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</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;">3,191,157 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><span data-sort-value="7001559423431689509♠" style="display:none"></span>55.94% </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution (Houses of the Oireachtas Inquiries) Bill 2011</b> (<a href="/wiki/Bill_(law)" title="Bill (law)">bill</a> no. 47 of 2011) was a <a href="/wiki/List_of_failed_amendments_to_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="List of failed amendments to the Constitution of Ireland">proposed amendment</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Constitution of Ireland">Constitution of Ireland</a> to provide for the Houses of the <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a> to conduct full inquiries.<sup id="cite_ref-bill_initial_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bill_initial-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bill was passed by both houses of the <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a>, but rejected at a <a href="/wiki/Referendum" title="Referendum">referendum</a> held on 27 October 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-it20111029b3_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it20111029b3-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </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=Thirtieth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2011&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Death_of_John_Carthy" title="Death of John Carthy">Death of John Carthy</a></div> <p>On 20 April 2000 in <a href="/wiki/Abbeylara" title="Abbeylara">Abbeylara</a>, John Carthy, who had <a href="/wiki/Bipolar_affective_disorder" class="mw-redirect" title="Bipolar affective disorder">bipolar affective disorder</a>, barricaded himself into his residence with a shotgun in a dispute over plans to move to a new house.<sup id="cite_ref-iesc200221_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iesc200221-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Garda_Emergency_Response_Unit" title="Garda Emergency Response Unit">Garda Emergency Response Unit</a> (ERU) was called to the scene, and after a 25-hour siege, Carthy was shot dead.<sup id="cite_ref-iesc200221_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iesc200221-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carthy's family claimed the Garda had mishandled the situation and that a planned Garda internal inquiry would be inadequate. On 8 March 2001, the <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a> Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights established a "Sub-Committee on the Abbeylara Incident".<sup id="cite_ref-iesc200221_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iesc200221-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the Carthy family wanted an independent <a href="/wiki/Tribunal_of_Inquiry" class="mw-redirect" title="Tribunal of Inquiry">Tribunal of Inquiry</a>, an Oireachtas inquiry was preferred as being cheaper and quicker. It planned to complete its investigation in three weeks and then issue conclusions.<sup id="cite_ref-subctteepr_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-subctteepr-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Sub-Committee claimed the right to compel ERU members to give evidence, under the Committees of the Houses of the Oireachtas (Compellability, Privileges and Immunities of Witnesses) Act, 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-iesc200221_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iesc200221-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-subctteepr_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-subctteepr-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ERU members sought <a href="/wiki/Judicial_review" title="Judicial review">judicial review</a> that the subcommittee would be acting <i><a href="/wiki/Ultra_vires" title="Ultra vires">ultra vires</a></i> in compelling them to attend and then issuing a report that criticised them. On 11 March 2002, the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Court (Ireland)">Supreme Court</a> agreed, by six votes to one.<sup id="cite_ref-iesc200221_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iesc200221-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Oireachtas instead established a Tribunal of Inquiry, called the <a href="/wiki/Barr_Tribunal" class="mw-redirect" title="Barr Tribunal">Barr Tribunal</a> after its sole member, Robert Barr. This tribunal sat in public for 208 days between 7 January 2003 and 7 December 2004. Its 744-page report was issued on 20 July 2006. Its total cost was almost €18 million.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From November 2010 to January 2011, the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Constitution reviewed the Parliamentary Power of Inquiry under Article 15.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its January 2011 report recommended a Constitutional amendment, to be followed by enabling legislation and a protocol under the <a href="/wiki/Rules_of_order" class="mw-redirect" title="Rules of order">standing orders</a> of each House.<sup id="cite_ref-jccrpt_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jccrpt-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Oireachtas inquiries would "avoid great expense and interminable delay" of tribunals of inquiry, and could make findings of wrongdoing but not impose sanctions.<sup id="cite_ref-jccrpt_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jccrpt-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The wording the Joint Committee proposed for Article 15 was:<sup id="cite_ref-jccrpt_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-jccrpt-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>The Houses of the Oireachtas shall have the power to inquire into any matter of general public importance.</li> <li>In the course of such inquiry the Houses may investigate any individual and make findings in relation to their conduct.</li> <li>The conduct of such inquiries shall be regulated by law. Such law shall balance the rights of the individual with the public interest in the effective investigation of matters of general public importance.</li></ul> <p>In their manifestos for the <a href="/wiki/2011_Irish_general_election" title="2011 Irish general election">2011 general election</a>, both <a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> and <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour</a> promised an amendment to overturn the 2002 Abbeylara verdict.<sup id="cite_ref-it20110831_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it20110831-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The programme of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_31st_D%C3%A1il" title="Government of the 31st Dáil">coalition they formed</a> after the election committed to holding referendums "on a priority basis" on five subjects, including "the granting of full investigative powers for Oireachtas committees".<sup id="cite_ref-dail20110322_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dail20110322-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Opposition parties were consulted about the wording of the proposed amendment.