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Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Prosecutions for Bigamy.

Recognition of marriage termination

Summary

Desmond called for a system recognising the termination of marriages between both parties and argued annulments would not resolve the issue. The Minister deferred the matter to another day.

Would the Minister not agree, further and finally, that the situation now disclosed here would, indeed, warrant the introduction in this country of a rational and sane system, whereby the termination of marriages between both parties can, in fact, be recognised and——

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Joseph Brennan An Ceann Comhairle Fianna Fáil

That is a separate question.

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——the nonsense disclosed here once and for all dealt with?

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That is another day's work.

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Would the Minister agree that the annulment nonsense is not going to deal with it?

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That is for another day.

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