Update: I’ve heard from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform (I have readers there don’t you know!) that they will still accept submissions on the Scheme of legislation for the next few weeks – so if you have opinions get writing/submitting!!

The Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform‘s deadline for submissions to the Scheme of the Civil Partnership Bill passed last week.

Anyone got a response document out there that they would like to share?? I’ve not seen anything published beyond the initial press releases. Surely there is more in the public domain that the great letter in yesterday’s Irish Times?? Are they all so secret that nobody else can see them? And what public consultations took place in the last month regarding the responses? I know I’ve been laid up and out of the loop but I didn’t hear of anything?