Oct 20, 2011
Objective information on the 29th and 30th Amendments to the Constitution
Here on HRinI we have now had a number of posts on the 29th (judicial pay) and 30th (Oireachtas inquiries) proposed amendments to the Constitution. In the main, however, those posts have been written in an argumentative way, i.e. with someone trying to promote the arguments for a ‘yes’ or ‘no’ vote. You can find Eoin’s posts on the 30th amendment here and here. My posts arguing for a ‘no’ vote to the 29th amendment are here and here, but Eoin advocates a ‘yes’ vote here. As well as these kinds of argumentative interventions, there is a need for objective information on the referenda. The Referendum Commission gives some information on its dedicated site here, however it no longer outlines the arguments for and against proposed referenda. To try to fill that gap, the Constitutional Studies Group in UCD School of Law, led by my colleague Dr Eoin Carolan, has put together short and objective guides to the proposals. You can find the guide to the 29th (judicial pay) here and the guide to the 30th (Oireachtas inquiries) is here.
