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The Constitution of Ireland has been amended 28 times since its adoption in 1937. Numerous other amendment bills were introduced in the Oireachtas but never enacted.〔(Bills Initiated in Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann (1997 -2002): T ) Oireachtas〕〔(Bills Initiated in Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann (2003 – —): T ) Oireachtas〕 Some were government bills passed by the Dáil and Seanad but rejected at referendum; some were bills which the government introduced but later decided not to proceed with; the rest were private member's bills, usually introduced by opposition TDs. As is usual with private member's bills, none of the last group got past a second reading. ==Missing numbers== A new bill to amend the constitution is usually named with the ordinal number next after that of the last amendment passed. Multiple pending bills will often use the same number, and be distinguished by year of introduction and/or a parenthetical number or description. However, if the government introduces multiple bills, these are numbered consecutively. There are several gaps in the numbering of passed amendments, corresponding to government bills which did not pass: ;Twelfth: amendments 12, 13, and 14, all relating to abortion, were put to referendums on the same day. The 12th was rejected while the 13th and 14th passed. ;Twenty-second: amendments 21, 22, 23, and 24 were introduced in the Dáil on the same day, with a view to being passed quickly through the Oireachtas. Three proved uncontroversial, but the 22nd was delayed after complaints from opposition parties. By the time the government decided not to proceed with the 22nd bill, the 23rd had passed at referendum. ;Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth: after the 24th bill was rejected at referendum in 2001, the government elected not to re-use the number when introducing the 25th bill later that year. Similarly, after the 25th was rejected in 2002, the government's next amendment bill was numbered 26 rather than 25 or 24. By contrast, when the 28th amendment bill of 2008 was rejected at referendum, the government chose to re-use the number 28 for the amendment bill passed the following year. ;Thirty-second: the 32nd and 33rd bills were put to referendum on 4 October 2013; the 32nd was rejected while the 33rd was approved. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of failed amendments to the Constitution of Ireland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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