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The bill must then be submitted to a referendum in which all Irish citizens on the electoral register are eligible to vote. [7] In July 2018, Minister for Justice and Equality Charlie Flanagan announced the intention of the government to hold a referendum deleting Article 41.2 from the Constitution. [8]
Amendments to the Constitution of Ireland are only possible by way of referendum. A proposal to amend the Constitution of Ireland must be initiated as a bill in Dáil Éireann , be passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas (parliament), then submitted to a referendum, and finally signed into law by the president of Ireland .
Two constitutional referendums were held simultaneously in Ireland on 4 October 2013. [1] The Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2013 proposed abolishing the Seanad, the upper house of the Oireachtas, and was rejected despite opinion polls to the contrary, while the Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2013 proposed the establishment of a Court of Appeal to sit between ...
Two referendums were held together in the Republic of Ireland on 22 May 1998, each on a proposed amendment of the Irish constitution. Both measures were approved. A referendum in Northern Ireland was also held on the same day. The total number of people who voted (both countries) was 2,499,078.
An ordinary referendum, on a bill other than an amendment to the Constitution, for which a referendum is only required on petition of Oireachtas members, and the bill is passed by a majority of those eligible to vote. There have been 38 referendums for amendments to the Constitution of Ireland. There have been no ordinary referendums.
Subsequent to the referendum, the following formalities were observed: [36] 6 October The Provisional Referendum Certificate with the full result of the referendum was published in Iris Oifigiúil. [37] 8 October [38] The Dáil passed a motion approving the terms of the Treaty under Article 29.5.2° of the Constitution 13 October
In January 2015, Irish lay Catholic group We Are Church Ireland gave its "unanimous support" for a Yes vote in the referendum. [70] They stated that "loving, committed relationships between two consenting adults should be treated equally by the Irish State, regardless of gender or sexual orientation."
On 24 May, The New York Times reported that thousands of Irish citizens living around the world were travelling back to Ireland to vote in the referendum – postal or absentee voting is not generally allowed. [58] These voters coalesced online under the social media hashtag "#HomeToVote" and in-person during their transport. [58]