Submission to the All-Party Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution

27 Mar 2005

Joint submission by the Bishops’ Conference Committee on the Family and the Office for Public Affairs of the Archdiocese of Dublin on the review of constitutional provisions relating to the family
27 March 2005 | Irish Catholic Bishops’ Conference

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