On 16 November 2016, there will be a one-day workshop looking at voting rights reform in Ireland. There will be two areas of focus; voting rights for emigrants and reducing the voting age to 16. The programme includes academics and campaigners. The workshop will take place in the offices of the National University of Ireland on Merrion Square. The workshop is free and everyone is welcome. Please use the Event Brite link below to register. The is a joint initiative of the Department of Government at University College Cork and the National Youth Council of Ireland and is funded by a grant from the Irish Research Council under the New Foundations Scheme.
Votes, Votes, Votes
At Home, Abroad and at 16
November 16, 2016
National University of Ireland, Merrion Square, Dublin
11 – 1 Session One Voting Rights for Emigrants
Chair: Marie Claire McAleer (National Youth Council of Ireland)
Introductory Remarks
Procedures for External Voting
Theresa Reidy (University College Cork)
Voting Rights of Irish Citizens Abroad
Dominic Hannigan (Former Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on EU Affairs)
Votes for emigrants: time to right an historical wrong?
Piaras MacÉinrí (University College Cork)
1 -2 Lunch
2 – 4 Session Two Extending Voting Rights to 16 and 17 Year Olds
Chair: Theresa Reidy (University College Cork)
Sweet sixteen voting: Reflections from the 2014 Finnish Congregational Election
Hanna Wass (University of Helsinki)
Votes at 16 – Lessons from Scotland
Molly Kirby (Scottish Youth Parliament)
Campaigning on the voting age in Ireland
James Doorley (National Youth Council of Ireland)
The UK Campaign for Votes and 16
Will Brett (Electoral Reform Society)
Voting Age Extension Bill (2016)
Fintan Warfield (Sinn Féin)
There is no charge for this event but we ask that delegates register through our Event Brite site in advance at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/votes-votes-votes-at-home-abroad-and-at-16-tickets-28054346305
Further information is available from Dr Theresa Reidy (UCC) by email at t.reidy@ucc.ie
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