CONSTITUTION OF IRELAND – BUNREACHT NA hÉIREANN
Seventh Amendment of the Constitution(Election of Members of Seanad Éireannby Institutions of Higher Education) Act,1979
[Provided for the election of members of Seanad Éireann by universitiesand other institutions of highereducation.]
3 August, 1979Eighth Amendment of the ConstitutionAct, 1983
[Acknowledged the right to life of theunborn, with due regard to theequal right to life of the mother.]
7 October, 1983Ninth Amendment of the ConstitutionAct, 1984
[Extended the right to vote at Dáilelections to certain non-Irish nationals.]
2 August, 1984Tenth Amendment of the ConstitutionAct, 1987
[Allowed the State to ratify the SingleEuropean Act.]
22 June, 1987Eleventh Amendment of the ConstitutionAct, 1992
[Allowed the State to ratify the Treaty onEuropean Union (Maastricht)and to become a member of that union.]
16 July, 1992
There is no Twelfth Amendment. On 25 November 1992, threeproposals were put to the people, the Twelfth, Thirteenth andFourteenth Amendments. The people rejected the Twelfth (whichdealt with the right to life of the unborn) and approved theThirteenth and Fourteenth (below).
Thirteenth Amendment of theConstitution Act, 1992
[Provided that Article 40.3.3
°
(the rightto life of the unborn) would not limitfreedom to travel between Ireland andanother state]
23 December, 1992
Leave a Comment