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The inaugural meeting of the Citizens' Assembly was on the 15 October 2016. The Assembly was initially due to conclude its meetings in July 2017. However, the Chair made the decision in March that the May meeting should be cancelled and replaced with a meeting at the end of September. As the original schedule had only a four week break from the end of the Eighth Amendment to the weekend on older people and then only 3 weeks between that and the weekend on climate change, the Chair felt that such a relentless pace would be unfair on the members, unmanageable for the Secretariat and most importantly would not allow sufficient time to prepare for the other topics. The Chair later decided that the second topic - how we best respond to the challenges and opportunities of an ageing population - would require two weekend's deliberations to adequately cover it. As such, the Assembly considered this particular topic on 10-11 June 2017 and 8-9 July 2017. It was decided that a second weekend would also be required for the Assembly's third topic - how the State can make Ireland a leader in tackling climate change. The Assembly will consider this topic on the 30 September -1 October 2017 and 4-5 November 2017. The Assembly received an extension from the Houses of the Oireachtas in order to complete its consideration of the remaining two topics in early 2018. A revised full calendar of meetings is available here. Generally speaking the format for the meetings will be as follows: - Introductory remarks by the Chairperson - Expert presentations - Presentations from civil society and advocacy groups - Consideration of submissions by Members of the public - Question and Answer Sessions and Debates - Roundtable discussions Deliberation and Facilitation of Discussions Deliberation by Members is a cornerstone of the Assembly exercise. Roundtable discussions were built into the timetable for each Assembly meeting to allow the Members the opportunity to further examine, discuss, debate and enhance their understanding of the material they were considering. To assist with this discussion, facilitators and note-takers were present at each table. Roomaxx Ltd were selected to provide this service following a competitive tendering process. At the Citizens’ Assembly, roundtable discussions typically took place in two distinct formats. The role of the facilitator/ notetaker was slightly different in each case. These differences and the roles of the facilitator/ notetaker in each case are explained below. Roundtable discussions following a presentation Following a presentation from an expert or invited speaker, the Assembly typically broke off into private session roundtable discussions to allow the Members to discuss what they have heard and to hear each other’s views. The role of the facilitator in those cases was to: - Facilitate a discussion in keeping with the Ground Rules and to focus on the conversation starters provided by the secretariat. - Note any questions from the table which the Members would like them to ask on their behalf in the public Q&A session. This must be agreed with all Members and should also include agreement on priority questions with their table in case there isn’t time for every question. This is not obligatory as Members are free to ask questions directly of the panelist. - Record a short summary of the discussion for record keeping purposes. Again this must be agreed with all Members. Roundtable discussions From time to time at the Assembly roundtable discussions were scheduled to allow Members to consider matters in more detail; for example to begin thinking about how recommendations might be formed. The