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olition 23 this emulates the handling of the 1937 transitional articles by which the current irish state succeeded the irish free state consequential changes edit articles and sections which describe the seanad or the relationship between the two houses would have been deleted later sections of an article would have been renumbered to fill the gaps of deleted sections but later articles would not have been renumbered 23 articles 53 and 55 are spent transitory provisions from the oireachtas of the irish free state removed since they related to the post 1937 seanad many other consequential changes involved the replacement of either both house s of the oireachtas with dáil éireann some changes were less mechanical 23 nomination of a presidential election candidate would have required 14 rather than 20 oireachtas members this reflected the reduction in the number of oireachtas members from 226 60 senators plus 166 tds to 158 all tds whose number is to be reduced by a separate act 24 impeachment of a president would have required an absolute majority of four fifths of the dáil rather than of two thirds of each house removal of a high or supreme court judge or the comptroller and auditor general would have required an absolute majority of two thirds of the dáil instead of a simple majority of both houses the constitution does not mention the lower courts but their judges tenure is the same under statute law and so would have changed likewise 25 the leas cheann comhairle of the dáil would have replaced the cathaoirleach of the seanad on the presidential commission and the council of state a further two tds would have been nominated as substitutes for the ceann comhairle and leas cheann comhairle in the event that the ceann comhairle or leas cheann comhairle were unavailable the ceann comhairle s opinion on whether a bill is a money bill would have been definitive unless the dáil resolved otherwise the only remaining significance of money bills would have been that they couldn t have been referred to the supreme court by the president under article 26 at present the designation also limits the seanad s power to oppose such bills and if the seanad disagrees with the ceann comhairle s designation the question may be referred by the president to a committee of privileges chaired by a judge a request for the president to sign a bill urgently would have required the concurrence of the dáil rather than the seanad the ordinary referendum would have been abolished at present such a referendum can only be called if a bill is rejected by the seanad positions in the debate edit pro abolition edit arguments in favour of the bill included that abolition would save money that the number of legislators is too large relative to the state s population that the method of selection is elitist and undemocratic and that the seanad is a powerless rubber stamp 26 in an opinion poll for the irish times the week before the referendum the reasons given by prospective yes voters were cost 43 lack of power 16 superfluity 14 to reduce the number of politicians 8 and lack of democratic election 5 27 abolition was supported by fine gael 28 labour 28 sinn féin 29 and the socialist party 30 although sinn féin opposed the bill in the oireachtas and argued that the seanad s future should be discussed by the constitutional convention 17 31 it announced in late july that it was supporting abolition as the seanad was elite and out of touch 29 a non party pro abolition group called one house launched its campaign on 2 september 2013 32 33 opponents alleged that the participation of its head kieran mulvey compromised his professional position as chairman of the labour relations commission 34 desmond o malley founder of the progressive democrats called for seanad abolition and additional political reform 35 the fine gael campaign claimed that the annual net saving to taxpayers of abolishing the seanad would be 20m a figure disputed by opponents 36 the referendum commission wrote to the oireachtas finance officer who put the annual cost of the seanad at 8 8m in pay and expenses for senators and their personal staff 9 3m in support and infrastructure and 2m in pensions 36 37 38 the officer said that it was not possible to estimate how much of this cost would be saved by abolishing the seanad 36 37 38 anti abolition edit arguments opposing the bill included that a no vote will create a mandate for reform of the seanad that the process of legislation needs greater scrutiny that most westminster system countries have bicameral legislatures and that the irish financial crisis shows a need for more governance 26 in an opinion poll for the irish times the week before the referendum the reasons given by prospective no voters were as a check on the government 54 because they disliked the government 20 and because they did not believe there would be significant cost savings 6 n 1 27 fianna fáil stated that it opposed abolition and instead