Government gave no thought to delaying vote

Taoiseach Enda Kenny said the Government gave no thought to delaying today’s children’s referendum following the Supreme Court decision which found the Coalition had misused public money during its information campaign.

Mr Kenny said the only way a referendum could be postponed was by the calling of a general election. Therefore, there was no question of delaying the vote.

“The Government has accepted in full the recommendations of the Supreme Court. The referendum is on [today] and I hope that people, in their very large numbers, go out and give a resounding yes to this,” said Mr Kenny.