Referendum Stage in the legislative process — click for what it means Rejected The bill’s status — click for what it means 92/2023 Official bill number / year
Fortieth Amendment of the Constitution (Care) Bill 2023
- Sponsor
- Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
- Introduced
- 8 Dec 2023
- Last updated
- 30 Aug 2024
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Proposed constitutional amendment to add a right to care provision into Ireland's Constitution.
- Failed at referendum stage; voters rejected the proposed constitutional change in 2023.
- Specific details of the care right's scope unavailable from title alone; referendum outcome final.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil8 Dec 2023
- Second Stage 33rd Dáil14 Dec 2023
- Committee Stage 33rd Dáil17 Jan 2024
- Report Stage 33rd Dáil17 Jan 2024
- Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil17 Jan 2024
- Second Stage 26th Seanad22 Jan 2024
- Committee Stage 26th Seanad23 Jan 2024
- Report Stage 26th Seanad23 Jan 2024
- Fifth Stage 26th Seanad23 Jan 2024
- Referendum8 Mar 2024
Debates
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