<sup id="cite_ref-it20110831_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it20110831-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Proposed_change_to_the_text">Proposed change to the text</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thirtieth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2011&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Proposed change to the text"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The amendment proposed to insert the following subsections highlighted in bold to Article 15.10: </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;"><b>1°</b> Each House shall make its own rules and standing orders, with power to attach penalties for their infringement, and shall have power to ensure freedom of debate, to protect its official documents and the private papers of its members, and to protect itself and its members against any person or persons interfering with, molesting or attempting to corrupt its members in the exercise of their duties. <p><b>2° Each House shall have the power to conduct an inquiry, or an inquiry with the other House, in a manner provided for by law, into any matter stated by the House or Houses concerned to be of general public importance.</b> </p><p><b>3° In the course of any such inquiry the conduct of any person (whether or not a member of either House) may be investigated and the House or Houses concerned may make findings in respect of the conduct of that person concerning the matter to which the inquiry relates.</b> </p> <b>4° It shall be for the House or Houses concerned to determine, with due regard to the principles of fair procedures, the appropriate balance between the rights of persons and the public interest for the purposes of ensuring an effective inquiry into any matter to which subsection 2° applies.</b></div></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Process">Process</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thirtieth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2011&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Process"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The amendment bill was published on 12 September 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-it20110912_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it20110912-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was <a href="/wiki/Reading_(legislature)" title="Reading (legislature)">introduced</a> in <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann">Dáil Éireann</a> on 15 September 2011 by the <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Public_Expenditure,_National_Development_Plan_Delivery_and_Reform" title="Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform">Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brendan_Howlin" title="Brendan Howlin">Brendan Howlin</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and passed final stages in the Dáil on 20 September by 102 votes to 10.<sup id="cite_ref-dail3rd_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dail3rd-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It passed all stages in <a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann">Seanad Éireann</a> on 21 September.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All proposed constitutional amendments are required to be put to a popular referendum before becoming law. The referendum was held on 27 October 2011, on the same day as the <a href="/wiki/2011_Irish_presidential_election" title="2011 Irish presidential election">2011 presidential election</a> and a referendum on <a href="/wiki/Twenty-Ninth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2011_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2011 (Ireland)">another proposed constitutional amendment</a>, relating to judges' pay.<sup id="cite_ref-it20110912_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it20110912-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/Referendum_commission" class="mw-redirect" title="Referendum commission">referendum commission</a> was established, under the terms of the Referendum Act 1998, to provide voters with non-partisan information about the proposal. The commission was chaired by Bryan McMahon, a former judge of the <a href="/wiki/High_Court_(Ireland)" title="High Court (Ireland)">High Court</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bt20111011_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bt20111011-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 11 October, the commission launched a media information campaign and began distributing an information booklet to households in the state.<sup id="cite_ref-bt20111011_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bt20111011-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Investigations, Oversight and Petitions was established in July 2011<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> based on Dáil and Seanad resolutions passed the previous month.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its initial orders of reference did not allude to Oireachtas investigations, but in September the government published the <a href="/wiki/Outline_(summary)" class="mw-redirect" title="Outline (summary)">heads</a> of the Oireachtas (Powers of Inquiry) Bill, 2011;<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> if the referendum had been passed, the latter bill would then also have been passed to regulate the conduct of Oireachtas inquiries held under the terms of the amended Constitution, giving a leading role to the Joint Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-it20110912_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it20110912-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campaign">Campaign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thirtieth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2011&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Irish_Examiner" title="Irish Examiner">Irish Examiner</a></i> suggested the amendment would increase the ability of the Oireachtas to investigate the <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%932011_Irish_banking_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2008–2011 Irish banking crisis">2008–2011 Irish banking crisis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stephen Collins raised the possibility of the <a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a>–<a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour</a> government using an Oireachtas inquiry as a witch-hunt to heap blame on its <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> predecessor.<sup id="cite_ref-it20111022toomuch_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it20111022toomuch-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/The_Irish_Times" title="The Irish Times">The Irish Times</a></i> commented that coverage of the presidential election limited public debate on the two referendums being held the same day; it stated "Because [the Thirtieth Amendment] proposes to give the Oireachtas far more power than it has ever previously enjoyed, it therefore needs careful consideration by the electorate before it decides".<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Stephen Collins criticised the speed with which the Bill was rushed through both Houses, while describing some lawyers' criticisms of it as "laughable".<sup id="cite_ref-it20111022toomuch_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it20111022toomuch-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Collins called the cost of tribunals of inquiry "scandalous" but pointed out that the Nyberg and <a href="/wiki/Sexual_abuse_scandal_in_Cloyne_diocese" class="mw-redirect" title="Sexual abuse scandal in Cloyne diocese">Cloyne</a> reports were delivered under the pre-existing Commissions of Investigation Act 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-it20111022toomuch_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it20111022toomuch-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Tánaiste <a href="/wiki/Eamon_Gilmore" title="Eamon Gilmore">Eamon Gilmore</a> suggested much of the opposition to the amendment came from "particular sections of the legal profession who have done very well financially from the judicial tribunals in the past".