Vote No To AMENDMENT 31 IRISH CONSTITUTION Petition: Signature List Feed http://gopetition.com/signatures/vote-no-to-amendment-31-irish-constitution.html Online petition signatures en-us Fri, 10 Apr 2026 11:38 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition Mr. Manu Sayani-Mulji [Signature #79] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/23238752?utm_medium=rss all

]]> Sun, 15 Sep 2019 01:38:46 UTC 23238752 Mr Joshua Edwards [Signature #78] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/21936219?utm_medium=rss All children should be placed with people who can, love care for them and meet all their needs, regardless if they are family or not.

]]> Mon, 11 Dec 2017 04:57:50 UTC 21936219 Mr Brendan Curran [Signature #77] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/19595670?utm_medium=rss It is time to change, what was the point of so many sons and daughters of Ireland giving up thier lives for freedom if you allow the corrupt politicians and bankers to take it away from us again

]]> Sun, 10 Jan 2016 11:02:55 UTC 19595670 Mr Dessie Cox [Signature #76] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14038346?utm_medium=rss This referendum is a smokescreen , a deceit of enormous proportions and must not be passed , children are already afforded the same rights as any other citizen in Ireland. This has nothing to do with child protection and has everything to do with the removal of parental rights

]]> Sat, 3 Nov 2012 04:37:10 UTC 14038346 Mr Marc McArdle [Signature #75] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14038296?utm_medium=rss The Governament WILL NEVER HAVE RIGHTS BEFORE I DO OVER MY CHILDREN. Come to my door and try take my kids off me.

]]> Sat, 3 Nov 2012 04:25:19 UTC 14038296 Mr Tony Keogh [Signature #74] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14038239?utm_medium=rss The state has no right to change this and it`s nothing to do with the children just more nanny state rubbish

]]> Sat, 3 Nov 2012 04:10:18 UTC 14038239 Mr Niall Doyle [Signature #73] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14038237?utm_medium=rss This Is Dangerous to children and parents and it should be rejected. Everyone should vote NO!

]]> Sat, 3 Nov 2012 04:10:15 UTC 14038237 Mr Joseph A. Egan [Signature #72] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/14038196?utm_medium=rss Vote No

]]> Sat, 3 Nov 2012 04:00:08 UTC 14038196 Mr Patrick Hussey [Signature #71] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13978934?utm_medium=rss I am voting NO!!!!

]]> Mon, 22 Oct 2012 09:15:01 UTC 13978934 Mr Michael Madden [Signature #70] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13961338?utm_medium=rss The wording of this Amendment - not to mention the absence of what may follow by way of Legislation that a "YES" will precipitate - gives too much Power to The State (which has repeatedly PROVED it's GROSS incompetence in it's "CARE" of children, beyond any reasonable doubt) over the Rights of the Parents. As more families struggle to survive this State's dogged pursuit of Austerity imposed on it's Citizenry, in favour of "Bailing-Out" Banks & Bondholders, more & more families shall join the 10+% ALREADY acknowledged to be in "Food Poverty". This State-Sponsored imposition of Poverty on it's people shall make yet more children Hungry & provide a ripe hunting-ground for the Organs of The State to swoop in to "Save" these children from "neglectful" Parents... A vicious cycle shall be created by the State, forcing Families into further deprivation & creating the scenario whereby the same State can then - with impunity - bring misery to children (& parents) by forcibly removing them from their Families under the guise of protecting them, washing their hands of their culpability in creating the situation... There WILL be money to be made by some who "step-in" to "help" the State here.

]]> Thu, 18 Oct 2012 08:29:23 UTC 13961338 mr john lynch [Signature #69] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13955644?utm_medium=rss i shall be voting no as i dont want to give the goverment any leg to stand on if anything goses wrong in my family house hold , as its none of their business

]]> Wed, 17 Oct 2012 04:50:59 UTC 13955644 Mrs Anonymous [Signature #68] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13952794?utm_medium=rss Is this for real?? are they really asking us to give the rights of our children to strangers???

]]> Wed, 17 Oct 2012 06:18:36 UTC 13952794 ms joan walsh [Signature #67] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13924146?utm_medium=rss NO means NO.

]]> Fri, 12 Oct 2012 12:48:19 UTC 13924146 Ms Anonymous [Signature #66] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13909041?utm_medium=rss .

]]> Tue, 9 Oct 2012 12:35:00 UTC 13909041 Ms Paula McManus [Signature #65] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13907049?utm_medium=rss No comment

]]> Tue, 9 Oct 2012 07:38:20 UTC 13907049 Mr Corneilius Crowley [Signature #64] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13906976?utm_medium=rss The State must recognise and support natural attachment parenting to truly protect our children. It cannot take the place of parents, and it MUST support stressed parents and those parents who themselves were abused as children, to heal and recover, so as to break the cycle.

