‘Any referendum can be a difficult endeavour’
, who first introduced the proposals as a backbench TD, also appealed to voters to support the measure, saying “We believe in supporting marriage but these are people who have already decided to divorce.”
“There is support out there for these changes, and it’s not just urban support, not just Dublin support. It’s all over the country,” Mr Flanagan said. The Government says it will then legislate for a time limit of two years, which Ms Madigan said that people trusted politicians to do, citing the example of the legislation after the abortion referendum last year.“We don’t want people in this situation making a knee jerk reaction to the breakdown of their marriage so we felt that two years was more appropriate,” Ms Madigan said.
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