So the government will look at the results, debate them themselves and then decide if it will go ahead with it? What is the actual point of this convention? Why not hire a marketing company and ask them to poll a number of people around the country about the same issues?

Meetings about meetings and nothing gets done comes to mind.

Those ‘issues’ aren’t issues. This is just more time-wasting.
The Government needs to get on with it and abolish the Senate and dump the Church control but they’ll just drag it out till the end of their term in office.

They would be better off looking at and limiting the number of terms a TD can be elected. We have had the same old tired people running this country sand lining their own pockets for far too long.

Yes I do realise its the electorate voting in the same people but this is due to a lack of options on whom to elect.

Forgive me for being so cynical but lowering the voting age to 16 seems to be a ploy used when you want to manipulate the vote.Salmond wants it lowered before his referendum on Scottish Independence and with the prevelance (and power) of social media as opposed to the ‘free’ media you could argue that a targetted social media campaign to specific groups would sway their opinion on certain issues by shutting off the more traditional medium of self education.

A load of right-on worthies having a knees-up, bit of an auld jaw and getting stuck into the port and three course dinners.

Hope this comes in. I think dropping it to 16 would be better.

Changing the voting age is a non issue in the grand scheme of things.

Cancel this time and money wasting exercise NOW !

I’d like to see our fellow Irishmen and woman abroad having the right to vote rather than kids who’ve just finished their Junior Certs, Does anyone know if this motion is being voted on too?

Did anyone ever consider that biological age should NOT be the factor in deciding who may vote?

Personally, I believe that voting should be compulsory. If not, then if you miss a vote, you lose your next vote. People need to take a lot more personal responsibility.