Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Public Ownership of Certain Assets) Bill 2016

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

The proposal would change the Constitution so that electricity and gas transmission and distribution networks, along with public water supply and wastewater treatment services, must stay in public ownership. If approved in a referendum, it would stop the Dáil and Seanad from passing laws to privatise those assets. It matters because it would lock key utilities into public hands and limit future governments’ ability to sell them off.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to amend the Constitution

Last updated 13 February 2020