This text of the Constitution is a copy of the text enrolled on 13 November, 2019 pursuant to Article 25.5.2° except that the Transitory Provisions (Articles 34a and 51-64) are omitted as required by their terms and the Irish text has been altered so as to make it conform to modern standardised Irish.
Amendments effected since the Constitution was enacted in 1937 up to the time of printing of this edition (January 2020) are listed below.
| Amending Acts | |
| Short Title | Dates of Signature |
| First Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1939 [Extended to conflicts in which the State is not a participant the provision for a state of emergency to secure the public safety and preservation of the State in time of war or armed rebellion.] | 2 September, 1939 |
| Second Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1941 [An omnibus proposal, covering a range of disparate Articles, aimed at tidying up the Constitution in the light of experience since its enactment.] | 30 May, 1941 |
| Third Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1972 [Allowed the State to become a member of the European Communities.] | 8 June, 1972 |
| Fourth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1972 [Reduced the minimum voting age at Dáil and Presidential elections and referendums from 21 years to 18 years.] | 5 January, 1973 |
| Fifth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1972 [Removed from the Constitution the special position of the Catholic Church and the recognition of other named religious denominations.] | 5 January, 1973 |
| Sixth Amendment of the Constitution, Adoption Act, 1979 [Ensured that adoption orders made by the Adoption Board could not be declared invalid because they were not made by a court.] | 3 August, 1979 |
| Seventh Amendment of the Constitution, Election of Members of Seanad Éireann by Institutions of Higher Education, Act, 1979 [Provided for the election of members of Seanad Éireann by universities and other institutions of higher education.] | 3 August, 1979 |
| Eighth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1983 [Acknowledged the right to life of the unborn, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother.] | 7 October, 1983 |
| Ninth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1984 [Extended the right to vote at Dáil elections to certain non-Irish nationals.] | 2 August, 1984 |
| Tenth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1987 [Allowed the State to ratify the Single European Act.] | 22 June, 1987 |
| Eleventh Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1992 [Allowed the State to ratify the Treaty on European Union (Maastricht) and to become a member of that union.] | 16 July, 1992 |
| There is no Twelfth Amendment of the Constitution. On 25 November 1992, three proposals were put to the people, the Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments. The people rejected the Twelfth (which dealt with the right to life of the unborn) and approved the Thirteenth and Fourteenth (below). | |
| Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1992 [Provided that Article 40.3.3° (the right to life of the unborn) would not limit freedom to travel between Ireland and another state] | 23 December, 1992 |
| Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1992 [Provided that Article 40.3.3°( the right to life of the unborn) would not limit freedom to obtain or make available information relating to services lawfully available in another state.] | 23 December, 1992 |
| Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1995 [Provided for the dissolution of marriage in certain specified circumstances.] | 17 June, 1996 |
| Sixteenth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1996 [Provided for the refusal to bail by a court to a person charged with a serious offence where it is reasonably considered necessary to prevent the commission of a serious offence by that person.] | 12 December, 1996 |
| Seventeenth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1997 [Provided that the confidentiality of discussions at meetings of the Government would be respected save only where the High Court, in certain specified circumstances, determined that disclosure should be made.] | 14 November, 1997 |
| Eighteenth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1998 [Allowed the State to ratify the Treaty of Amsterdam.] | 3 June, 1998 |
| Nineteenth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1998 [Allowed the State to consent to be bound by the British-Irish Agreement done at Belfast on 10 April 1998 and provided that certain further amendments to the Constitution, notably to Articles 2 and 3, would come into effect when that agreement entered into force.] | 3 June, 1998 |
| Twentieth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1999 [Provided constitutional recognition of the role of local government and that local elections are held at least every five years.] | 23 June, 1999 |
| Twenty-first Amendment of the Constitution Act, 2001 [Prohibition of death penalty and removal of references to death penalty.] | 27 March, 2002 |
| There is no Twenty-second Amendment of the Constitution. The Twenty-second Amendment of the Constitution Bill, 2001 [relating to the removal of a judge from office and providing for a body to be established by law to investigate or cause to be investigated conduct constituting misbehaviour by a judge or affected by incapacity of a judge] was not passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas. | |
| Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution Act, 2001 [Allowing the State to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.] | 27 March, 2002 |
| There is no Twenty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution. On 7 June, 2001, three proposals were put to the people, the Twenty-first, Twenty-third and the Twenty-fourth Amendments. The people rejected the Twenty-fourth (which dealt with the Treaty of Nice) and approved the Twenty-first and Twenty-third (above). | |
| There is no Twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution. On 6 March, 2002, a proposal for the Twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution was put to the people and was rejected [Protection of Pregnancy in Human Life.] | |
| Twenty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 2002 [Allowed the State to ratify the Treaty of Nice.] | 7 November, 2002 |
| Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution Act 2004 [Irish citizenship of children of non-national parents.] | 24 June, 2004 |
| Twenty-Eighth Amendment of the Constitution, Treaty of Lisbon, Act 2009 [allowed the State to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon.] | 15 October, 2009 |
| Twenty-Ninth Amendment of the Constitution, Judges' Remuneration, Act 2011 [Amended section 5 of Article 35 of the Constitution.] | 17 November, 2011 |
| Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution, Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union, Act 2012 [allowed the State to ratify the Treaty on Stability, Co-ordination and Governance in the Economic and Monetary Union.] | 27 June, 2012 |
| Thirty-First Amendment of the Constitution, Children, Act 2012 [Provided for an Article expressly relating to children.] | 28 April, 2015 |
| There is no Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution. On 4 October 2013, a proposal for the Thirty-second Amendment to the Constitution was put to the people and was rejected [Abolition of Seanad Eireann.] | |
| Thirty-third Amendment of the Constitution, Court of Appeal, Act 2013 [provided for the establishment of a Court of Appeal.] | 1 November, 2013 |
| Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution, Marriage Equality, Act 2015 [Provided that persons may marry without distinction as to their sex.] | 29 August, 2015 |
| There is no Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution. On 22 May 2015, a proposal for the Thirty-fifth amendment to the Constitution was put to the people and was rejected [Age of Eligibility for Election to Office of President.] | |
| Thirty-sixth amendment of the constitution Act, 2018. [Provided for the regulation of termination of pregnancy]. | 18 September, 2018 |
| Thirty-seventh amendment of the constitution, repeal of offence of publication or utterance of blasphemous matter, Act 2018. [Provided for the removal of the word blasphemous from the Constitution]. | 27 November, 2018 |
| Thirty-eight Amendment of the Constitution (Dissolution of Marriage) Act 2019 [Provided for changes to provisions regulating divorce by removing the constitutional requirement for a defined period of separation, and by substituting a provision on the recognition of foreign divorces]. | 11 June 2019 |
Note:
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