Referendum Expenditure

Tuesday, 15 November 2016

Questions (421)

Barry Cowen

Question:

421. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the total cost of each referendum held in the State since 2000, in tabular form. [34571/16]

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Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

There was no Referendum in 2000. The approximate costings for all referendums since 2001 are set out in the table below with the exception of those held in 2004 and 2011*. The referendums in those years were not taken on their own but were combined and accounted for with European and Local Elections in 2004 and with a Presidential and by-election in 2011. It is not, therefore, possible to give an accurate cost of those referendums as there would have been an extensive sharing of staff and facilities for the different polls taken.

Month/ Year	Referendum	Approximate Cost
June 2001	Prohibition of Death Penalty	€11.1m
	International Criminal Court
	Treaty of Nice
March 2002	Protection of Human Life in Pregnancy	€10.8m
October 2002	Treaty of Nice	€15.0m
June 2004	Citizenship	*
June 2008	Treaty of Lisbon	€22.2m
October 2009	Treaty of Lisbon	€17.5m
October 2011	Houses of Oireachtas Enquiries	*
	Judges Remuneration
May 2012	Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union	€14.8m
November 2012	Children	€12.8m
October 2013	Abolition of Seanad, Court of Appeal	€14.4m
May 2015	Marriage Equality Bill & Age of Eligibility for Election to Office of the President	€15m