Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)

With the best will in the world, I can understand what the Deputy is trying to get at. Section 170(6) states that the court, may, on the application of the qualified cohabitant or the other cohabitant, if it considers it proper to do so, make varying orders. The Deputy's suggestion may well discourage one party from taking an application to vary or suspend. Couples circumstances do change.

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