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No. 2 of 1998Referendum Bill 1998
Public bill · Government · Presented
Would allow the Minister to establish an independent Referendum Commission for each referendum. The Commission would provide balanced information about the proposal, publish arguments for and against it, encourage informed debate, and allow eligible organisations to take part in monitoring voting and counting.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to enable the Minister for the Environment and Local Government to establish in relation to a referendum a commission to be known as a Referendum Commission having as its principal function the provision of information to the electorate in respect of the referendum and to provide for matters connected with the matters aforesaid
Last updated 20 November 2019
Sponsor
- Minister for Environment and Local Government Primary
Progress
- First StageDáil
- Second StageDáil
- Committee StageDáil
- Report StageDáil
- Fifth StageDáil
- Second StageSeanad
- Committee StageSeanad
- Report StageSeanad
- Fifth StageSeanad Enacted
- EnactedEnacted
Debates
- Referendum Bill, 1998: Second Stage. Seanad
- Referendum Bill, 1998: Committee and Final Stages. Seanad
- Referendum Bill, 1998: Report and Final Stage. Dáil
- Referendum Bill, 1998: Committee Stage. SELECT COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
- Referendum Bill, 1998: Motion. Dáil
- Referendum Bill, 1998: Second Stage (Resumed). Dáil
- Referendum Bill, 1998: Referral to Select Committee. Dáil
- Referendum Bill, 1998: Order for Second Stage. Dáil
- Referendum Bill, 1998: Second Stage. Dáil
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