TREOIR

Established in 1976 as The National Federation of Servoces for Unmarried Parents, now known as Treoir. Our work involves the provision of complex information around family law, social welfare entitlements, and shared parenting tips. We provide this infomration to parents, their families, and practitioners working with parents who are not married to each other.

Through our National Specialist Information Service, Treoir helps parents who are not married to each other better understand complex family law issues, particularly in relation to their children, such as access and custody, maintenance and guardianship. We also promote shared parenting and provide parenting tips to help parents develop good parenting relationships.

We believe that children deserve to be loved and cared for by both parents, regardless of their marital status, where possible.

Treoir believe children born to unmarried parents should have the same rights as those born to married parents. To this end, we advocate for changes in the Constitution to ensure that that all parents have the same rights and responsibilities in relation to their children, regardless of their marital status or gender.

We advocate for a systematic review of how public services and social welfare support parents and their children to reflect the changing family structures of the 21st century.