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Press Release 29th September 2016: The inaugural meeting of the Citizens’ Assembly (the Assembly) will take place in Dublin Castle on October 15th 2016. The Assembly is a body of made up of the Chairperson, Ms. Justice Mary Laffoy, and 99 citizens, randomly selected to be broadly representative of the Irish electorate, with a mandate to look at the following issues: - the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution; - how we best respond to the challenges and opportunities of an ageing population; - fixed term parliaments; - the manner in which referenda are held; - how the State can make Ireland a leader in tackling climate change. The inaugural meeting of the Assembly at Dublin Castle will be an introductory session, affording the Members of the Assembly the opportunity to meet one another and to gain a better understanding of the role which they will play in the Assembly. It will also be an opportunity for the Members to consider the key principles which will underpin the work of the Assembly and the Rules and Procedures which will govern it. Following this inaugural meeting the Assembly will meet again on 25th November in the Grand Hotel in Malahide, at which time it will commence its consideration of the first item referred to it by the Dáil Resolution; the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution. The Assembly will be calling for submissions from representative groups, citizen organisations and members of the public outlining their views in advance of Assembly meetings and these submissions will help to form the work programme for the debate. The Chairperson of the Assembly will put in place an Expert Panel on each of these topics. The Panel will reflect different views on the issues to be considered by the Assembly in a balanced way. The membership of the Expert Panel is likely to change depending on the topic and will be approved by the Steering Group, comprised of Assembly members. The Assembly members will deliberate on the each of the topics as outlined and any other matters that may be referred to it. Their conclusions on each topic will form the basis of individual reports and recommendations that will be submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas. It is expected that the Assembly will consider the Eighth Amendment of the Constitution over a series of meetings and that the subsequent report on the Eighth Amendment would be submitted to the Houses of the Oireachtas in the first half of 2017. All public sessions of the Assembly, including the inaugural meeting will be live streamed on www.citizensassembly.ie RED C Research and Marketing Ltd were appointed to provide a representative sample of 99 members of the public and substitutes for the Citizens’ Assembly. The names of each member and counties they come from will be made available on www.citizensassembly.ie following the inaugural meeting. ENDS// Media Contact: Martin Mackin / Síle Murphy/Nora Eastwood/ Q4PR, 086 0288 132 / 087 175 4149 Notes to Editors The Programme for a Partnership Government committed the Government to ‘the establishment of a Citizens’ Assembly, within six months and without participation by politicians, with a mandate to look at a limited number of key issues over an extended time period.’ The Assembly’s terms of reference were agreed by the Houses of the Oireachtas in July 2016.