supported reform of the seanad 17 31 the green party opposed abolition as concentrating power in a smaller political circle 39 on 25 september 2013 the reform alliance of oireachtas members expelled from fine gael for opposing the protection of life during pregnancy act 2013 called for a no vote 40 the workers party characterised the bill as a power grab by the kitchen cabinet within the cabinet 41 independent members of the seanad were opposed to its abolition in 2012 michael mcdowell joe o toole noel whelan feargal quinn and katherine zappone published a 30 page blueprint for reform of the seanad with the slogan open it don t close it which was discussed in the seanad 42 43 they formed the seanad reform group which in may 2013 became democracy matters to lobby against abolition 44 in 2013 two groups of senators and one group of tds each introduced a separate bill proposing to reform the seanad by replacing the restricted franchise vocational panel elections with general franchise elections 45 46 47 several former taoiseach nominated senators from northern ireland endorsed the opportunity the seanad provided for cross border input to the state s politics 48 several tds from the governing labour party including its chief whip emmet stagg said that they would vote against abolition in the referendum while supporting the bill in the oireachtas 49 the national students union union of students in ireland campaigned for a no vote 50 commentators including vincent browne suggested that enda kenny s 2009 announcement of his intention to abolish the seanad was a u turn from his position of several months earlier and an impulsive publicity stunt announced without consulting any party colleagues 51 52 breda o brien suggested voters should tick the no box on the ballot and also write the word reform on it 53 a suggestion endorsed by fintan o toole despite the risk of thereby spoiling the ballot 54 both columnists characterised the government s putative reform of dáil procedures as a charade to disguise a migration of power from the legislature to the cabinet and the economic management council 53 54 course of the referendum campaign edit the referendum commission was established by the minister for the environment community and local government on 6 june 2012 with high court judge elizabeth dunne as chair 55 56 while such a commission was required by law to supervise any referendum previous commissions had not been established prior to the successful passage through the oireachtas of the relevant amendment bill 56 the earlier establishment in this case was in response to complaints that previous referendum campaigns had been too short to enable the electorate to form a considered opinion 56 a small team of officials from the department of the taoiseach assisted the government s campaign to have the bill passed in the event of the bill s receiving majority approval in the referendum this team would have remained in place to plan consequent changes to statute law to remove from it all references to the seanad these changes would have needed to be in place before a new dáil met following the next general election 57 after the bill was passed by the seanad on 23 july 2013 a tweet from fine gael stated that the date of the referendum would be 4 october 17 there was criticism of the manner of the announcement and the government denied later that evening that a formal decision on the date had been made 17 the next day the local government minister phil hogan made the necessary order establishing 4 october as the date for the referendum on the seanad bill and for a separate referendum on another constitutional amendment to establish a court of appeal 58 the fine gael yes vote campaign was headed by minister richard bruton assisted by first term td regina doherty who described the seanad as shockingly undemocratic at the press conference launching the campaign 59 david norris stated in the seanad i object in the strongest possible way to the idea that someone who has spent years in the house should have to listen to the regina monologue from someone who has not been a wet weekend in the oireachtas and is talking through her fanny 59 he later withdrew the remarks calling them intemperate 60 the referendum commission s dedicated website was launched on 5 september 2013 61 62 the seanad was recalled early from its summer recess on 20 august 2013 after a petition by senator mark daly of fianna fáil secured the support of the necessary twenty senators 63 the recall was to discuss annulling a 2012 statutory instrument implementing a 2010 eu directive on organ donation 63 64 the rarely used power of annulment requires resolutions by both houses 63 65 66 a petition to recall the dáil was unsuccessful and fine gael accused daly of an expensive and ineffectual publicity stunt relating to the seanad abolition campaign 63 some government members suggested that if the abolition amendment were to be rejected at the referendum then the government would consider proposals