“List of Irish constitutional conventions”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Several constitutional conventions have considered or proposed constitutions for the island of Ireland or for one of its two jurisdictions, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

Body

Members

Authority

When met

Territory

Result

Irish Convention

Appointed, nominated

British government

1917–18

Whole island

Failed to agree on a replacement for the Government of Ireland Act 1914.^[1]

First Dáil

Elected

Self-appointed

1919–21

Whole island

Produced a brief Dáil Constitution and aspirational Democratic Programme for its self-proclaimed Irish Republic

Third Dáil sitting as a constituent assembly

Elected

Anglo-Irish Treaty

1922^[2]

Irish Free State^[3]

Enacted the Constitution of the Irish Free State, which had been drafted by a committee appointed by the Provisional Government, and which was then re-enacted at Westminster via the Irish Free State Constitution Act 1922

8th Dáil

Elected

Irish Free State^[4]

The 8th Dáil was elected in 1933, but the Constitution was not considered by it till March 1937^[5]|group="n"}}

State of Ireland^[6]

Passed the Constitution of Ireland, which had been drafted by a committee appointed by the Taoiseach, and which was then adopted by plebiscite^[7]

Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention

Elected

British government

1975–76

Northern Ireland

An elected consultative body envisaged as a prelude to devolution, which was dissolved after Unionist and Nationalist members failed to reach any agreement.^[8]

New Ireland Forum

Appointed (Chair), nominated

Irish government

1983–84

Whole island

Established by the Dublin government to consider possible constitutional arrangements in view of the Troubles in Northern Ireland.^[9]

Northern Ireland Forum

Elected

British government^[10]

1996–98

Northern Ireland

Played a subsidiary role in the Northern Ireland peace process, as Sinn Féin boycotted the Forum but not the talks that led to the Good Friday Agreement

Constitutional Convention

Appointed (Chair), nominated (33), randomly selected (66)

Irish government

2012–14

State of Ireland

To consider specified proposed amendments to the existing Constitution.^[11]

1. ^{{cite book|title=Report of the Proceedings of the Irish Convention |url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/22497/eppi_pages/634072 |accessdate=25 October 2012 |series=Command papers |volume=Cd.9019 |year=1918 |publisher=HMSO |location=Dublin}}
2. ^After enacting the constitution, the Third Dáil continued as a provisional parliament and then as the first Free State Dáil until the 1923 election.
3. ^The state's territory was technically the whole island till the Parliament of Northern Ireland formally opted out. The Provisional Parliament's members represented only the territory of Southern Ireland.
4. ^See also legality of the enactment of the Constitution of Ireland
5. ^Dáil debates 10 March 1937 Vol.65 cc1435–39
6. ^Article 2 of the new constitution claimed the whole island as the national territory (though not the state jurisdiction) until a 1999 amendment
7. ^{{cite book|last1=Keogh|first1=Dermot|last2=McCarthy|first2=Dr. Andrew|title=The making of the Irish Constitution 1937: Bunreacht na hÉireann|date=2007-01-01|publisher=Mercier Press|isbn=9781856355612}}
8. ^{{cite book|last=Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention|first=|title=Report|url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/events/convention/nicc75report.htm|date=8 November 1975|publisher=HMSO}}
9. ^{{cite book|title=New Ireland Forum Report |url=http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/issues/politics/nifr.htm|year=1984 |publisher=Stationery Office|location=Dublin }}
10. ^Northern Ireland (Entry to Negotiations, etc) Act 1996
11. ^{{cite press release |url=http://www.merrionstreet.ie/index.php/2012/10/tom-arnold-of-concern-appointed-chairperson-of-the-consitutional-convention/?cat=12 |title=Tom Arnold of Concern Appointed Chairperson of the Constitutional Convention |publisher=Government of Ireland |date=24 October 2012 |accessdate=24 October 2012}}

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