Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1998

Public bill · Government · Presented

Would amend the Constitution to allow Ireland to approve the 1998 British-Irish Agreement and create institutions exercising shared powers across the island. It would replace the existing constitutional claim over Northern Ireland with a commitment to peaceful unity only with majority consent in both jurisdictions, while recognising people born anywhere on the island as entitled to belong to the Irish nation.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution

Last updated 12 November 2018