Polling at the referendum took place on Friday, 22 May 1998. A referendum on the British-Irish Agreement took place
on the same day. The following prescribed statement for the information of
voters on the subject matter of the referendum was included in a leaflet sent to
each elector:
‘GREEN BALLOT PAPER – TREATY OF AMSTERDAM
THE EIGHTEENTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION BILL, 1998,
proposes to insert the following subsections after subsection 4° of section 4 of
Article 29 of the Constitution:
"5° The State may ratify the Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on
European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and
certain related Acts signed at Amsterdam on the 2nd day of October, 1997.
6° The State may exercise the options or discretions provided by or under
Articles 1.11, 2.5 and 2.15 of the Treaty referred to in subsection 5 of this
section and the second and fourth Protocols set out in the said Treaty but
any such exercise shall be subject to the prior approval of both Houses of
the Oireachtas.”.’
