Sinn Féin President and Louth TD Gerry Adams has welcomed this morning’s cross party support from the Joint Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government for his Bill which seeks to extend the franchise in Presidential elections to citizens in the North and in the diaspora. The Bill which is co-sponsored by Seán Crowe TD would also lower the voting age in Presidential elections to 16. The Bill is entitled the ‘Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Voting) Bill 2014’.
Following this morning’s Committee meeting, Teachta Adams said: “I want to welcome the very positive response from the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government which this morning discussed the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Presidential Voting) Bill 2014.
“I believe this Bill is an essential part of the modernisation of the island of Ireland. There was cross party support for the proposed legislation and a consensus opinion expressed by Committee members that this is an issue that needs to be progressed speedily.
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