role of the facilitator in those cases was to: - Facilitate a discussion in keeping with the Ground Rules and to focus on the conversation starters provided by the secretariat. - Record a summary of the discussion and feed this back to the Chair of the Assembly in the public session. This must be agreed with all Members. In undertaking this task, the facilitators and Members should have been aware of the following: - The facilitator was speaking on behalf of the Members at the table. As such, in describing the discussion the facilitator should avoid language like ‘it is our view/ we believe’. As the facilitator is not part of the discussion, phrases like, ‘it is the view of this table’ ‘some at this table expressed the view’ etc should be used. - Where possible the facilitator should provide feedback on the full range of views expressed at each table. The role of the facilitator in these sessions was not to present an agreed conclusion to a discussion, but rather to summarise the discussion that had taken place. In the spirit of equality of voice, one of the key principles of the Assembly, it is important that the full range of views was aired and reported to the Chair. Guidelines provided to facilitators and note-takers to help them carry out their role are available to view here. Recommendations Following these discussions, all matters before the Assembly were voted upon and recommendations based on the majority view of the Members that were in turn made to the Houses of the Oireachtas. The Government will then provide a response to each recommendation of the Assembly and, if accepting the recommendation, will indicate the timeframe it envisages for the holding of any related referendum.
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Ba ar an 15 Deireadh Fómhair a bhí an chéad chruinniú den Tionól Saoránach, i gCaisleán Bhaile Átha Cliath. I mí Iúil ar dtús a bhí an Tionóil in ainm a chuid cruinnithe a thabhairt chun críche. Shocraigh an Cathaoirleach i mí Márta, áfach, gur cheart cruinniú mhí Bealtaine a chur ar ceal agus cruinniú a reáchtáil ag deireadh mhí Mheán Fómhair ina áit. Ó tharla nach raibh ach ceithre seachtaine sa sceideal bunaidh ó dheireadh an Ochtú Leasú go dtí an deireadh seachtaine ar dhaoine breacaosta agus gan ach 3 seachtain idir sin agus an deireadh seachtaine maidir le hathrú aeráide, mheas an Cathaoirleach nach mbeadh sin cóir ar bhaill, go mbeadh sé dodhéanta ag an Rúnaíocht sin a bhainistiú agus níos tábhachtaí fós nach mbeadh dóthain ama ann ullmhú d'ábhair eile. Shocraigh an Cathaoirleach ina dhiaidh sin go dteastódh dhá dheireadh seachtaine chun an dara ábhar an bealach is fearr le dul i ngleic leis na dúshláin agus na deiseanna a bhaineann le daonra atá ag dul in aois - a bhreithniú lena chlúdach i gceart. Rinne an Tionól an t-ábhar áirithe seo a mheas an 10-11 Meitheamh 2017 agus 8-9 Iúil 2017. Socraíodh go mbeadh deireadh seachtaine eile ag teastáil freisin chun tríú ábhar an Tionóil - mar a fhéadfaidh an Stát tír cheannródaíoch a dhéanamh d'Éirinn maidir le dul i ngleic le hathrú aeráidea phlé. Breithneoidh an Tionól an t-ábhar seo an 30 Meán Fómhair - 1 Deireadh Fómhair 2017 agus 4-5 Samhain 2017. Fuair an Tionól síneadh ó Thithe an Oireachtais i dtús na bliana 2018 d'fhonn a chuid breithnithe ar an dá ábhar atá fanta a thabhairt chun críche. Tá féilire athbhreithnithe na gcruinnithe uile ar fáil anseo. Tríd is tríd, is mar seo a leanas a bheidh na cruinnithe leagtha amach: - Réamhrá ón gCathaoirleach - Cur i láthair ó shaineolaithe - Cur i láthair ó ghrúpaí sochaí sibhialta agus ó ghrúpaí abhcóideachta - Aighneachtaí ón bPobal a Bhreithniú - Seisiúin Ceisteanna agus Freagraí agus Díospóireachtaí - Plé