Your answer should take into account the fact that the HSE is assessing same-gender couple and the HSE is granting these same-gender couples certificates of eligibility and suitably to adopt.

In such cases one of the applicants is applying as sole applicants (due to the gender-discrimination in the laws of marriage), but are assessed as a couple as they openly declare that they will raise the child(ren) in a same-gender household, with an adequate support network to provide, between other things, gender balance.

In such cases, the laws of marriage will deny to the child(ren) a “family” (as defined by the constitution=a household based on marriage), while the HSE accepts that this household is more than fit to be considered a good family.

Are other groups, denying children’s right on unrational grounds better placed to defend those rights?