The sixth progress report by the Oireachtas All-Party Committee on the Constitution on the referendum made a number of recommendations on the provision of information at referenda. Principal among these were proposals to amend the functions of a referendum commission, including removing the role of presenting the arguments for and against a proposal, providing a new power to allocate finance equally among pro and anti sides, and a recommendation to provide additional functions to promote voter participation.
These and other matters are under consideration in the context of whether to establish a com mission for the forthcoming referendum on the Twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution, under the existing legislation or under amended legislation. When the Government has made a decision on these matters an announcement will be made.