comhchéime Breithniú agus Éascú Plé Is cuid lárnach de cheacht an Tionóil an plé a dhéanann Baill. Is cuid de chlár ama gach cruinnithe an plé comhchéime chun deis a thabhairt do Bhaill tuilleadh scrúdaithe, plé agus díospóireachta a dhéanamh ar an ábhar atá á bhreithniú acu. D'fhonn cuidiú leis an bplé sin, bíonn éascaitheoirí agus daoine a bhreacann síos nótaí i láthair ag gach bord. Roghnaíodh Roomaxx Ltd chun an tseirbhís seo a chur ar fáil tar éis próiseas tairisceana iomaíoch. Ag an Tionól Saoránach, is iondúil go mbíonn dhá fhormáid ar leith ag baint le plé comhchéime. Bhí ról an éascaitheora/an té a bhreacann nótaí beagán éagsúil i ngach cás. Mínítear thíos na difríochtaí seo agus an ról atá ag an éascaitheoir/ té a bhreacann nótaí i ngach cás. Plé comhchéime a dhéantar tar éis cur i láthair Tar éis cur i láthair ó shaineolaí nó ó chainteoir a fuair cuireadh, is iondúil go mbristear an Tionól suas ina ghrúpaí beaga agus go dtosaítear ar an bplé comhchéime chun deis a thabhairt do na Baill plé a dhéanamh ar an méid atá cloiste acu agus éisteacht le tuairimí a chéile. Is é ról an éascaitheora sna cásanna seo: - Plé a éascú ar bhealach a chloíonn leis na Bunrialacha agus díriú ar na túsphointí plé a chuireann an rúnaíocht ar fáil. - Aon cheisteanna ón mbord agus ar mhaith leis na Baill go gcuirfeadh an t-éascaitheoir iad thar a gceann sa seisiún poiblí Ceisteanna agus Freagraí Caithfear an méid seo a aontú le gach Ball agus ba cheart go mbeifí ar aon fhocal freisin ar na ceisteanna tosaíochta atá ag gach bord, ar eagla nach mbeadh dóthain ama ann do gach ceist. Níl sé éigeantach mar tá cead ag na Baill ceisteanna a chur ar an bpainéalaí iad féin. - Achoimre ar an bplé a choimeád le go mbeadh taifead air. Arís ar ais, caithfear an méid seo a aontú leis na Baill ar fad. Plé comhchéime Ó am go ham, déantar plé comhchéime ag an Tionól a sceidealú chun ligean do Bhaill ceisteanna a scagadh go mion; mar shampla, chun tosú ag smaoineamh ar conas a mhúnlófar moltaí. Is é ról an éascaitheora sna cásanna seo: - Plé a éascú ar bhealach a chloíonn leis na Bunrialacha agus díriú ar na túsphointí plé a chuireann an rúnaíocht ar fáil. - Achoimre a dhéanamh ar an bplé agus an t-aiseolas sin a thabhairt do Chathaoirleach an Tionóil sa seisiún poiblí. Caithfear an méid seo a aontú leis na Baill go léir. Agus iad ag dul i mbun an taisc seo, ba chóir d'éascaitheoirí agus do Bhaill an méid seo a leanas a thuiscint: - Go bhfuil an t-éascaitheoir ag labhairt thar ceann na mBall atá ag an mbord. Sa mhéid sin, ba cheart don éascaitheoir nathanna ar nós 'is é an tuairim atá againne/ sílimidne' a sheachaint agus cur síos á dhéanamh ar an bplé aige/aici. Ó tharla nach bhfuil baint ag an éascaitheoir leis an bplé, ba cheart nathanna mar 'is é tuairim na ndaoine ag an mbord' nó 'cheap roinnt [daoine] ag an mbord' etc a rá. - Ba cheart don éascaitheoir, nuair is féidir é, aiseolas a thabhairt ar na tuairimí uile a nochtadh ag gach bord. Ní hé ról an éascaitheora sna seisiúin seo conclúid chomhaontaithe a chur i láthair ach achoimre a thabhairt ar an bplé a bhí ann. D'fhonn a cheart a thabhairt don chomhionannas, ceann de phríomhphrionsabail an Tionóil ná go bhfuil sé tábhachtach go gcuirtear an uile thuairim in iúl don Chathaoirleach. Tá treoirlínte d'éascaitheoirí agus do lucht breactha nótaí ar fáil anseo. Moltaí Tar éis an phlé seo, caithfear vóta ar gach ceist a chuirtear faoi bhráid an Tionóil agus déanfar moltaí chuig Tithe an Oireachtais bunaithe ar thuairimí fhormhór na mBall. Ansin tabharfaidh an Rialtas freagra maidir le gach moladh ón Tionól agus, sa chás go bhfuiltear ag glacadh leis an moladh, cuirfidh in iúl an t-am a bheadh i gceist chun reifreann gaolmhar a reáchtáil.