Second Stage Current 34th Dáil 22/2025

Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Reduction of Voting Age to Sixteen Years) Bill 2025

Constitutional & Electoral

Sponsor: Aidan Farrelly
Introduced: 20 May 2025
Last updated: 13 Nov 2025

Plain-English summary AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001

Proposes constitutional amendment to lower voting age from 18 to 16 years old.
Requires passage through Oireachtas and public referendum to take effect.
Currently at Second Stage; specific election or local voting application details not provided in bill text.

Stage timeline

First Stage 34th Dáil

20 May 2025
Second Stage 34th Dáil

20 May 2025