Treoir's Submission on the Children First Bill
Treoir's interest in the Children First Bill 2012 is specifically in relation to consensual, underage sexual activity between teenagers. The difficulty with underage sexual activity between two consenting teenagers is that while it is a criminal offence under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2006 "it might not be regarded as constituting 'child sexual abuse'. Read Submission
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Treoir Workshop for Workers - FREE OF CHARGE
We are hosting a workshop on Wednesday 23rd May in our offices in Dublin. The workshop will consist of information in relation to the changes affecting unmarried cohabiting parents arising from The Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010, which was enacted in Jan 2011. Issues covered include:
o How are cohabitants defined in the Act
o What is the Redress Scheme that is available to qualified cohabitants if their
relationship ends. This scheme deals with property, maintenance, pension etc.
The session will also include information on the legal rights of unmarried parents, eg:
o Maintenance
o Guardianship
o Access/custody
If you would be interested in attending this workshop or if you are working as part of a team and would be interested in hosting a workshop in the future please contact us at info@treoir.ie or call Bella on 01-6700120.
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Vital Statistics 2011
The Central Statistics Office has today (30/4/2011) released the Vital Statistics Third Quarter 2011 report. The statistics show that:
- 34% of all registered births were outside marriage (6,543).
- 54% of births outside marriage were to unmarried parents with the same address (3,556).
- The highest percentage of births outside marriage was in Waterford City at 50%
- The lowest percentage of births outside marriage was in Roscommon at 22%.
Read the full report.
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Treoir Welcomes Minister Burton's Statement
Treoir welcomes the statement by Minister Joan Burton in the Dail (18/4/2012) that she will abandon her controversial proposal to cease paying one-parent family payment to parents, when the youngest child reaches 7 years, if her Cabinet colleagues fail to include adequate childcare provisions in next December’s budget.
Read more.
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NEW/ Updated Publications
Information Pack for Unmarried Parents - 2012
The Information Pack contains key legal information for unmarried parents such as guardianship, custody and access, maintenance, new rights for cohabiting parents, financial information and much more.
Download here
Cohabiting Parents - Opposite and Same Sex
This publication contains information for cohabiting parents on issues such as guardianship rights for fathers, property rights etc.
Download here
Cohabitants - New legal rights and obligations
Opposite and same sex couples
Explains what is meant by a 'qualified cohabitant' under the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Act 2010 and what rights may be available to them following the enactment of this Act in January 2011.
Download here
All our publications can be downloaded or ordered from info@treoir.ie or call us on LoCall 1890 252 084
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