Adoption tends to become a BUSINESS FOR PROFIT when run by the State - as the Magdalene Launderies revealed, as the Industrial Schools revealed, as the Asylums revealed.

And a warning : THE GOVERNMENT HAS NOT FULLY DEALT WITH THE HISTORICAL ABUSE STORY IN SUCH MANNER AS TO HEAL AND LEARN. IT IS WAY TOO EARLY FOR ANY ACTION BY THE STATE OTHER THAN TO HOLD THOSE BODIES AND PERSON WHO ABUSED AND COVERED UP FULLY ACCOUNTABLE, BY MEANS OF PUBLIC INQUIRIES LEADING TO CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN ALL CASES.

]]> Tue, 9 Oct 2012 07:27:38 UTC 13906976 Mr Sean Irsach [Signature #63] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13906743?utm_medium=rss The very reason for this amendment was the 'Ryan report'. It detailed some horrific abuse carried out by the catholic church in Ireland while children were wards of court . The proposed amendment makes no reference to the 'Ryan Report', but yet makes out it is the family who is at fault when a child should be taken into care. The legislation used since the inception of the Republic of Ireland was british legislation, that legislation is still used today to take children into care. It is the care that is of concern in light of the horrific abuses meted out by church and state. This amendment has nothing to do with children's rights it is to do with the government taking full control of all children in Ireland to do as they please with. A child's inherent rights can never be taken away. There are still over 400 cases in the High Court waiting to be heard regarding the abuses of church and state, some waiting over 35 years. While this is on going the courts can not make any recommendations to prevent further abuse while in state care. Over 235 deaths with over 500 missing children in the State Child Care Industry. Changing the wording will do little to stop abuse of children.

]]> Tue, 9 Oct 2012 06:47:32 UTC 13906743 Ms Donna Downes [Signature #62] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13895018?utm_medium=rss Our goverment wants us to vote yes on a referendum to protect the rights of children, the same govenment want to cut these kiss benefits to €100 a month and possibly the job seekers allowance and other welfare payment rates will be cut too. Where is the sense of voting yes to a government that wants to push our kiss into further poverty. I will be voting NO on the 10th of Nov.

]]> Sun, 7 Oct 2012 10:54:31 UTC 13895018 Ms Natalie Doyle [Signature #61] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13889371?utm_medium=rss Giving the government who has already ran our country into the ground complete parental control of our children and we as parents have no say on what goes. Children have the right to be loved, fed, clothed,a roof over their head we parents already do that not the government especially with plans to cut child benefit. I will be voting NO lets not let the joke of government continue to fool us.

]]> Sat, 6 Oct 2012 05:45:10 UTC 13889371 ms pauline barry [Signature #60] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13882517?utm_medium=rss ican not belive how much the goverment is trying to take over

]]> Thu, 4 Oct 2012 07:10:41 UTC 13882517 Mrs Anne Mc Guinness [Signature #59] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13858370?utm_medium=rss Please vote no on 10th. November 2012 to this referendum. As there is no need for this referendum , the constitution already has set in place the protection of children in this country Ireland. It is the establishment aka HSE who needs to put their house in order, re the welfare of children in its institutions. social workers already have too much power with regard to children of this state.

]]> Sun, 30 Sep 2012 10:03:20 UTC 13858370 Mr Shane Mullins [Signature #58] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13855184?utm_medium=rss i

]]> Sun, 30 Sep 2012 11:07:55 UTC 13855184 Ms Marie Barry [Signature #57] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13854364?utm_medium=rss As an adopted person I strongly object to the loophole being left wide open to the state's wording on adoption - it will encourage child trafficking and MUST be addressed

]]> Sun, 30 Sep 2012 08:24:22 UTC 13854364 Ms Lisa Fitzsimons [Signature #56] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13851248?utm_medium=rss Children's voices in this country have already been stifled. It is time to protect and empower our youth. Teach them compassion and justice ,for they are our future. This referendum will declare them property of the state.

]]> Sat, 29 Sep 2012 04:35:29 UTC 13851248 miss Deirdre O'Neill [Signature #55] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13832581?utm_medium=rss This is disgraceful , parents need there basic human right's to protect there children from all this abuse. If you as a parent have less right's over your child than a stranger,what kind of a parent dose this make you ??? What kind of stability or security dose your child have ,NONE.

]]> Wed, 26 Sep 2012 05:02:21 UTC 13832581 Mr John Reilly [Signature #54] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13825525?utm_medium=rss Very worrying. This must be stopped.

]]> Tue, 25 Sep 2012 06:02:45 UTC 13825525 mr Martin mc carthy [Signature #53] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13823188?utm_medium=rss No NO No No

]]> Mon, 24 Sep 2012 06:38:48 UTC 13823188 mr andy capp [Signature #52] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13821822?utm_medium=rss will this work???

