Peadar Tóibín
Ceist:321. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the cost of each referendum held in the State since the 2000, in tabular form. [8449/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 15 February 2022
Ceisteanna (321)
Freagraí scríofa
The approximate costings for all referendums since 2000 are set out in the table below with the exception of Referendums in 2004, 2011, October 2018 and 2019. The referendums in those years were not taken on their own but were combined and accounted for with the European and Local elections in 2004, both the Presidential and a bye election in 2011, the Presidential election in 2018 and the European and Local elections in 2019. 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.
While no two election events would be the same and some costs would have increased in the meantime, the October 2018 Referendum cost could be taken as indicative of a stand alone Referendum.
|
Month/Year |
Referendum |
Approx Cost €m |
|
Jun-01 |
Prohibition of Death Penalty |
|
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International Criminal Court |
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|
Treaty of Nice |
€11.1 |
|
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Mar-02 |
Protection of Human Life in Pregnancy |
€10.8 |
|
Oct-02 |
Treaty of Nice |
€15 |
|
Jun-04 |
Citizenship |
* |
|
Jun-08 |
Lisbon Treaty |
€22.2 |
|
Oct-09 |
Treaty of Lisbon |
€17.5 |
|
Oct-11 |
Judges Remuneration |
* |
|
Houses of the Oireachtas Enquiries |
* |
|
|
May-12 |
Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union |
€14.8 |
|
Nov-12 |
Children |
€12.8 |
|
Oct-13 |
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) |
€16.8m |
|
Oct-18 |
Thirty-Seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018 (Blasphemy) |
* |
|
May-19 |
Divorce (38 Amendment) |
* |