<sup id="cite_ref-ind2914671_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ind2914671-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Irish_Independent" title="Irish Independent">Irish Independent</a></i>, Dearbhail McDonald said she would vote no, saying 'it will be up to politicians, vulnerable to swings in public mood and media pressure ... to decide what "balance" of rights witnesses are entitled to'.<sup id="cite_ref-McDonald_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McDonald-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She cited the example of Senator <a href="/wiki/Ivor_Callely" title="Ivor Callely">Ivor Callely</a>'s successful appeal to the High Court to overturn a Seanad vote of censure, suggesting such redress might be unavailable if the referendum were passed.<sup id="cite_ref-McDonald_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McDonald-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Minister Brendan Howlin said that advice from the Attorney General is "crystal clear" that the courts will retain <a href="/wiki/Judicial_review" title="Judicial review">judicial review</a> over the way the Oireachtas balances rights.<sup id="cite_ref-vb20111026_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vb20111026-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> David Gwynn Morgan concurs,<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while Vincent Browne expressed scepticism.<sup id="cite_ref-vb20111026_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vb20111026-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Groups supporting the amendment included the government Fine Gael and Labour parties and the opposition Fianna Fáil and <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> parties.<sup id="cite_ref-it20111022qa_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it20111022qa-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Groups opposing included the <a href="/wiki/United_Left_Alliance" title="United Left Alliance">United Left Alliance</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bn525299_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bn525299-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 12 <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">independent</a> TDs and senators,<sup id="cite_ref-bn525299_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bn525299-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Bar_of_Ireland" title="Bar of Ireland">Bar Council</a> and <a href="/wiki/Law_Society_of_Ireland" title="Law Society of Ireland">Law Society</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Council_for_Civil_Liberties" title="Irish Council for Civil Liberties">Irish Council for Civil Liberties</a> (ICCL).<sup id="cite_ref-bn525299_31-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bn525299-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Fianna Fáil supported the amendment, its spokesperson on health, <a href="/wiki/Billy_Kelleher" title="Billy Kelleher">Billy Kelleher</a>, intended to vote against it, and former minister <a href="/wiki/Mary_O%27Rourke" title="Mary O'Rourke">Mary O'Rourke</a> described it as "pointless".<sup id="cite_ref-it20111022qa_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it20111022qa-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 October, eight former <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Ireland" title="Attorney General of Ireland">Attorneys General</a> signed a letter opposing the amendment.<sup id="cite_ref-ind2914671_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ind2914671-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ICCL saw the amendment wording passed by the Houses in September as inferior to that agreed by the Committee in January.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/National_Union_of_Journalists" title="National Union of Journalists">National Union of Journalists</a> wrote to the Referendum Commission of members' concerns that <a href="/wiki/Press_freedom" class="mw-redirect" title="Press freedom">press freedom</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reporters%27_privilege" class="mw-redirect" title="Reporters' privilege">reporters' privilege</a> might be impaired.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Opinion_polls">Opinion polls</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thirtieth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2011&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Opinion polls"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Date</th> <th>Poller</th> <th>Commissioned by</th> <th>Yes</th> <th>No</th> <th>Undecided/<br />Abstain</th> <th class="unsortable">Ref </th></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-10-08-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">8 October</span></td> <td>Ipsos MRBI</td> <td><i>The Irish Times</i></td> <td>65</td> <td>8</td> <td>27<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>n 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-itpoll08oct_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-itpoll08oct-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-10-23-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">23 October</span></td> <td>Behaviour & Attitudes</td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Sunday_Times" title="The Sunday Times">The Sunday Times</a></i></td> <td>76</td> <td>18</td> <td>6</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span data-sort-value="000000002024-10-25-0000" style="white-space:nowrap">25 October</span></td> <td>Ipsos MRBI</td> <td><i>The Irish Times</i></td> <td>57</td> <td>20</td> <td>23</td> <td><sup id="cite_ref-itpoll25oct_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-itpoll25oct-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">4% abstain, 23% undecided</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <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=Thirtieth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2011&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Result"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Irish_constitutional_referendums,_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish constitutional referendums, 2011">Irish constitutional referendums, 2011</a></div> <p>About 5,000 people fewer voted in the referendum than in the presidential election held simultaneously with the same electorate.<sup id="cite_ref-it20111029b3_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it20111029b3-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Counting began on 29 October, after counting in the presidential election was completed. The result was announced at <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Castle" title="Dublin Castle">Dublin Castle</a> that evening:<sup id="cite_ref-it20111029b3_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it20111029b3-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-refcom2011ref2_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-refcom2011ref2-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="margin-right: 1em; background: #f9f9f9;"> <caption style="background-color:#f2f2f2;margin-bottom:-1px;border:1px solid #aaa;padding:.2em .4em">Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2011<sup id="cite_ref-Ref_results_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref_results-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<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:Light_brown_x.