Referendum on the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1979

Polling at the referendum took place on Thursday, 5 July 1979. A referendum on adoption took place on the same day. The following statement for the information of voters on the subject matter of the referendum was prescribed in the Referendum (Amendment) Act 1979: “GREEN BALLOT PAPER THE SEVENTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF SEANAD ÉIREANN BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION) BILL, 1979, proposes the election by universities and other institutions of higher education specified by law of such number of members of Seanad Éireann, not exceeding 6, as may be specified by law. Those so elected would be in substitution for an equal number of the members elected at present (3 each) by the National University of Ireland and the University of Dublin. The Bill also proposes that nothing in Article 18 of the Constitution shall prohibit the dissolution by law of those Universities."

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Title Referendum on the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1979
Description Polling at the referendum took place on Thursday, 5 July 1979. A referendum on adoption took place on the same day. The following statement for the information of voters on the subject matter of the referendum was prescribed in the Referendum (Amendment) Act 1979: “GREEN BALLOT PAPER THE SEVENTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (ELECTION OF MEMBERS OF SEANAD ÉIREANN BY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION) BILL, 1979, proposes the election by universities and other institutions of higher education specified by law of such number of members of Seanad Éireann, not exceeding 6, as may be specified by law. Those so elected would be in substitution for an equal number of the members elected at present (3 each) by the National University of Ireland and the University of Dublin. The Bill also proposes that nothing in Article 18 of the Constitution shall prohibit the dissolution by law of those Universities."
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    Contact Person Franchise section- Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
    Contact Person Email franchise@housing.gov.ie
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    Update frequency Never
    Date dataset released
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    Period of time covered (begin) 1979-07-05
    Period of time covered (end) 1979-07-05
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    Landing Page https://opendata.housing.gov.ie/dataset/5ec9e439-c8a1-46f6-ac1a-06f72a57abb8
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    High Value Dataset (HVD) No
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      Language English
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