for reform of the seanad instead 67 others pointed out that reform was not an option listed on the ballot paper 68 69 on 20 september when micheál martin asked in leader s questions whether the taoiseach would reform the seanad if the referendum were defeated his response was deputy martin will not walk me down that avenue 70 71 on 23 september richard bruton said there were no plans to reform the seanad if the referendum were defeated 72 in the dáil on 24 september martin questioned the role of civil servants in the referendum campaign and invited kenny to a public debate on the question of abolition 73 rté offered to stage a debate on prime time on 1 october 2013 three days before the referendum 74 while kenny decided not to take part richard bruton agreed to participate 75 76 the debate was moderated by miriam o callaghan 77 78 the sunday independent on 29 september reported that fine gael had been limiting media access to enda kenny and had singled out high profile independent senators feargal quinn and john crown to criticise their attendance 79 harry mcgee of the irish times suggested that voter turnout would be low with middle class graduates with a vote in the seanad university constituencies more likely both to vote and to vote no and that sinn féin s campaign could be crucial for the yes side 80 opinion polls edit some opinion polls asked specifically how respondents would vote in the referendum on the 2013 bill others asked a more general question on whether respondents felt the seanad should be abolished reformed or retained unchanged this includes polls taken after the programme for government in 2011 which announced the plan to abolish the seanad but before the bill to effect this was published in 2013 referendum date source polling agency sample size yes no undecided ref 27 28 september 2013 the irish times ipsos mrbi 1 000 44 27 29 t 1 27 28 september 2013 sunday independent millward brown 998 37 20 42 t 2 81 10 17 september 2013 sunday times behaviour attitudes 934 49 33 18 t 3 82 83 84 9 11 september 2013 sunday business post red c 1 000 50 35 15 85 5 7 august 2013 paddy power red c 1 002 49 36 15 86 15 june 2013 the irish times ipsos mrbi 1 000 55 21 24 87 13 june 2013 paddy power red c 52 34 14 88 november 2012 the irish times ipsos mrbi 55 22 23 89 notes 21 don t know 8 won t vote 32 don t know 10 won t vote 15 don t know 3 won t vote future of seanad date source polling agency sample size abolish reform keep as is undecided ref late august 2013 sunday independent millward brown 39 33 7 21 90 3 12 august 2013 sunday independent millward brown 985 37 33 7 23 91 92 7 july 2013 sunday independent millward brown 43 30 5 22 93 december 2012 sunday independent millward brown 53 30 7 10 94 june 2011 sunday independent millward brown 55 30 7 8 95 result edit dublin city council apologised after using an out of date electoral register file to generate polling information cards this resulted in 35 000 voters and deceased people receiving incorrect information about where to vote 96 cards were regenerated using the correct data 96 thirty second amendment of the constitution bill 2013 97 choice votes for 591 937 48 27 against 634 437 51 73 total 1 226 374 100 00 valid votes 1 226 374 98 84 invalid blank votes 14 355 1 16 total votes 1 240 729 100 00 registered voters turnout 3 167 484 39 17 results by constituency 97 98 constituency electorate turnout votes proportion of votes yes no yes no carlow kilkenny 111 304 37 2 20 247 20 680 49 5 50 5 cavan monaghan 100 434 34 5 18 705 15 382 54 9 45 1 clare 79 295 38 6 15 480 14 676 51 3 48 7 cork east 81 534 39 0 15 251 16 129 48 6 51 4 cork north central 74 928 38 6 14 806 13 755 51 8 48 2 cork north west 62 118 42 1 12 896 12 924 49 9 50 1 cork south central 90 662 42 3 18 507 19 470 48 7 51 3 cork south west 59 813 42 4 12 770 12 300 50 9 49 1 donegal north east 58 032 29 3 8 097 8 663 48 3 51 7 donegal south west 61 656 30 5 9 195 9 351 49 6 50 4 dublin central 55 018 36 9 8 458 11 625 42 1 57 9 dublin mid west 65 093 38 2 11 155 13 469 45 3 54 7 dublin north 69 488 40 7 12 695 15 311 45 3 54 7 dublin north central 53 884 48 2 11 663 14 121 45 2 54 8 dublin north east 58 444 43 7 11 497 13 811 45 4 54 6 dublin north west 50 943 36 4 8 282 9 997 45 3 54 7 dublin south 101 884 46 0 21 756 24 743 46 8 53 2 dublin south central 79 173 38 2 12 976 16 896 43 4 56 6 dublin south east 55 442 40 6 8 629 13 683 38 7 61 3 dublin south west 69 879 38 0 12 532 13 749 47 7 52 3 dublin west 62 192 39 0 10 213 13 865 42 4 57 6 dún laoghaire 79 207 46 2 15 568 20 724 42 9 57 1 galway east 82 588 36 1 15 080 14 274 51 4 48 6 galway west 91 994 35 7 16 009 16 436 49 3 50 7 kerry north west limerick 61 998 37 1 12 205 10 465 53 8 46 2 kerry south 56 532 39 2 11 935 9 973 54 5 45 5 kildare north 75 043 41 1 13 890 16 712 45 4 54 6 kildare south 57 454 38 1 9 649 12 041 44 5 55 5 laois offaly 106 057 37 4 18 062 21 108 46 1 53 9 limerick 65 186 38 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