Josepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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Can I say something about the timeframe? Obviously, I am not a guru on this either. I have my own experience and I have colleagues who work in this area. When I looked at the research, I saw that most countries have a period of around two years. Given that the end of a marriage is like bereavement for people, and I dealt with that in my speech, those involved are like rabbits caught in a headlight. It is too soon for them to make a decision about property, children and pensions, so that is why the time period is there. After about a year, they come out of the fog.

They would then be in a good place to deal with financial or more difficult aspects. That is the rationale.