Polling at the referendum took place on Friday, 4 October 2013. A referendum on the abolition of Seanad Éireann
(Twenty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann)
Bill 2013) also took place on the same day.
The subject matter of the referendum was described as follows in the official
polling card sent to each elector:
“THE THIRTY-THIRD AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION (COURT OF
APPEAL) BILL 2013
You are being asked if you agree with the proposal –
(a) to amend the Constitution for the purpose of establishing a court to be
called the Court of Appeal,
(b) as a consequence, to amend other provisions of the Constitution, in
particular, the provisions relating to the jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court to hear and determine appeals from decisions of the High Court
and of other courts, and
(c) to delete subsection 5° of Article 34.4 of the Constitution, known as
the “one judgment” rule, relating to decisions of the Supreme Court on
a question of whether a law is valid having regard to the provisions of
the Constitution.”
