Department of Finance records prompted No campaigner Michael McDowell to accuse the Coalition of misleading voters
row after internal files suggest the care amendment wording was chosen to “avoid a concrete and mandatory obligation” on the State.on Thursday to accuse the Coalition of misleading voters before the care and the family referendums were emphatically rejected one week ago., who insisted the Government wanted “a requirement on the State to make serious and sustained efforts to support family care”.
The files showed officials saying measures such as those presented in the family referendum could create uncertainty because of the role foreseen for judges. A 73.93 per cent majority rejected care amendments to “strive to support” care and delete mothers’ duties from the Constitution. Some disability campaigners questioned the care proposal, believing it gave no new rights that could be asserted in court. But the Government said there would be an express obligation on the State to strive to support care.
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