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Referendum failed" 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" /></a></span> <b>No</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>928,175</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>53.34</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Yes </td> <td style="text-align:right;">812,008 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">46.66 </td></tr> <tr class="tfoot" style="background:#f2f2f2;"> <td style="text-align:left;">Valid votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1,740,183 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">97.48 </td></tr> <tr class="tfoot" style="background:#f2f2f2;"> <td style="text-align:left;">Invalid or blank votes </td> <td style="text-align:right;">45,025 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.52 </td></tr> <tr class="tfoot" style="background:#f2f2f2;"> <td style="text-align:left;"><b>Total votes</b> </td> <td style="text-align:right;"><b>1,785,208</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;">3,191,157 </td> <td style="text-align:right;">55.94 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>Votes were counted separately in each <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Dáil constituency">Dáil constituency</a> and sent to the <a href="/wiki/Returning_officer" title="Returning officer">returning officer</a> in Dublin Castle. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Results by constituency<sup id="cite_ref-Ref_results_41-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ref_results-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<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:#ffc8c8;"><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;">106,810 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">55.5% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">28,339 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>29,113</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">49.3% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>50.7%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><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;">98,952 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">59.0% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">27,542 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>28,789</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">48.9% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>51.1%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Clare_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Clare (Dáil constituency)">Clare</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">81,419 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">57.9% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">22,273 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>23,422</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">48.7% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>51.3%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Cork_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Cork East (Dáil constituency)">Cork East</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">82,731 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">54.8% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">20,966 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>23,141</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">47.5% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>52.5%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><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;">75,622 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">54.9% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">18,830 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>21,780</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">46.4% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>53.6%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><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;">62,113 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">60.6% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">17,232 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>19,287</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">47.2% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>52.8%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><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;">91,716 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">58.4% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">23,459 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>29,028</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">44.7% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>55.3%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><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;">60,248 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">59.4% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">16,924 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>17,798</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">48.7% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>51.3%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><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;">58,579 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">48.6% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">11,253 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>16,330</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">40.8% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>59.2%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><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;">64,158 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">48.2% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">12,569 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>17,268</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">42.1% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>57.9%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Central_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Central (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Central</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">54,500 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">51.6% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">12,818 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>14,808</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">46.4% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>53.6%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_Mid-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin Mid-West (Dáil constituency)">Dublin Mid-West</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">64,370 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">52.9% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">15,942 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>17,623</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">47.5% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>52.5%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin North (Dáil constituency)">Dublin North</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">69,347 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">57.2% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">18,294 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>20,788</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">46.8% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>53.2%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><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;">51,929 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">63.8% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">14,226 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>18,416</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">43.6% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>56.4%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><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;">57,627 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">59.7% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">15,404 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>18,435</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">45.5% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>54.5%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><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;">50,410 