There is strong support for reducing the waiting time for divorce in Ireland even beyond what the Government is considering, according to a new Behaviour & Attitudes poll for The Sunday Times.
Some 27% of those polled agreed the waiting time for divorce should be reduced from four years to two. Another 27% felt it should be reduced to one year, while 26% said there should be no waiting time for divorce in the event of a marital breakdown.
Just 11% said the four-year waiting time should be kept in place, while 9% offered no opinion.
The Government are planning on reducing the waiting period to two years, and are mulling over whether to write the new delay into the constitution or whether it should be dealt with entirely by legislation, free of any constitutional restraint.
