Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 July 2016
262. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans for a referendum on lowering the voting age to 16 years of age, given no reference was made to it in the programme for Government. [19650/16]
View answerA Programme for A Partnership Government proposes that a number of referendums be held, these include referendums on:
- Article 41.2.1 of the constitution regarding a “woman’s life within the home”;
- The question of amending Article 40.6.1°(i) of the Constitution to remove the offence of blasphemy;
- Ireland’s participation in the Universal Patent Court; and
- Giving the Office of the Ceann Comhairle constitutional standing.
There are no immediate plans to hold a referendum on lowering the voting age.