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">50.2% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">11,819 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>12,967</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">47.7% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>52.3%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin South (Dáil constituency)">Dublin South</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">104,145 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">61.8% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">27,758 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>35,744</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">43.7% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>56.3%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><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;">77,688 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">53.3% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">18,420 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>22,142</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">45.4% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>54.6%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><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;">55,533 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">55.1% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">11,177 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>18,912</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">37.2% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>62.8%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><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;">69,977 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">52.3% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">17,432 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>18,541</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">48.5% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>51.5%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Dublin_West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Dublin West (Dáil constituency)">Dublin West</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">61,583 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">58.9% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">16,322 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>19,467</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">45.6% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>54.4%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><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;">82,033 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">59.8% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">20,094 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>28,151</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">41.7% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>58.3%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Galway_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Galway East (Dáil constituency)">Galway East</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">81,896 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">57.3% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">22,003 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>23,207</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">48.7% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>51.3%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Galway_West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Galway West (Dáil constituency)">Galway West</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">94,700 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">53.3% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">22,529 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>26,442</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">46.0% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>54.0%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Kerry_North%E2%80%93West_Limerick_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kerry North–West Limerick (Dáil constituency)">Kerry North–West Limerick</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">63,068 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">54.6% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">15,892 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>17,338</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">47.8% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>52.2%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Kerry_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kerry South (Dáil constituency)">Kerry South</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">57,776 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">55.1% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">14,495 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>16,171</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">47.3% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>52.7%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Kildare_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kildare North (Dáil constituency)">Kildare North</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">76,623 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">56.7% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">19,389 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>23,284</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">45.4% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>54.6%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Kildare_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Kildare South (Dáil constituency)">Kildare South</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">57,933 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">53.9% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">14,940 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>15,567</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">49.0% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>51.0%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><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;">107,023 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">55.3% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">27,149 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>30,324</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">47.2% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>52.8%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Limerick_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Limerick (Dáil constituency)">Limerick</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">66,421 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">52.1% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">16,820 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>16,942</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">49.8% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>50.2%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Limerick_City_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Limerick City (Dáil constituency)">Limerick City</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">66,345 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">55.4% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">17,166 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>18,413</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">48.3% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>51.7%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Longford%E2%80%93Westmeath_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Longford–Westmeath (Dáil