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The Convention on the Constitution (Irish: An Coinbhinsiún ar an mBunreacht) [1] was established in Ireland in 2012 to discuss proposed amendments to the Constitution of Ireland. [2][3] More commonly called simply the Constitutional Convention, it met for the first time 1 December 2012 and sat until 31 March 2014. [4]
British government [6] 1996–98. Northern Ireland. Played a subsidiary role in the Northern Ireland peace process, as Sinn Féin boycotted the Forum but not the talks that led to the Good Friday Agreement. Constitutional Convention. Appointed (Chair), nominated (33), randomly selected (66) Irish government. 2012–14.
The Citizens' Assembly (Irish: An Tionól Saoránach[1] and also known as We The Citizens[2]) is a citizens' assembly established in Ireland in 2016 to consider several political questions including the Constitution of Ireland. [3] Questions considered include: abortion, fixed term parliaments, referendums, population ageing, and climate change ...
It is the second constitution of the Irish state since independence, replacing the 1922 Constitution of the Irish Free State. [1] It came into force on 29 December 1937 following a statewide plebiscite held on 1 July 1937. The Constitution may be amended solely by a national referendum. [2]
A constituent assembly (also known as a constitutional convention, constitutional congress, or constitutional assembly) is a body assembled for the purpose of drafting or revising a constitution. Members of a constituent assembly may be elected by popular vote , drawn by sortition , appointed, or some combination of these methods.
Article 2. The national territory consists of the whole island of Ireland, its islands and the territorial seas. Article 3. Pending the re-integration of the national territory, and without prejudice to the right of the parliament and government established by this constitution to exercise jurisdiction over the whole territory, the laws enacted ...
At present, Article 12.2.2° of the Constitution of Ireland reads: Every citizen who has the right to vote at an election for members of Dáil Éireann shall have the right to vote at an election for President. Dáil Éireann is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) and Article 16.1.2° of the Constitution states: i.
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 .