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    Minister denies complacency about divorce referendum<\/p>\n

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    Culture Minister Josepha Madigan has insisted there is no complacency in Government over the outcome of the forthcoming divorce referendum.<\/p>\n

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    Culture Minister Josepha Madigan has insisted there is no complacency in Government over the outcome of the forthcoming divorce referendum.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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    The Government’s campaign for a vote in favour of dropping the four-year period parties must live apart before they can get divorced isn’t being launched until next Monday – less than three weeks before the country goes to the polls.<\/p>\n

    However, Ms Madigan, whose private members bill proved the catalyst for the referendum, has insisted the result is not being taken for granted.<\/p>\n

    “We have a lot of events coming up where we will be discussing divorce and why people should come out and vote. There is absolutely no complacency about it,” she said.<\/p>\n

    The minister was speaking after launching ‘Divorce in Ireland: The Case for Reform’, a report by family law expert Dr Geoffrey Shannon.<\/p>\n

    The report, written for the Law Society’s child and family law committee, is in favour of the Government’s plans to reduce the living-apart period to a minimum of two years.<\/p>\n

    Ms Madigan said there were some people who believed the proposed reform doesn’t go far enough. But she said it would not have been possible to get cross-party support for a more radical approach.<\/p>\n

    She said the Government had “to look at incremental change rather than going in too bombastically”.<\/p>\n

    The minister said what is proposed is in line with several other European jurisdictions, such as France, the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, Denmark Norway, Sweden and Scotland.<\/p>\n

    Earlier Dr Shannon said the report was not about undermining marriage, but about displaying compassion for people seeking to divorce.<\/p>\n

    As part of his research, he found most parties seeking a divorce wanted to have the proceedings dealt with as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

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    Dr Shannon said the current four-year period can lead to a duplication in legal expenses through judicial separation and then divorce. He said lengthy adversarial proceedings can also impact on the welfare of children.<\/p>\n

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