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class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/50px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/75px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Flag_of_Ireland.svg/100px-Flag_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1150407293">body:not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .ifmobile>.mobile{display:none}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .ifmobile>.nomobile{display:inherit;display:initial}</style><span class="ifmobile"><span class="nomobile"><hr /></span><span class="mobile"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><table style="width:100%; margin:1px; display:inline-table;"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; vertical-align:middle; padding:0 0.5em 0 0;width:10%;" class="noprint"></td> <td style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 1px;width:80%;" class=""><b>7 June 2001<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2001-06-07</span>)</span></b></td> <td style="text-align:right; vertical-align:middle;; padding:0 0 0 0.5em;width:10%;" class="noprint"></td> </tr></tbody></table><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1150407293"><span class="ifmobile"><span class="nomobile"><hr /></span><span class="mobile"></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div style="display:inline-block;border-style: solid;padding: 3px;border-color: #A2A9B1;border-width: 2px;background-color: #FEFEFE;color: black;margin: 3px;width: calc(100% - 16px);max-width: 24em;">To permit the state to become a party to the International Criminal Court</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:#efefef;">Results</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table class="wikitable" style="width:25em; margin:0 auto"> <tbody><tr style="background-color:#EEEEEE"> <th style="width: 50%;"><div style="float:left;">Choice</div> </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 25%">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 25%">% </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg/14px-Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg/21px-Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg/28px-Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="587" data-file-height="577" /></span></span> <b>Yes</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;margin-right: 0.5em"><b>629,234</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;margin-right: 0.5em"><b><span data-sort-value="7001642241968836821♠" style="display:none"></span>64.22%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: left;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Light_brown_x.svg/14px-Light_brown_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Light_brown_x.svg/21px-Light_brown_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Light_brown_x.svg/28px-Light_brown_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="3584" data-file-height="4096" /></span></span> <b>No</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">350,512 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><span data-sort-value="7001357758031163179♠" style="display:none"></span>35.78% </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#EEEEEE"> <td style="text-align: left">Valid votes </td> <td style="text-align: right;">979,746 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><span data-sort-value="7001982137504824247♠" style="display:none"></span>98.21% </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#EEEEEE"> <td style="text-align: left">Invalid or blank votes </td> <td style="text-align: right;">17,819 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><span data-sort-value="7000178624951757529♠" style="display:none"></span>1.79% </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#EEEEEE"> <td style="text-align: left"><b>Total votes</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>997,565</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>100.00%</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#EEEEEE"> <td style="text-align: left"><span class="nowrap">Registered voters/turnout</span> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">2,867,960 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><span data-sort-value="7001347830862355123♠" style="display:none"></span>34.78% </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution Act 2001</b> of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Constitution of Ireland">Constitution of Ireland</a> is an amendment that permitted the state to become a party to the <a href="/wiki/International_Criminal_Court" title="International Criminal Court">International Criminal Court</a> (ICC). It was approved by <a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendum</a> on 7 June 2001 and signed into law on the 27 March 2002. The referendum was held <a href="/wiki/2001_Irish_constitutional_referendums" title="2001 Irish constitutional referendums">on the same day as referendums</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-first_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">prohibition of the death penalty</a>, which was also approved, and on the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-fourth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2001" title="Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2001">ratification of the Nice Treaty</a>, which was rejected. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twenty-third_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Rome_Statute_of_the_International_Criminal_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court">Statute of the International Criminal Court</a> established the <a href="/wiki/International_Criminal_Court" title="International Criminal Court">International Criminal Court</a>. As its ratification would affect Ireland's sovereignty and powers and functions elsewhere in the Constitution, under the decision of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Ireland" title="Supreme Court of Ireland">Supreme Court</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Crotty_v._An_Taoiseach" class="mw-redirect" title="Crotty v. An Taoiseach">Crotty v. An Taoiseach</a></i> (1987), an amendment was required before it could be ratified. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Changes_to_the_text">Changes to the text</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twenty-third_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Changes to the text"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Insertion of new Article 29.9: </p> <blockquote class="quote-frame pullquote" style="font-size: 95%; padding: 0.5em 2em; background-color: var( --background-color-neutral-subtle, #f8f9fa ); color: var( --color-base, black ); border: 1px solid #aaa; display:table; float:none;"><div style="padding: 0.6em 1em;">The State may ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court done at Rome on the 17th day of July, 1998.</div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Oireachtas_debate">Oireachtas debate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twenty-third_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Oireachtas debate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Twenty-third Amendment was proposed in <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann">Dáil Éireann</a> by <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs_(Ireland)" title="Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ireland)">Minister for Foreign Affairs</a> <a href="/wiki/Brian_Cowen" title="Brian Cowen">Brian Cowen</a> on behalf of the <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a>–<a href="/wiki/Progressive_Democrats" title="Progressive Democrats">Progressive Democrats</a> coalition government led by <a href="/wiki/Taoiseach" title="Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a> <a href="/wiki/Bertie_Ahern" title="Bertie Ahern">Bertie Ahern</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It had the support of all parties and it passed final stages in the Dáil on 12 April.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It passed final stages in the Seanad on 2 May and proceeded to a referendum on 11 June 2001.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Result">Result</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Twenty-third_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Result"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="margin-right: 1em; background: #f9f9f9;"> <caption style="background-color:#f2f2f2;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:.2em .4em">Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland referendum<sup id="cite_ref-Ref_results_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref_results-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width: 210px">Choice </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 70px">Votes </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 50px">% </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Referendum passed" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg/14px-Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg.png" decoding="async" width="14" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg/21px-Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg/28px-Check-71-128-204-brightblue.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="587" data-file-height="577" /></a></span> <b>Yes</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>629,234</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>64.22</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>No </td> <td style="text-align:right;">350,512 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">35.78 </td></tr> <tr class="tfoot" style="background:#f2f2f2;"> <td style="text-align:left;">Valid votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;">979,746 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">98.21 </td></tr> <tr class="tfoot" style="background:#f2f2f2;"> <td style="text-align:left;">Invalid or blank votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;">17,819 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1.79 </td></tr> <tr class="tfoot" style="background:#f2f2f2;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>Total votes</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>997,565</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>100.00</b> </td></tr> <tr class="tfoot" style="background:#f2f2f2;"> <td style="text-align:left;">Registered voters/turnout </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2,867,960 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">34.78 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Results by constituency<sup id="cite_ref-Ref_results_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref_results-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Constituency </th> <th rowspan="2">Electorate </th> <th rowspan="2"><span class="nowrap">Turnout (%)</span> </th> <th colspan="2">Votes </th> <th colspan="2">Proportion of votes </th></tr> <tr> <th>Yes </th> <th>No </th> <th>Yes </th> <th>No </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Carlow%E2%80%93Kilkenny_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Carlow–Kilkenny (Dáil constituency)">Carlow–Kilkenny</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">92,470 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">34.1% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>19,747</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">11,094 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>64.1%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">35.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Cavan%E2%80%93Monaghan_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cavan–Monaghan (Dáil constituency)">Cavan–Monaghan</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">85,803 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">34.6% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>18,803</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">10,184 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>64.9%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">35.