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Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Voting Rights in Presidential Elections) Bill 2025
- Sponsor
- Michael Collins · Independent Ireland
- Introduced
- 17 Jun 2025
- Last updated
- 18 Jun 2025
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Amends Article 12 to allow adult Irish citizens ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland to vote in presidential elections, subject to electoral law and disqualification rules.
- Inserts new Article 12A requiring the Oireachtas to enact electoral legislation within a practicable timeframe to implement the expanded voting rights.
- Article 12A becomes obsolete and is removed from official Constitution texts once implementing legislation is passed.
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage34th Dáil17 Jun 2025
- Second Stage34th Dáil17 Jun 2025
Debates
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