Report of the Referendum Commission on the Referendum on the

TWENTY-EIGHTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION BILL 2008

(Lisbon Treaty)

 

The Referendum Commission,
18 Lower Leeson Street,
Dublin 2.

Tel: +353 1 6395695
Fax: +353 1 6395684

Email: refcom@ombudsman.gov.ie

Website: 2008 Lisbon Treaty campaign - www.lisbontreaty2008.ie

Generic Website - www.refcom.ie

  Full Report (pdf, 1,861 kb)

Foreword

Background

Establishment of the Referendum Commission

Role of the Referendum Commission

Funding of the Referendum Commission

Initial Planning and Preparatory Work

Time constraints

Award of contracts

Report on the Referendum Commission's Information Campaign

Introduction

Website

Lo-call phone service

The information booklet

The advertising campaign

Engagement with the press

Monitoring of public interest and awareness

CHAPTER 4 APPROVAL OF BODIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE REFERENDUM

The Referendum Commission and Time Constraints

Previous Referendum Commission reports

Minimum period required

Effectiveness of Individual Elements of the Campaign

Introduction

  Graph 1 - Effectiveness of Communications 1 (pdf, 182 kb)

  Graph 2 - Effectiveness of Communications - II (pdf, 233 kb)

Referendum Commission research

Key sources of information

Awareness of Referendum Commission role

Reaction to Referendum Commission campaign

Irish Language

RECOMMENDATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Appendix 1 - Pages 62-63 of the Commission's report on the Amsterdam Treaty and the Northern Ireland Agreements

APPENDIX 2 - Pages 11-13 of the Commission's report on the first Treaty of Nice

APPENDIX 3 - Timetable for holding a referendum

APPENDIX 4 - Referendum Commissions to Date

APPENDIX 5 - Expenditure on the Information Campaign