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

-----I understand that it has been refuted.

One thing that is very encouraging is the huge number of young people who registered to vote in recent weeks. It indicates that young people want to have a say in this referendum and it is young people who will be more affected by laws that we make in relation to the termination of pregnancies. No matter how they vote, I am really encouraged that there has been such an upsurge in the numbers of young people registering to vote.

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