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About the 2016 - 2018 Citizens' Assembly
About the 2016 – 2018 Citizens’ Assembly
The establishment of the Citizens Assembly 2016 – 2018 was approved by Resolution of both Houses of the Oireachtas in July 2016.
The Programme for a Partnership Government committed the Government to ‘the establishment of a Citizens’ Assembly, within six months and without participation by politicians, with a mandate to look at a limited number of key issues over an extended time period.’
The Resolution set out Citizens’ Assembly 2016 – 2018 to consider the following matters and to make such recommendations as it sees fit and report to the Houses of the Oireachtas
- The Eighth Amendment of the Constitution
- How we best respond to the challenges and opportunities of an aging population
- Fixed term parliaments
- The manner in which referenda are held
- How the state can make Ireland a leader in tackling climate change