A NEW POLL has found that four out of ten voters are still undecided about how they will vote in next month’s referendum.
The fiscal compact referendum is due to be held on 31 May.
The Ipsos/MRBI poll for the Irish Times says that 30 per cent of the 1,000 people surveyed earlier this week are likely to vote yes, while 23 per cent said they are likely to vote no. Another 8 per cent said they won’t vote.
Earlier this week, Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore told the Oireachtas sub-committee on the treaty that a copy of the Treaty text and information about the referendum will be sent to homes around the country in early May.
Opposition members have criticised the government over the length of this referendum campaign, which they say is too short to fully inform the public of the issues involved.
Earlier this year, an expert panel of political scientists told the Joint Committee on Investigations, Oversight and Petitions that the information period ahead of the referendum on Oireachtas inquiries (held alongside the presidential election and the referendum on judges’ pay) was too short for information to be disseminated among the public by interested parties.
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