13. Election and Referendum Law

Updated to 3 September 2024 (Act No. 30 of 2024 and S.I. No. of 442 of 2024)

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13.1. Constitutional Referendum

Environ 1 12/1994
Environ 3 1/1998
Environ
  • none
53/2001
1

Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. 

2

This and following greyed-out SIs are obsolete and should be revoked.

3

Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 480 of 2011. 

4

This and following greyed-out SIs are obsolete and should be revoked.

13.2. Dáil Éireann (General) Elections

Environ 5 23/1992
Environ 43/1996
Environ 26 25/1997
Environ
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4/1998
Environ 35 38/2001
Environ
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4/2002
Environ
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23/2002
Environ 36 15/2004
Environ
  • none
16/2005
Environ 33/2006
Environ
  • none
14/2007
Environ
  • none
4/2009
Environ
  • none
9/2009
Environ
  • none
14/2011
Environ
  • none
27/2012
Environ 27/2013
Environ 8/2014
Environ
  • none
24/2014
Environ
  • none
62/2015
Environ
  • none
5/2016
Local Gov
  • none
39/2017
Local Gov 41 30/2022
Local Gov
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40/2023
5

Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. 

6

The enabling provisions are Electoral Act 1992 (23/1992), ss. 46 and 111. Section 46 was substituted by Electoral Amendment Act 2007 (14/2007), s. 1(a), and s. 111 remains in force. This SI appears to remain in force - it prescribes the form of nomination papers to be used at a Dáil election and specifies the documents which an elector may be required to produce at a polling station. However, it has been superseded by S.I. Nos. 156 of 2007 and 369 of 2012, and should be revoked.

7

This SI concerns polls on 9 June 1994.  It is obsolete and should be revoked.

8

This SI concerns the register of electors for Co. Kildare for the year 1996/97.  It is obsolete and should be revoked.

9

This SI concerns the extension of voting on certain islands to 28 November 1996.  It is obsolete and should be revoked.

10

This SI concerns the election closing on 6 August 1997.  It is obsolete and should be revoked.

11

Ibid.

12

This SI concerns polls on 30 October 1997.  It is obsolete and should be revoked.

13

This SI concerns the register of electors for Co. Monaghan for the year 199/99.  It is obsolete and should be revoked.

14

This SI concerns polls on 22 May 1998.  It is obsolete and should be revoked.

15

This SI concerns polls on 11 June 1999.  It is obsolete and should be revoked.

16 The enabling provisions are Electoral Act 1992 (23/1992), ss. 3 and 46. Section 3 is a general enabling provision and s. 46 was substituted by Electoral Amendment Act 2007 (14/2007), s. 1(a). This SI amends the Electoral Regulations 1992, S.I. No. 407 of 1992, which though not revoked are superseded, see above. It revises the form of nomination paper to be used at a Dáil election regarding the appointment of an election agent. It has been superseded by S.I. No. 369 of 2012 which prescribes the form of nomination paper to be used at a Dáil election, and should be revoked.
17

This SI concerns polls on 7 June 2001.  It is obsolete and should be revoked.

18

This SI concerns the register of electors for Tipperary North for the year 2001/02.  It is obsolete and should be revoked.

19

This SI concerns an election on 17 May 2002.  It is obsolete and should be revoked.

20

This SI concerns polls on 11 June 2004.  It is obsolete and should be revoked.

21

This SI concerns polls on 24 May 2007.  It is obsolete and should be revoked.

22

This SI concerns polls on 5 June 2009.  It is obsolete and should be revoked.

23

This SI concerns polls on 24 May 2014.  It is obsolete and should be revoked.

24

This SI concerns the election held as a consequence of the Proclamation issued on 3 February 2016 dissolving Dail Eireann.  It is obsolete and should be revoked.

25

This SI is obsolete/spent by lapse of time and should be revoked.

26

Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. 

27

This SI is obsolete/spent and should be revoked.

28

This SI is obsolete/spent and should be revoked.

29

This SI is obsolete/spent and should be revoked.

30

This SI is obsolete/spent and should be revoked.

31

This SI is obsolete/spent and should be revoked.

32

This SI is obsolete/spent and should be revoked.

33

This SI is obsolete/spent and should be revoked.

34

This SI is obsolete/spent and should be revoked.

35

Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. 

36

Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. 

37

This SI is spent/obsolete and should be revoked.

38 This SI is obsolete as electronic voting is discontinued.
39 This SI is spent/obsolete and should be revoked.
40 Also listed at Title 29.1.1: Planning and Development, General.
41

Gaeltacht (in part); see S.I. No. 28 of 2024

13.3. European Parliament Elections

Environ 42 2/1997
Environ
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2/2004
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27/2013
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2/2014
Local Gov 7/2019
42

Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. 

13.4. Local Elections

Transport 19/1965
Environ
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8/1974
Environ 43 11/1991
Environ 7/1999
43

Ministerial functions under s. 6(7) and 28(5) transferred from Finance to Public Expenditure and Reform by S.I. No. 318 of 2015.

44 SI made under more than one Act.
45 This SI is obsolete/spent and should be revoked.
46 This SI relates to local elections in 2014 and is spent thereafter.

13.5. Presidential Elections

Environ 47 28/1993
47

Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. 

13.6. Seanad Éireann Elections

Environ 30/1937
Environ 50 42/1947
Environ 1/1954
Environ
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4/1972
Environ
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3/1973
48 This SI is obsolete/spent and should be revoked.
49 This SI is obsolete/spent and should be revoked.
50

Public Exp (in part): see S.I. No. 418 of 2011. 

51 This SI is obsolete/spent and should be revoked.
52 Repealed only insofar as it relates to presidential elections: 28/1993, ss. 1 (3), 2, sch., and referenda. Amendment of Electoral Act 1963 is spent as that Act is repealed. It still appears to be in force in relation to Seanad elections.
53 Repealed only insofar as it relates to presidential elections: 28/1993, ss. 1 (3), 2, sch. It still appears to be in effect in relation to Seanad elections.

13.7. Electoral Funding

Environ 36/2012

13.8. ECA Section 3 Statutory Instruments

Foreign 27/1972