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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