Second Stage Current 32nd Dáil 26/2016
Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Water in Public Ownership) Bill 2016
- Sponsor
- Thomas Pringle
- Introduced
- 17 May 2016
- Last updated
- 2 May 2025
Plain-English summary AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Proposes constitutional amendment to establish that water in public ownership must remain publicly owned and controlled.
- Aims to prevent privatisation of public water supplies through constitutional protection rather than ordinary legislation.
- At Second Stage; amendment requires two-thirds parliamentary approval plus majority public referendum to pass.
Stage timeline
- First Stage 32nd Dáil17 May 2016
- Second Stage 32nd Dáil1 May 2025