Finally!!! A Public vote on a Saturday! By jove I think they’ve got it! :)

Now everybody can vote. No excuses.

finally a Saturday vote….. wonder why the recent EU referendum wasn’t held on a Saturday…. no logic whatsoever for any election not to be held on a Saturday…..no school closing for polling stations etc….

Finally a date is set. I am glad that it is set on a Saturday as this should allow for a greater turnout. It also means that a school day wont be lost.

Amazing how we get a Sat referendum when its not about Europe.

No day off for the teachers, ahhhhhh

This is a very important vote. Children are suffering (for example where they are being denied education, or lifesaving medical treatment by their parents whos constitutional family rights trump their rights as children under the constitution). Childten being beaten with hammers, scrounging for food in bins etc. In certain sections of the community, this has been a real problem. I echo the “finally” in the headline. Kids have sufferd enough. Politicians from all sides have dragged their feet on this for years.

Having a children’s vote on a Saturday, the kids don’t even get a day off school voting meh!

I assume all future referenda will now be on a Saturday.The new treaty Miss Merkel wants,we will i assume be voting on a Saturday for it when it goes before us.For once the government has actually used the mass between their ears.

Here’s hoping the wording will be clear and unambiguous with no add-ons after the vote !!!

Love the way having a referendum on a Saturday gets people talking but no one is interested in what this means for children’s rights! Priorities people!

Just to inform you not all schools close on election day so maybe we could have one day off the teacher bashing bandwagon.

Should children take to the streets protesting that their right to a day off school on voting day has been taken from them?

Will all trolls please shut up until we have the wording of the referendum. Now it is a matter of complaint for some that we have a Saturday vote. They have been lambasting several Governments for not doing so. Ever hear of the word “precedent”. What rubbish.

another chance for those with good jobs to get handy money for sitting at a table why can college students paying fees get a chance of earning this money to pay of loans and other things for college

Children first should be made law!!!!

Will the Referendum contain a section that states,

A Child will be denied the right to Education if their parents refuses to pay Household/Property tax ?

Spot on truthful !

So in essence Enda who loves your children and wants to protect them from Al Qeuda and terrorists and bad parents, is happy to poisen your children with sodium flouride in their water supply, is happy to close schools and hospitals – some of which provided crucial services, is happy to deny your children of more of their rights such as education and a peaceful home (this kind of thing causes stress and you all know what a stress filled home is like) .

Your publicly elected officials today also announced a referendum seeking to change Article 41 of the Irish Constitution. They are calling it “The Childrens Rights Ref”. They say that it is now the responsibility of the State to ensure children are “protected”. Not the parents and they seek your permission to do this. Now in Article 41 children are protected by our constitution. Both as citizens and of course, as a part of the family unit. Are you parents really so stupid and thick that you need Enda Kenny to tell you how to raise your child? I think that perhaps you are. And this is why.

Does anyone really care about this?

Wasted money we dont have.

The Constitution protects the right of an eductaion. The government who are strictly supposed to abide by the constitution are using education as a means to attack families and deprive children of their natural born rights. And not just in the usual “rolling out cut backs” kind of way that as a nation we are now used to it’s like air. Now the governemnt, who remember get payed 7 times the average national salary and thats before I mention perks and bonuses, are now punishing children for the actions of their parents. Again remember whether or not you think the HHC charge is a good or bad thing, the child in this instance is a third party.

So there you have it folks. As usual. Your news comes from the people that you know and can somewhat trust. Yesterday we the Facebook posters brought you the news that County Councils were using the House Hold Charge as a ransom over Student Grants. Today it slowly and quietly made the media in Ireland but under the radar as it was. Hidden behind the mess in the HSE and the announcement of the Chi
ldrens Rights Ref for November.

Can children vote ?

I know what I’ll be voting already