Shane Cassells
Ceist:187. Deputy Shane Cassells asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the full cost of each referendum held since February 2011, in tabular form. [30292/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 10 July 2018
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Freagraí scríofa
The approximate costings for all Referendums since 2011 to 2015 are set out in the table below with the exception of the Referendum held in 2011* which was not held on its own but combined and accounted for with the Presidential Election and the Dublin West Bye Election. It is not, therefore, possible to give an accurate cost of that Referendum as there would have been an extensive sharing of staff and facilities for the different polls taken.
With respect to the most recent Referendum on the Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018 (8 Amendment) the final certified accounts after an election would not normally be available until around six months after the holding of the election poll. No expenditure has been returned to date.
While no two election events would be the same and some costs would have increased in the meantime the 2012 Referendum cost could be taken as indicative of a stand alone Referendum.
|
Month/Year |
Referendum |
Approx Cost |
|
October 2011 |
Judges' Remuneration, Houses of the Oireachtas Inquiries |
* |
|
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 Eireann, Court of Appeal |
€14.4m |
|
May 2015 |
Marriage Equality and Age of Eligibility to Office of President |
€14.8m |
|
May 2018 |
Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018 (Repeal of the 8th Amendment) |
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