Citizens' Assembly (Ireland)

Bilingual logo of the Citizens' Assembly

The Citizens' Assembly (Irish: An Tionól Saoránach[1] and also known as We The Citizens[2]) is a citizens' assembly established in Ireland in 2016 to consider several political questions including the Constitution of Ireland.[3] Questions considered include: abortion, fixed term parliaments, referendums, population ageing, and climate change.[4][5] Over 18 months a report is produced on each topic. The government is required to respond officially to the reports in the Oireachtas (parliament);[5] as of 9 April 2019 responses have been given on three of the five topics.[fn 1]

  1. ^ "Baile" [Home]. Official website. Citizens' Assembly. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  2. ^ "The Irish Citizens' Assembly Project". www.citizenassembly.ie. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Convention on the Constitution". Citizens' Assembly.
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  5. ^ a b "Government appoints Chairperson to Citizens' Assembly". MerrionStreet (Press release). 27 July 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Final Report on Manner in which Referenda are Held & Fixed Term Parliaments" (PDF). Citizens' Assembly. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Question 626: Referendum Campaigns". Parliamentary Questions (32nd Dáil). Oireachtas. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2019.


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