]]> Mon, 24 Sep 2012 01:37:19 UTC 13821822 Mr. Niall Doyle [Signature #51] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13820909?utm_medium=rss This referendum will be bad for all children.

]]> Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:20:19 UTC 13820909 Ms anonymous xxxx [Signature #50] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13818903?utm_medium=rss Please respect the rights of families who love their children, and have their God given rights to raise, protect, care, love, defend, their children.

]]> Sun, 23 Sep 2012 10:41:02 UTC 13818903 Ms Trich Deeney [Signature #49] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13818167?utm_medium=rss I vote NO

]]> Sun, 23 Sep 2012 06:19:02 UTC 13818167 Mr Phil Burke [Signature #48] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13817892?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Sep 2012 05:01:35 UTC 13817892 Ms Pebbles Knight [Signature #47] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13816404?utm_medium=rss Sun, 23 Sep 2012 11:17:47 UTC 13816404 ms margot connolly [Signature #46] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13816101?utm_medium=rss Protect your children from the Irish Government

]]> Sun, 23 Sep 2012 09:57:45 UTC 13816101 ms michele wallis [Signature #45] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13815806?utm_medium=rss my children need protecting from their government...i am able to decide what is in their best interest.the governments role is to deal with the underlying social causes of 'bad' parenting!not to take over that role..

]]> Sun, 23 Sep 2012 08:33:31 UTC 13815806 Mr Richard lawlor [Signature #44] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13815508?utm_medium=rss Imprtant

]]> Sun, 23 Sep 2012 07:03:25 UTC 13815508 Ms Patricia lawlor [Signature #43] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13815498?utm_medium=rss Time is running out, soon we will have no voice

]]> Sun, 23 Sep 2012 07:00:33 UTC 13815498 Ms Frances Yule [Signature #42] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13814788?utm_medium=rss NO!

]]> Sun, 23 Sep 2012 02:11:16 UTC 13814788 Ms Sharon Barry [Signature #41] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13813877?utm_medium=rss No

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 07:15:15 UTC 13813877 Mr Anonymous [Signature #40] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13812673?utm_medium=rss I will be voting NO!!

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 02:36:07 UTC 13812673 Mr Shane Mullins [Signature #39] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13812143?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:51:56 UTC 13812143 Ms Noreen Briddigkeit Quinn [Signature #38] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13812116?utm_medium=rss NO to state control of all aspects of our and our children's lives. NO to a repeat of what happened to a multitude of church/state forced adoptees over decades..We have enough laws against abuse in place. YES to state SUPPORT to families in trouble and to measures to end poverty in families and yes to more mental health facilities for child and family members ...

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 12:47:05 UTC 13812116 mr tony mc evoy [Signature #37] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13811348?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Sep 2012 10:43:12 UTC 13811348 Mr Patrick O Neill [Signature #36] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13811218?utm_medium=rss you will never take my child

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 10:19:42 UTC 13811218 ms. janice arandelovic [Signature #35] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13810797?utm_medium=rss All children should be treated fairly and all adopteds should have consent with all parent.

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 09:04:30 UTC 13810797 mr ciaran o connor [Signature #34] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13810711?utm_medium=rss no

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 08:36:36 UTC 13810711 by Anonymous [Signature #33] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13810632?utm_medium=rss God help the children of Ireland

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 08:05:45 UTC 13810632 Mr Phil McCabe [Signature #32] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13810587?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Sep 2012 07:45:23 UTC 13810587 Mr Anonymous [Signature #31] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13810519?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Sep 2012 07:23:03 UTC 13810519 mr Evan Byrne [Signature #30] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13810404?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Sep 2012 06:46:37 UTC 13810404 mr Evan Byrne [Signature #29] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13810403?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Sep 2012 06:46:35 UTC 13810403 mr will beavan [Signature #28] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13810368?utm_medium=rss no change to the constitution for dubious purposes

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 06:37:40 UTC 13810368 ms maria doyle [Signature #27] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13810329?utm_medium=rss We need to protect the family from destruction , the state is seeking to be the parent and they have always prooven to be the worst possible parent!

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 06:26:13 UTC 13810329 Ms Samantha Ahearne [Signature #26] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13810311?utm_medium=rss I am so angered at this bill that wants to take away my rights as a parent if it sees fit and place my children with strangers, i christened my children as we are roman catholics and in the event of me not being able to care for them it is to be their godparents who have agreed to care for them with love i chose these people carefully with my precious children , in other countries religion is taken very seriously and even here in ireland we respect all other religions aswell as our own as we are caring and now living in a multi cultured country ! And i am appauled that my rights and my childrens rights as irish citizens is in jepoardy how can this be even spoken of as an action for our country and our future generation its time to fight back irish people sit back and let things happen not this time it is time for everybody to stand together and stop this happening everybody has a voice and when it comes to our children that is the one thing we have in common we will all fight for our children we would die for them.

