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No. 71 of 2011Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (The President) Bill 2011
Public bill · Private Member · Introduced
Would change the rules for electing Ireland’s President by reducing the minimum age for candidates from 35 to 18 and making nominations easier: 10 members of the Oireachtas, or 10,000 voters, could put someone forward. It would shorten the President’s term from seven years to five, and allow an incoming President to make a non-religious declaration at the inauguration. The changes are intended to widen public choice, reflect Ireland’s diversity and strengthen the connection between the President and voters.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution
Last updated 25 April 2018
Sponsor
- Catherine Murphy Primary
Progress
- First StageDáil
- Second StageDáil Defeated
Debates
- An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tUachtarán) 2011: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) Dáil
- Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2011: Second Stage (Resumed) Dáil
- An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tUachtarán) 2011: An Dara Céim Dáil
- Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2011: Second Stage Dáil
- An Bille um an Aonú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (An tUachtarán) 2011: An Chéad Chéim Dáil
- Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution (The President) Bill 2011: First Stage Dáil
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