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Bringing citizens into the
heart of political debate:
Ireland’s constitutional mini-publics
‘Citizens’ Assembly: Una risposta allacrisi della democrazia elettorale’, Camera dei Deputati, Roma, July 15, 2019
David Farrell
University College Dublin
An Coláiste Ollscoil, Baile Átha Cliath
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Citizens’ Assemblies of British Columbia (2004),
Ontario (2006-07) and the
Netherlands (2006)
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Ireland’s Constitutional Mini-Publics
• Random selection
• ‘mirror of society’• No ‘mandate’
• Inclusive process
• Experts are experts not members
• Interest groups and advocates
• Politicians as ‘fellow members’• ‘Deliberation’ (facilitated small-table discussions)
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• 99 members• 66 citizens• 33 politicians
• Agenda• Marriage equality;
blasphemy; role of women; electoral reform; parliamentary reform, voting age; votes abroad…
• Outcome• 43 recommendations
presented to Parliament
2012-2014
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• 99 citizen members
• Agenda
• Abortion; climate change; ageing population; fixed term parliaments….
• Outcome
• 44 recommendations presented to Parliament
2016-2018
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Ireland’s Marriage Equality referendum, May 2015
Turnout = 60.5%
Yes = 62.1%; No = 37.9%
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Ireland’s Abortion referendum, May 2018
Turnout = 64.1%
Yes = 66.4%; No = 33.6%
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Citizens’ Assembly
Government
/parliament
Pressures for change
Societal/economic/
political
modernization
External pressures
(e.g. from agencies
or due to
international obligations
Pressure
groups/public
opinion
Referendum or
Legislative
reform
Government
/parliament
Mixing representative and deliberative democracy
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