Seventeenth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1997.
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SEVENTEENTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION ACT, 1997 | ||||||||
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS | ||||||||
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SEVENTEENTH AMENDMENT OF THE CONSTITUTION ACT, 1997 | ||||||||
AN ACT TO AMEND THE CONSTITUTION. [14th November, 1997] | ||||||||
WHEREAS by virtue of Article 46 of the Constitution any provision of the Constitution may be amended in the manner provided by that Article: | ||||||||
AND WHEREAS it is proposed to amend Article 28 of the Constitution: | ||||||||
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: | ||||||||
Amendment of Article 28 of the Constitution. |
1.—Article 28 of the Constitution is hereby amended as follows: | |||||||
(a) the subsection the text of which is set out in Part I of the Schedule to this Act shall be inserted after subsection 2° of section 4 of the Irish text, | ||||||||
(b) the subsection the text of which is set out in Part II of the Schedule to this Act shall be inserted after subsection 2° of section 4 of the English text, | ||||||||
(c) subsection 3° of section 4 of both texts shall be numbered as subsection 4°. | ||||||||
Citation. |
2.—(1) The amendment of the Constitution effected by this Act shall be called the Seventeenth Amendment of the Constitution. | |||||||
(2) This Act may be cited as the Seventeenth Amendment of the Constitution Act, 1997. | ||||||||
SCHEDULE | ||||||||
Part I | ||||||||
3° Déanfar rúndacht na bpléití ag cruinnithe den Rialtas a urramú i ngach toisc ach amháin i gcás ina gcinnfidh an Ard-Chúirt gur ceart nochtadh a dhéanamh i dtaobh ní áirithe— | ||||||||
i. ar mhaithe le riaradh cirt ag Cúirt, nó | ||||||||
ii. de bhua leasa phoiblí sháraithigh, de bhun iarratais chuige sin ó bhinse arna cheapadh ag an Rialtas nó ag Aire den Rialtas le húdarás Thithe an Oireachtais chun fiosrú a dhéanamh faoi ní a luafaidh siad ina thaobh go bhfuil tábh-acht phoiblí ann. | ||||||||
Part II | ||||||||
3° The confidentiality of discussions at meetings of the Government shall be respected in all circumstances save only where the High Court determines that disclosure should be made in respect of a particular matter— | ||||||||
i. in the interests of the administration of justice by a Court, or | ||||||||
ii. by virtue of an overriding public interest, pursuant to an application in that behalf by a tribunal appointed by the Government or a Minister of the Government on the authority of the Houses of the Oireachtas to inquire into a matter stated by them to be of public importance. |