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Thursday, 11 April 2019

An Bille um an Ochtú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Scaoileadh ar Phósadh) 2016: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh Fágtha - Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Bill 2016: Committee and Remaining Stages

 

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Photo of Rónán MullenRónán Mullen (Independent) | Oireachtas source

That would be an evidence-based situation. In conclusion, I look forward to a debate when we can consider how marriage has been impacted since the last divorce referendum, for example. Reference was made earlier to the idea that people said the floodgates would open. That was not a significant part of the debate in 1995. People were talking then about the impact of divorce on children and the connection between divorce and financial status, poverty and other such challenges. Those questions have not gone away and we should not be afraid to discuss them. I hope that at a later point, if the referendum passes-----

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