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Bunú an Tionáil Ceanglaítear ar an Rialtas tríd an gClár le haghaidh Rialtais Chomhpháirtíochta Tionól Saoránach a bhunú, laistigh de shé mhí agus gan rannpháirtíocht polaiteoirí a bheith i gceist leis, agus mandáid aige féachaint ar líon teoranta saincheisteanna thar thréimhse fhada ama.’ Síneadh le Téarma an Tionóil Sonraíodh i dtéarmaí tagartha an Tionóil go gcuirfí breithniúchán ar an gcúig ábhar i gcrích "tráth nach déanaí ná bliain ó dháta an chéad chruinnithe de chuid an Tionóil, i.e. Samhain 2016. Ba léir nach bhféadfaí na hábhair ar fad a bhreithniú taobh istigh den tréimhse bliana amháin de bharr deireadh seachtaine breise a thabhairt don dara agus don tríú hábhar a bhí le breithniú ag an Tionól, an bealach is fearr le dul i ngleic leis na dúshláin agus na deiseanna a bhaineann le daonra atá ag dul in aois agus agus mar a fhéadfaidh an Stát tír cheannródaíoch a dhéanamh d'Éirinn maidir le dul i ngleic le hathrú aeráide faoi seach. Fuair an Tionól síneadh an 3 Deireadh Fómhair 2017 ó Thithe an Oireachtais d'fhonn a chuid breithnithe ar an dá ábhar a bhí fanta a thabhairt chun críche faoi dheireadh mhí an Mhárta 2018. Bhí síneadh eile de dhíth mar gheall gur cuireadh cruinniú mhí an Mhárta ar ceal de bharr Stoirm Emma agus fuarthas an síneadh sin ó Thithe an Oireachtais. Téarmaí Tagartha Aontaíodh téarmaí tagartha an Tionóil i dTithe an Oireachtais i mí Iúil 2016. “Go ndéanann Dáil Éireann: a cheadú go ndéanfar Tionól Saoránach a ghairm chun breithniú a dhéanamh ar na nithe seo a leanas agus chun cibé moltaí a dhéanamh is cuí leis agus chun tuairisciú do Thithe an Oireachtais: (i) an tOchtú Leasú ar an mBunreacht; (ii) conas is fearr is féidir linn tabhairt faoi na dúshláin agus na deiseanna a bhaineann le daonra atá ag dul in aois; (iii) parlaimintí ar théarma seasta; (iv) an modh ina seoltar reifrinn; agus (v) conas is féidir leis an Stát a chinntiú go mbeidh Éire ina ceannródaí maidir le dul i ngleic leis an athrú aeráide; agus a thabhairt dá aire: - gur 100 duine mar a leanas a bheidh i gcomhaltas an Tionóil: - Cathaoirleach a bheidh le ceapadh ag an Rialtas; agus - 99 saoránach atá i dteideal vótáil i reifreann, arna roghnú go hamasach sa chaoi go mbeidh siad ionadaitheach do shochaí na hÉireann i gcoitinne; - féadfar ionadaithe a cheapadh faoi réir na gcritéar roghnóireachta thuas, agus beidh na hionadaithe sin in ann páirt a ghlacadh sna himeachtaí agus vótáil faoina n-ainm féin; - comhaontóidh an Tionól a rialacha nóis imeachta féin d’fhonn a ghnó a sheoladh go héifeachtach ar shlí a bheidh chomh heacnamúil agus is féidir; - sa chéad ásc, tabharfaidh an tionól tuarascáil, agus déanfaidh sé moladh, do Thithe an Oireachtais ar an ní a leagtar amach ag (i) thuas, agus ar an méid sin a fháil tarchuirfidh Tithe an Oireachtais an Tuarascáil lena breithniú chuig Coiste den Dá Theach, ar Coiste é a dhéanfaidh a chuid tátal a chur faoi bhráid na dTithe chun díospóireacht a dhéanamh orthu; - tuairisceoidh an Tionól do Thithe an Oireachtais agus déanfaidh sé moltaí dóibh ar gach ní eile a luaithe a bheidh a phléití críochnaithe aige agus, in aon chás, tráth nach déanaí ná bliain amháin ó dháta an chéad chruinnithe den Tionól; - iarrfar ar an Tionól freisin breithniú a dhéanamh ar cibé nithe eile a tharchuirfear chuige; - bunófar Gasra Comhairleach Saineolaithe chun cabhrú le hobair an Tionóil, ó thaobh faisnéis agus comhairle a ullmhú; - féadfaidh an Tionól aighneachtaí a iarraidh ó chomhlachtaí leasmhara agus glacadh leo agus lorgóidh sé cibé comhairle shaineolaíoch is dóigh leis is inmhianaithe; - déanfar gach ní a bheidh os comhair an Tionóil a chinneadh trí thromlach de vótaí na gcomhaltaí a bheidh i láthair agus a vótálfaidh, seachas an Cathaoirleach a mbeidh vóta cinniúna aige nó aici i gcás comhionannas vótaí; agus - tabharfaidh an Rialtas freagra i dTithe na Oireachtais ar gach moladh a dhéanfaidh an Tionól agus, má tá sé chun glacadh leis an moladh, cuirfidh sé an creat ama in iúl ar lena linn atá sé ag brath aon reifreann gaolmhar a sheoladh” Cliceáil anseo chun tras-scríbhinn dhíospóireachtaí na Dála agus an tSeanaid a léamh.