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THE TURNOUT FOR the Eighth Amendment referendum has surpassed that of the same-sex marriage referendum.
Yesterday, 2,159,655 people turned out to vote in the referendum, which is a voter turnout of 64.13%. Over 1,429,981 voted to repeal the Eighth Amendment, with 732,632 against the proposal.
The same-sex marriage referendum, held in 2015, had a 61% turnout, while the referendum to abolish the Seanad saw 39% of the electorate casting their vote.
Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election. There are 3,367,556 Irish citizens who were entitled to vote in this referendum.
The constituencies with the highest turnouts were Wicklow (74.5%), Dublin Bay North (71.6%), Dublin Fingal (70.3%), Dublin Rathdown (70.1%), Dun Laoghaire (68.5%), Wexford (66.3%), and Cork South-Central (66.7%).
The constituency with the lowest turnout was Dublin Central at 51.52%.
Other referendum turnouts
The children’s rights referendum in 2012 had a turnout of 34%.
The highest turnout in any referendum was for the 1972 question on joining the European Economic Community when 70.1% turned up to vote.
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Say goodbye to the Golden Goose.
The problem here is that you can’t control what the other gov’t going to do. Our corporation tax thing is based on shakey ground as a result. And I’m not exactly sure of the figures but it’s a good few jobs relying on our tax advantage. The EU is constantly sniping on about it. What’s needed is good honest indigenous employment, we can’t afford to have it skewed the way it is, could end up in trouble again
It would help a lot – most of all the Irish people – if the government taxed companies at 12.5% and not 2.5%.
Apple paid about $715 million in corporation tax on foreign profits of $37 billion in fiscal 2012.
That is a meagre 1.9% in tax – more than 10% below the effective rate which Irish governments claim.
What multi-nationals do not pay in tax, we do. The joke is on us.
Can someone clarify for me? Closing the loophole here in Ireland does not mean us changing our corporate tax rate does it? Or does it? im still confused .
Our corporate tax rate stays the same.
Closing the loophole on our side means that they can’t move their money again to avoid taxes.
Hi Catherine, Ireland’s corporate tax rate isn’t affected – the US is trying to close loopholes which allow companies with most of their operations there to shift money overseas without paying tax. But if it works, it would mean US companies are less likely to try an “inversion” to a country with a low corporate tax rate like Ireland.
Thank you both for that. Much appreciated
Thank you Peter. The article was pretty clear and an easy to be honest . It was just me needing to double check . :)
The word inversion is makey uppy. These companies are exercising their right to move off shore. No administration is going to outlaw that no matter how much spin they put on it. The most the US can do is add yet another tax on top of their higher corporate tax rate and that is doubtful too. Nobody is breaking the law and no one is likely to change the law much either. Nothing to see here, move on!
@pat. So I don’t understand why they were fined for moving the tax base to Covidien if the US Govt can’t do anything about it? Can you explain plse?
While i disagree with companies abusing tax systems here in Ireland and abroad attention should also be drawn to the inefficiencies in the IRS tax system in the USA and the Americans should stop pointing jealous fingers at other countries and reform their own tax system for companies which is at present punitive
Problem here is US rate of Corporation Tax is way too high. Tell BO to cut his rates and the problem will sort itself out
The bottom line is the companies will push down wages and benefits for the workers. The profits will have to be attractive to the shareholders.
So buy some shares.
The only issue with the Irish Corporation Tax is that a company registered in Ireland for Corporation Taxation had no domical residence for tax purposes, thus leading the to Double Irish tax structure, where one Irish company is tax resident in Ireland and the other Irish company is tax resident in Bermuda and they can transfer money between each other as US Transfer Pricing Rule are not included in Irish Tax Law.
I am nearly sure that Michael Noonan in last years budget speech addressed this by stating that ALL Companies registered in Ireland would have an Irish Domicile for tax purposes.
In addition, if the US are so concerned about this they should use a carrot instead of a stick approach to corporation tax and reduce nominal rate from 35% to 25%.
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