March 2015

Year: 2015

March 2015

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Significant New Family Legislation:- The children and Family Relationships Act 2015
Compulsory registration of father’s name on child’s birth cert is now law
CSO Vital Statistics – Quarter 3 2014
One-Parent Family Payment: Carers Allowance
Back to Work Family Dividend Scheme
Maintenance Recovery Unit Investigations – 2014
Mother and Baby Homes
A new national strategy for research and innovation
The Power of Positive Parenting
Know Your Rights: The Rights of Children and Young People
Social Housing
Mercy Law Resource Centre (MLRC)
The lawlessness of the home: Women’s experiences of seeking legal remedies to domestic violence and abuse in the Irish legal system

Nothing for non-cohabiting fathers in Children and Family Relationships Bill

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Treoir, the National Specialist Information Service for Unmarried Parents, welcomes the passing by Cabinet of The Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015. This Bill will impact positively on many families and children in Ireland when enacted. “Treoir supports the enactment of this legislation but it is calling for some specific amendments to ensure that inequalities … Read more

Compulsory registration of father’s name on child’s birth cert is now law

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This legislation has not yet commenced – WATCH THIS SPACE! The Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 will, once the legislation has been commenced, for the first time in Ireland, place a duty on unmarried parents to register the father’s name on the birth certificate of their child. It is a child’s fundamental human right to … Read more