Partnership for Peace (Consultative Plebiscite) Bill 1999

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The proposal would require the Government to hold a national consultative vote before Ireland joined NATO’s Partnership for Peace programme. Voters would be asked to approve a draft document setting out Ireland’s proposed participation, which would first have to be laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas. The Government could proceed only if a majority of votes cast supported the proposal; regulations for the vote would also need parliamentary approval. Although the result would not be legally binding, the measure was intended to ensure that the people’s decision guided whether Ireland entered the arrangement.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to provide for the holding of a Consultative Plebiscite prior to the provision by the State of a Presentation Document for the Partnership for Peace

Last updated 3 September 2019