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Defeated Dáil
No. 27 of 2016

Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2016

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

A referendum bill that would add economic, social and cultural rights to the Constitution, requiring the State to steadily improve access to those rights using the resources it has, without discrimination. It would also make that duty enforceable by the courts, rather than leaving it as guidance only. The aim is to give stronger constitutional protection to rights such as housing, health, education and other basic social supports, following earlier calls to recognise these rights more clearly in Irish law.

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Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution

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Last updated 12 April 2018

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  • First Stage
    Dáil
  • Second Stage
    Dáil Defeated
Debates
  • Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]
    Dáil
  • Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members]
    Dáil
  • An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Cearta Eacnamaíochta, Sóisialacha agus Cultúir) 2016: An Chéad Chéim
    Dáil
  • Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2016: First Stage
    Dáil
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