendments arising out of Committee Stage are considered
(Also known as Report Stage)30 Mar 2015
Completed
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Seanad Fifth Stage
30 Mar 2015
Seanad Fifth Stage
Final statements on the Bill are made
(Also known as Final Stage)30 Mar 2015
Completed
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Enacted
6 Apr 2015
Enacted
The Bill is signed into law by the President
6 Apr 2015
Completed
6 Apr 2015
Children and Family Relationships Act 2015
6 Apr 2015
An tAcht um Leanaí agus Cóngais Teaghlaigh, 2015
12 Mar 2015
As amended in Committee/Select Committee (Dáil Eireann)
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015
12 Mar 2015
As passed by Dáil Éireann
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015
19 Feb 2015
As initiated
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015
Amendments
27 Mar 2015
Report Stage
Numbered List [Seanad]
25 Mar 2015
Committee Stage
Numbered List [Seanad]
10 Mar 2015
Report Stage
Numbered List [Dáil]
3 Mar 2015
Committee Stage
Numbered List [Dáil]
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Debates
30 Mar 2015
Seanad Éireann
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages
27 Mar 2015
Seanad Éireann
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage (Resumed)
26 Mar 2015
Seanad Éireann
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage
24 Mar 2015
Seanad Éireann
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage
12 Mar 2015
Dáil Éireann
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage
12 Mar 2015
Dáil Éireann
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Report Stage
12 Mar 2015
Dáil Éireann
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Order for Report Stage
5 Mar 2015
Select Committee On Justice, Defence And Equality
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Committee Stage
26 Feb 2015
Dáil Éireann
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Referral to Select Committee
26 Feb 2015
Dáil Éireann
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed)
26 Feb 2015
Dáil Éireann
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed)
25 Feb 2015
Dáil Éireann
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed)
25 Feb 2015
Dáil Éireann
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed)
24 Feb 2015
Dáil Éireann
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Second Stage
24 Feb 2015
Dáil Éireann
Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015: Order for Second Stage