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The current voting age is 18. Alamy Stock Photo
The Daily Poll
Do you think the voting age should be reduced to 16?
Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly said that a reduction in the voting age is “only fair” for young people who are working and paying taxes.
THE DÁIL WILL debate a Social Democrats’ Bill today calling for a legislative pathway towards reducing the voting age from 18 to 16 years.
The bill was put forward by Kildare North TD Aidan Farrelly, who was proposing his first piece of legislation in the Dáil.
Farrelly argued the case for the reduction in an article on The Journal this morning, stating: “if young people can work full-time and pay taxes, it is only fair to afford them an opportunity to try to influence how these taxes are spent, both locally and nationally.”
It’s not the first time the issue has been debated in the Dáil – in 2021, a bill was introduced calling for a referendum on lowering the voting age in Ireland to 16.
So in today’s poll, we’re asking: Do you think the voting age should be reduced to 16?
Poll Results:
No (9153)
Yes (1432)
Not sure (214)
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