Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

-----before we move to legislation. The referendum is only a few days away now. The public will vote on Friday; we will know the result on Saturday. Should the people decide to delete the eighth amendment, Article 40.3.3°, from our Constitution, the Government and I hope the Oireachtas will support us in this regard. We will legislate along the lines we have proposed in the general scheme of the Bill. Obviously, there is always the possibility of a legal challenge to the referendum result. That has happened before. We will have to publish the legislation and get it through both Houses of the Oireachtas. However, I caution against any complacency at this stage. With the exception of a few postal voters, very few people have voted.

The result of the divorce referendum came down to one vote in every ballot box: we should not forget that.

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