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Photocall outside the Dáil for the Bereaved Partner’s Pension bill, January 22nd.
Call for the Bereaved Partners Pension Bill to be enacted. It has yet to come into law a year after the Supreme Court ruled in its favour. The law would enable unmarried couples, who are cohabitating, to access the Bereaved Partners Pension similar to married couples, should a partner die. Families supported by Treoir are calling for it to be enacted within six months by the new Dáil. Pic: Fintan Clarke
Ilona Cyparska and Maria Doyle, bereaved partners both waiting on the Bereaved Partner’s Pension bill.
Maria Doyle and Ilona Cyparska(left), who both lost their cohabiting partners call for the Bereaved Partners Pension Bill to be enacted. It has yet to come into law a year after the Supreme Court ruled in its favour. The law would enable unmarried couples, who are cohabitating, to access the Bereaved Partners Pension similar to married couples, should a partner die. Families supported by Treoir are calling for it to be enacted within six months by the new Dáil. Pic: Fintan Clarke
Margaret Cyparska and her daughter Ilona Cyparska (who is holding a picture of her late partner Sevi Gadzina)
Margaret Cyparska and her daughter Ilona Cyparska (who is holding a picture of her deceased partner Sevi Gadzina) call for the Bereaved Partners Pension Bill to be enacted. It has yet to come into law a year after the Supreme Court ruled in its favour. The law would enable unmarried couples, who are cohabitating, to access the Bereaved Partners Pension similar to married couples, should a partner die. Families supported by Treoir are calling for it to be enacted within six months by the new Dáil.

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We provide a free, confidential, specialist information service for parents not married to each other, living together or apart, their extended families, and those working with them. Information is available on Legal, Social Welfare, and Parenting issues.

  • We help parents who are not married to each other better understand complex family law issues, specifically access and custody, maintenance and guardianship, we also promote shared parenting and provide parenting tips to help parents develop good parenting relationships.
  • We believe children born to unmarried parents should have the same rights as those born to married parents.
  • We believe that children have a right to be loved and cared for by both parents, where possible.
  • We advocate for changes in the constitution to ensure that that all parents have the same rights regardless of their marital status or gender.
  • We develop policies to influence and advance the reform of the Family Law system.
  • We campaign for a systematic review of how public services and social welfare is delivered to reflect the changing family structures of the 21st century.
 

 

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