constituency)">Longford–Westmeath</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">85,911 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">52.8% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">20,304 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>23,711</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">46.1% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>53.9%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Louth_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Louth (Dáil constituency)">Louth</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">102,941 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">56.3% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">27,089 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>29,583</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">47.8% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>52.2%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#c8ffc8;"><a href="/wiki/Mayo_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Mayo (Dáil constituency)">Mayo</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">97,714 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">54.8% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>26,091</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">25,658 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>50.4%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">49.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Meath_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Meath East (Dáil constituency)">Meath East</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">65,477 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">54.0% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">16,453 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>18,158</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">47.5% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>52.5%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Meath_West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Meath West (Dáil constituency)">Meath West</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">63,111 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">52.2% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">15,021 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>17,123</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">46.7% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>53.3%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Roscommon%E2%80%93South_Leitrim_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Roscommon–South Leitrim (Dáil constituency)">Roscommon–South Leitrim</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">60,416 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">60.1% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">15,547 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>19,565</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">44.3% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>55.7%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Sligo%E2%80%93North_Leitrim_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Sligo–North Leitrim (Dáil constituency)">Sligo–North Leitrim</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">62,152 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">55.0% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">15,353 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>17,818</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">46.3% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>53.7%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Tipperary_North_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Tipperary North (Dáil constituency)">Tipperary North</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">62,603 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">61.1% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">17,276 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>19,653</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">46.8% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>53.2%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Tipperary_South_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Tipperary South (Dáil constituency)">Tipperary South</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">56,295 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">57.8% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">15,316 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>16,195</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">48.6% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>51.4%</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Waterford_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Waterford (Dáil constituency)">Waterford</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">78,960 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">54.1% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">20,010 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>21,549</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">48.2% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>51.8%</b> </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;">108,490 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">53.9% </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>28,517</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">28,397 </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#c8ffc8;"><b>50.1%</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">49.9% </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#ffc8c8;"><a href="/wiki/Wicklow_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Wicklow (Dáil constituency)">Wicklow</a> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">93,812 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">61.6% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">25,555 </td> <td style="text-align: right;"><b>31,127</b> </td> <td style="text-align: right;">45.1% </td> <td style="text-align: right; background:#ffc8c8;"><b>54.9%</b> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="font-weight:bold; background:rgb(232,232,232);"> <td>Total </td> <td style="text-align: right;">3,191,157 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">55.9% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">812,008 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">928,175 </td> <td style="text-align: right;">46.7% </td> <td style="text-align: right;">53.3% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thirtieth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2011&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Causes">Causes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thirtieth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2011&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Causes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Politicians and journalists suggested several factors contributed to the defeat of the referendum. </p><p>Harry McGee in <i>The Irish Times</i>, and <a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Fleming" title="Seán Fleming">Seán Fleming</a>, the Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Public Expenditure and Reform, mentioned the rushed nature of the legislative process.<sup id="cite_ref-rte20111030ref_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rte20111030ref-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-it1224306844884_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it1224306844884-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After its formation in February, the government had a long list of proposed amendments; the Oireachtas inquiries was not brought to the head of the list till the summer recess, and then rushed through in the autumn. </p><p>Holding two referendums and the presidential election simultaneously reduced media time for debate; some underinformed voters adopted a policy of "if you don't know vote no".