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Clare_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Clare (Dáil constituency)">Clare</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">76,227 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">30.8% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>15,251</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">7,767 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>66.3%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">33.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Cork_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cork East (Dáil constituency)">Cork East</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">68,707 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">35.6% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>14,420</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">9,555 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>60.2%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">39.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Cork_North-Central_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cork North-Central (Dáil constituency)">Cork North-Central</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">75,038 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">33.4% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>14,817</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">9,817 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>60.2%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">39.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Cork_North-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cork North-West (Dáil constituency)">Cork North-West</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">49,749 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">37.4% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>10,890</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">7,206 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>60.2%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">39.8% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Cork_South-Central_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cork South-Central (Dáil constituency)">Cork South-Central</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">90,790 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">37.2% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>22,112</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">11,144 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>66.5%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">33.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Cork_South-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cork South-West (Dáil constituency)">Cork South-West</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">50,677 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">37.0% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>11,869</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">6,422 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>64.9%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">35.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Donegal_North-East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Donegal North-East (Dáil constituency)">Donegal North-East</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">55,035 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">27.6% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>8,446</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">6,428 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>56.8%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">43.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Donegal_South-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Donegal South-West (Dáil constituency)">Donegal South-West</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">52,671 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">28.6% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>8,175</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">6,572 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>55.5%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">44.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Central_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Central (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Central</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">61,290 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">33.7% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>11,377</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">8,926 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>56.1%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">43.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin North (Dáil constituency)">Dublin North</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">70,321 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">37.8% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>18,262</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">8,039 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>69.5%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">30.5% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_North-Central_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin North-Central (Dáil constituency)">Dublin North-Central</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">64,007 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">43.1% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>17,490</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">9,897 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>63.9%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">36.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_North-East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin North-East (Dáil constituency)">Dublin North-East</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">59,877 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">39.8% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>15,419</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">8,181 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>65.4%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">34.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_North-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin North-West (Dáil constituency)">Dublin North-West</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">57,284 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">38.3% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>13,552</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">8,106 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>62.6%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">37.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin South (Dáil constituency)">Dublin South</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">93,038 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">42.5% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>28,195</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">10,929 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>72.1%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">27.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_South-Central_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency)">Dublin South-Central</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">65,542 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">39.1% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>15,551</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">9,638 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>61.8%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">38.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_South-East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin South-East (Dáil constituency)">Dublin South-East</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">58,820 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">39.6% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>15,777</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">7,066 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>69.1%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">30.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_South-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin South-West (Dáil constituency)">Dublin South-West</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">81,266 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">31.9% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>15,613</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">9,996 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>61.0%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">39.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin West (Dáil constituency)">Dublin West</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">77,760 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">34.4% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>17,956</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">8,601 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>67.7%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">32.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/D%C3%BAn_Laoghaire_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dún Laoghaire (Dáil constituency)">Dún Laoghaire</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">86,549 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">42.8% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>26,443</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">10,164 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>72.3%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">27.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Galway_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Galway East (Dáil constituency)">Galway East</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">65,633 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">29.6% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>12,023</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">6,951 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>63.4%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">36.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Galway_West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Galway West (Dáil constituency)">Galway West</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">83,176 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">29.5% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>15,536</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">8,503 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>64.7%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">35.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Kerry_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kerry North (Dáil constituency)">Kerry North</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">53,366 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">32.8% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>9,902</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">7,178 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>58.0%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">42.0% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Kerry_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kerry South (Dáil constituency)">Kerry South</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">48,992 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">32.0% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>9,585</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">5,690 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>62.8%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">37.