Letter to the Irish Times on the Constitutional Convention
2nd July 2012, The Irish Times (Read here)
TI Ireland's John Devitt co-signed a letter to The Irish Times highlighting the key issues the Cabinet needs to address before proceeding with plans on the constitutional convention.
Sir, – We call on the Government to establish a constitutional convention that is capable of fulfilling the Programme for Government’s commitment to “a real shift in power from the State to the citizen”. To achieve this, we believe there are some key issues the Cabinet needs to address before proceeding with the convention.