<sup id="cite_ref-it1224306844884_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it1224306844884-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The precise wording of the amendment was considered vague by many;<sup id="cite_ref-ind2921273_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ind2921273-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Harry McGee mentioned that the Referendum Commission's information booklet drew attention to this.<sup id="cite_ref-it1224306844884_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it1224306844884-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brendan Howlin, the sponsoring minister, suggested in <i>The Sunday Times</i> that the Referendum Commission's briefing had caused confusion. The Commission publicly objected to what it saw as a criticism of its impartiality and of its chairman personally. Howlin apologised and described his original comments as "cack-handed".<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Law lecturer Donncha O'Connell characterised the Referendum Commission's advertising campaign as "facile and patronising".<sup id="cite_ref-it1224306842663_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it1224306842663-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2012, <i>The Irish Times</i> reported that an unpublished briefing produced by the Commission for minister <a href="/wiki/Phil_Hogan" title="Phil Hogan">Phil Hogan</a> described as "grossly inadequate" the five weeks it had had to fulfil its functions.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The electorate retained a distrust of politicians previously evident in the <a href="/wiki/2011_Irish_general_election" title="2011 Irish general election">general election in February 2011</a>; journalists suggested voters did not trust politicians to wield quasi-judicial power.<sup id="cite_ref-it1224306806339_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it1224306806339-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Seán Fleming criticised the government's perceived arrogance during the campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-rte20111030ref_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rte20111030ref-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Journalists mentioned in particular <a href="/wiki/Alan_Shatter" title="Alan Shatter">Alan Shatter</a>'s dismissive response to the Attorney Generals' voicing of opposition.<sup id="cite_ref-it1224306844884_43-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it1224306844884-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ind2921273_44-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ind2921273-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Joan_Burton" title="Joan Burton">Joan Burton</a>'s regret for a <i>Prime Time</i> debate between Howlin and <a href="/wiki/Michael_McDowell_(politician)" title="Michael McDowell (politician)">Michael McDowell</a> was seen by Mary Regan of the <i><a href="/wiki/Irish_Examiner" title="Irish Examiner">Irish Examiner</a></i> as a veiled critique of her Labour-Party cabinet colleague.<sup id="cite_ref-ex172376_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ex172376-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Consequences">Consequences</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thirtieth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2011&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Consequences"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The government's statement after the result was:<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd>It is disappointing that the 30th amendment has been narrowly defeated but the Constitution is something that belongs to the people and we acknowledge and accept the people's democratic decision. We will reflect and carefully consider the outcome of this referendum.</dd></dl> <p>Brendan Howlin suggested the government's plans for a large number of further Constitutional amendments would be made less ambitious.<sup id="cite_ref-it1224306845885_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it1224306845885-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The constitutional convention planned for 2012 might be delayed to 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-it1224306845885_51-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it1224306845885-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Much of the work planned for the Oireachtas Committee on Investigations, Oversight and Petitions was predicated on the amendment passing.<sup id="cite_ref-it1224306845885_51-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it1224306845885-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Eamon_Gilmore" title="Eamon Gilmore">Eamon Gilmore</a> suggested the planned Oireachtas inquiry into <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%932011_Irish_banking_crisis" class="mw-redirect" title="2008–2011 Irish banking crisis">the banking crisis</a> would no longer be able to proceed.<sup id="cite_ref-ex172376_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ex172376-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gilmore suggested the subject might be revisited by a future referendum.<sup id="cite_ref-ex172376_49-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ex172376-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Donncha O'Connell suggested that public support was still strong for the principle of Oireachtas inquiries, and that a future retry for a similar amendment should return to the model suggested by the Oireachtas Committee is January 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-it1224306842663_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-it1224306842663-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December, the Minister Howlin appeared before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Investigations, Oversight and Petitions to discuss amending its terms of reference in light of the defeat of the referendum.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In January 2012, new terms of reference were published for the committee, to be renamed the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The government commissioned a report from three academics on factors influencing the public's vote, and lessons for future referendums.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The report was published on 22 February 2012, and discussed at a meeting of the Oireachtas Committee on Investigations, Oversight and Petitions.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thirtieth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2011&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-columns 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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 href="/wiki/Ninth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Ninth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">9</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">10</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eleventh_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">11</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">13</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">14</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">15</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sixteenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Sixteenth Amendment of the Constitution of 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 href="/wiki/Twenty-third_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">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 class="mw-selflink selflink">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 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