{"id":397,"date":"2018-01-28T14:51:11","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T14:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ags-advice-on-eighth-referendum-wording-must-be-published\/"},"modified":"2018-01-28T14:51:11","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T14:51:11","slug":"ags-advice-on-eighth-referendum-wording-must-be-published","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/ags-advice-on-eighth-referendum-wording-must-be-published\/","title":{"rendered":"AG\u2019s advice on Eighth referendum wording must be published"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Democrats have today reiterated their call for the Attorney General\u2019s advice on wording of the amendment to repeal the 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0to be published without delay.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCitizens of Ireland will make a decision shortly on repealing the 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Amendment. If the 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Amendment is repealed, legislation to allow for abortion in certain circumstances will be brought before the Oireachtas. It is imperative that there be clarity on the powers of the Oireachtas to legislate based on the decision of the people\u201d said Catherine Murphy T.D., joint leader of the Social Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Oireachtas Committee on the 8<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Amendment carefully considered the question of the wording of a referendum, having had access to robust legal advice. They recommended that \u2018repeal simpliciter\u2019 be the question put to the people\u201d, continued Murphy, who was a member of the committee.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Attorney General\u2019s advice to the Government on the referendum wording should be published, and subject to rigorous analysis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn 1983 the Attorney Generals legal advice was published in advance of the referendum. The public need to see the advice on which the Government will base their decision on this very important issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have long said that the Constitution is not the place to deal with these issues \u2013 that\u2019s what the legislature is for. There is majority public support for the holding of a referendum and there has been a rigorous process in the Oireachtas Committee and at the Citizens Assembly which has brought us to this point. It is surely possible for all legal advice to be analysed openly and transparently and a referendum put to the people by the Summer\u201d, concluded Deputy Murphy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Social Democrats have today reiterated their call for the Attorney General\u2019s advice on wording of the amendment to repeal the 8th\u00a0to be published without delay. \u201cCitizens of Ireland will make a decision shortly on repealing the 8th\u00a0Amendment. 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