The Belfast Agreement Referendums

Voters in the Republic will be asked one question in the referendum on May 22nd:

Voters in the Republic will be asked one question in the referendum on May 22nd:

Do you approve of the proposal to amend the Constitution contained in the undermentioned Bill?

Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 1998.

The Bill provides for constitutional changes arising from the agreement reached on Good Friday in the multi-party talks at Stormont.

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It includes proposed changes to Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution, and also proposed additions to Article 29 to allow the State to be bound by the terms of the Belfast Agreement.

The Bill also lays down that the constitutional changes will not come into effect until the necessary measures are taken in both jurisdictions to implement all the provisions of the multiparty agreement.

Voters in Northern Ireland will also be asked one question in a referendum on May 22nd:

Do you support the agreement reached in the multi-party talks on Northern Ireland and set out in Command Paper 3883? (Technical parliamentary term for the Belfast Agreement)