Committee Stage Current 27th Seanad 43/2021
Electoral (Amendment) (Voting at 16) Bill 2021
- Sponsor
- Malcolm Byrne
- Introduced
- 26 Mar 2021
- Last updated
- 28 Mar 2025
Plain-English summary AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Lowers voting age from 18 to 16 for European Parliament and local government elections only.
- Allows 16-year-olds to register as electors for these two election types; does not affect general elections.
- Currently in Committee Stage; bill details on implementation and related administrative changes not yet finalized.
Stage timeline
- First Stage 26th Seanad26 Mar 2021
- Second Stage 26th Seanad26 Mar 2021
- Committee Stage 27th Seanad27 Mar 2025