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No. 31 of 2016Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016
Public bill · Private Member · Introduced
Adds a proposed constitutional rule that the Government must protect, manage and maintain the public water system, and must keep that system in public ownership and public management in the public interest. It also renumbers related wording in the Constitution and gives the amendment its formal name. The point is to lock public control of water into the Constitution, so it cannot be easily moved into private hands.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution
Last updated 2 May 2025
Sponsors
- Clare Daly
- Dessie Ellis
- Kathleen Funchion
- John Halligan
- Louise O'Reilly
- Thomas Pringle
- Bríd Smith
- Peadar Tóibín
- Gerry Adams
- Mick Barry
- Ruth Coppinger
- Seán Crowe
- David Cullinane
- Mick Wallace
- Joan Collins Primary
- Gino Kenny
- Mary Lou McDonald
- Denise Mitchell
- Imelda Munster
- Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
- Aengus Ó Snodaigh
- Jonathan O'Brien
- Paul Murphy
- Carol Nolan
- Eoin Ó Broin
- Ruth Coppinger
- Gerry Adams Primary
- Eoin Ó Broin
- Carol Nolan
- Denise Mitchell
- John Halligan
- Mick Wallace
- Peadar Tóibín
- Thomas Pringle
- Aengus Ó Snodaigh
- David Cullinane
- Mary Lou McDonald
- Kathleen Funchion
- Mick Barry
- Clare Daly
- Dessie Ellis
- Jonathan O'Brien
- Louise O'Reilly
- Pat Buckley
- Richard Boyd Barrett
- Paul Murphy
- Seán Crowe
- Bríd Smith
- Catherine Connolly
- Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
- Gino Kenny
- Joan Collins
- Imelda Munster
- John Brady
- Richard Boyd Barrett
- John Brady
- Pat Buckley
- Catherine Connolly
Progress
- First StageDáil
- Second StageDáil
- Committee StageDáil Current
Debates
- Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Referral to Select Committee [Private Members] Dáil
- An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: Céim an Choiste Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
- Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Committee Stage Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
- Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: Second Stage [Private Members] Dáil
- Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016 [Private Members]: Referral to Select Committee Dáil
- An Bille um an gCúigiú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht (Uisce faoi Úinéireacht Phoiblí) (Uimh. 2) 2016: An Chéad Chéim Dáil
- Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) (No. 2) Bill 2016: First Stage Dáil
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