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 06:21:21 UTC 13810311 ms sharon gold [Signature #25] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13810268?utm_medium=rss I am voting NO in this referendum as all parental rights have been taken away. Free primary education has been taken away. Our children will be sold like cattle to the highest bidder in the interest of making money for the corrupt system that we now live in.

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 06:05:13 UTC 13810268 ms claire knowles [Signature #24] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13810258?utm_medium=rss please vote NO

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 06:01:11 UTC 13810258 mr iain lee [Signature #23] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13810252?utm_medium=rss The state already has much too much power.

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 05:59:37 UTC 13810252 mrs paula Gillespie [Signature #22] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13810231?utm_medium=rss A yes vote will give the state precedence over the family unit.

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 05:51:46 UTC 13810231 Mr kim mc menamin [Signature #21] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13810176?utm_medium=rss the state should never have a higher authority than the parents.....this is communism, and will lead to forced adoptions and the stealing of children as is now happening in Britain see here- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/9545361/Foreign-government-may-take-UK-to-European-court-over-its-illegal-child-snatching.html

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 05:33:18 UTC 13810176 Mr Paddy Early [Signature #20] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13810036?utm_medium=rss A no vote is the only way

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 04:45:31 UTC 13810036 miss dawn owens [Signature #19] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13809884?utm_medium=rss This is how it is like in uk I have lost 5 children in courts WITHOUT MY CONSENT and 3 of them adopted without my consent and fighting still to stop my baby boy being adopted without my consent.

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 03:47:39 UTC 13809884 Mr Michael Conlon [Signature #18] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13809787?utm_medium=rss We Already Made a Mistake In Last Referendum By Voting Yes Don't Make The Same Mistake Again VOTE NO,

]]> Sat, 22 Sep 2012 03:17:24 UTC 13809787 Mr Anonymous [Signature #17] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13809028?utm_medium=rss These is wrong, these are children they should be able to make choices of their own and be with their parents

]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 09:00:18 UTC 13809028 Mr Heimir Hilmarsson [Signature #16] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13808895?utm_medium=rss Fri, 21 Sep 2012 08:11:02 UTC 13808895 ms Anonymous [Signature #15] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13808632?utm_medium=rss Please vote no

]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 06:35:39 UTC 13808632 Mr Matthew Leadbitter [Signature #14] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13808508?utm_medium=rss It is unjustifiable to ruthlessly break up families and needlessly shuffle children around under the pretext of "Child Welfare", put an end to this bill immediately.

]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:48:49 UTC 13808508 Mr Sean Maguire [Signature #13] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13808475?utm_medium=rss Family NOT State! Behave!

]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:40:55 UTC 13808475 miss wendy felstead [Signature #12] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13808465?utm_medium=rss No to forced adoptions

]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:38:15 UTC 13808465 ms shamim khaliq [Signature #11] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13808430?utm_medium=rss we have this in england, and it results in children from poor families being sold to the rich when their family still want them

]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:29:28 UTC 13808430 Master ken; sludds [Signature #10] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13808349?utm_medium=rss .

]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 05:06:25 UTC 13808349 mr michelle kenny [Signature #9] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13808151?utm_medium=rss enough government sponsered child trafficking enough already Im sick of the corruption and the evil

]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:15:04 UTC 13808151 MR F.A.C.T IRL [Signature #8] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13808138?utm_medium=rss i support this campaigin no to state getting aditional powers over our children lets protect our children from the state

]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 04:12:58 UTC 13808138 Mr Barry Cooney [Signature #7] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13808003?utm_medium=rss More rights for children? Nah Nah. tut tut. More rights for the state = Less rights for parents. . .

]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 03:41:33 UTC 13808003 mrs katie bull [Signature #6] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13807991?utm_medium=rss Just google forced adoption and see what is in store if you vote yes

]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 03:39:56 UTC 13807991 MR David O' Hanlon [Signature #5] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13807965?utm_medium=rss i support this campaigin no to state getting aditional powers over our children lets protect our children from the state

]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 03:33:42 UTC 13807965 Ms Rosie Hughes [Signature #4] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13807958?utm_medium=rss Google forced adption UK

]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 03:32:26 UTC 13807958 Mrs Hazel Loftus [Signature #3] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13807954?utm_medium=rss Fri, 21 Sep 2012 03:31:31 UTC 13807954 mrs karla mason [Signature #2] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13807923?utm_medium=rss this amendment should NOT happen.

]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 03:24:45 UTC 13807923 Mr Ben Langley [Signature #1] https://gopetition.com/signature/locate/13807874?utm_medium=rss WE ALL MUST STOP THIS BEFORE ITS TO LATE

]]> Fri, 21 Sep 2012 03:14:07 UTC 13807874