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Tue 01 Jan 2007Lenihan briefs hierarchyThere would be no question of any of the proposed amendments interfering with the core rights of the family already enshrined in the Constitution, representatives of the Catholic hierarchy were assured yesterday.The Minister of State for Children, Brian Lenihan, met representatives of the Catholic hierarchy as part of consultations on the Government's proposed referendum enshrining children's rights in the Constitution.