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Kildare_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kildare North (Dáil constituency)">Kildare North</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">59,035 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">34.4% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>14,099</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">5,985 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>70.3%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">29.7% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Kildare_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kildare South (Dáil constituency)">Kildare South</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">51,142 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">32.3% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>10,690</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">5,556 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>65.9%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">34.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Laois%E2%80%93Offaly_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)">Laois–Offaly</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">90,987 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">32.2% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>18,221</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">10,378 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>63.8%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">36.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Limerick_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Limerick East (Dáil constituency)">Limerick East</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">80,339 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">34.5% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>17,281</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">10,014 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>63.4%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">36.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Limerick_West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Limerick West (Dáil constituency)">Limerick West</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">49,160 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">34.8% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>10,426</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">6,178 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>62.8%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">37.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Longford%E2%80%93Roscommon_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Longford–Roscommon (Dáil constituency)">Longford–Roscommon</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">67,305 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">32.0% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>12,954</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">8,083 </td> <td style="text-align: right; 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background:#c8ffc8;"><b>62.7%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">37.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Waterford_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Waterford (Dáil constituency)">Waterford</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">71,946 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">35.0% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>15,845</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">8,797 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>64.4%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">35.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Westmeath_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Westmeath (Dáil constituency)">Westmeath</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">51,664 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">31.6% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>9,538</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">6,474 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>59.6%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">40.4% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Wexford_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Wexford (Dáil constituency)">Wexford</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">90,507 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">33.4% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>19,156</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">10,467 </td> <td style="text-align: right; 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This is because the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-second_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2001" title="Twenty-second Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2001">Twenty-second Amendment of the Constitution Bill</a> was withdrawn by the government during the course of debate in the Oireachtas. 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Constitution of Ireland">1</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Second Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">3</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">4</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">5</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventh_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">8</a></li> <li><a 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Ireland">16</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seventeenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Seventeenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eighteenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">18</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nineteenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">19</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twentieth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Twentieth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">20</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-first_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">21</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">23</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-sixth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">26</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-seventh_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">27</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">28</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-ninth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Twenty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">29</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirtieth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">30</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirty-first_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirty-first Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">31</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirty-third_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">33</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirty-fourth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">34</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirty-sixth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">36</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirty-seventh_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">37</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirty-eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">38</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Proposed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Forty-first_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_(Agreement_on_a_Unified_Patent_Court)_Bill_2024" title="Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Agreement on a Unified Patent Court) Bill 2024">41</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_failed_amendments_to_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="List of failed amendments to the Constitution of Ireland">Failed</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Third_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_1958" title="Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1958">3 (1958)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_1968" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1968">3 (1968)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_1968" class="mw-redirect" title="Fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1968">4 (1968)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_1986" title="Tenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1986">10 (1986)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twelfth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_1992" class="mw-redirect" title="Twelfth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1992">12 (1992)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-second_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2001" title="Twenty-second Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2001">22 (2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-fourth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2001" title="Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2001">24 (2001)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2001" title="Twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2001">25 (2002)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_European_Constitution_referendum" title="Irish European Constitution referendum">28 (2005)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Twenty-eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2008" title="Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2008">28 (2008)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirtieth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2011" title="Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2011">30 (2011)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirty-second_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2013" title="Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2013">32 (2013)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirty-fifth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2015" title="Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2015">35 (2015)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Irish_constitutional_referendums" title="2024 Irish constitutional referendums">39 (2024)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Irish_constitutional_referendums" title="2024 Irish constitutional referendums">40 (2024)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adoption_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Adoption of the Constitution of Ireland">Adoption in 1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_failed_amendments_to_the_Constitution_of_Ireland#Missing_numbers" title="List of failed amendments to the Constitution of Ireland">"Missing" amendment numbers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_(Ireland)" title="Electoral Commission (Ireland)">Electoral Commission</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constitutional_Convention_(Ireland)" title="Constitutional Convention (Ireland)">Constitutional Convention</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Citizens%27_Assembly_(Ireland)" title="Citizens' Assembly (Ireland)">Citizens' Assembly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Referendum_Commission" title="Referendum Commission">Referendum Commission</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="International_Criminal_Court_(ICC)" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" 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