OVERWHELMING RESPONSE TO TRIPLE LOCK POLL – NOW WE ARE TAKING THE NEXT STEP Sign the petition: independentireland.ie/petiti… Our public poll, which ran from Thursday, 22 October, until 9am on Sunday, 25 October, received an overwhelming response, with thousands of submissions recorded. The message from participants was clear: people want a say in the future of Ireland’s Triple Lock and the decision to remove the United Nations Security Council authorisation requirement for relevant overseas deployments. Among those who responded, 97.1% supported a national plebiscite before changes to the Triple Lock, while 87.1% said they would not vote for the Independents in Government who voted to remove it. These results reflect the views of those who took part in the poll and is backed up by media polls. They demonstrate the strength of feeling among participants on an issue of profound national importance. We will now proceed with a petition calling for the Irish people to have their say. We believe the future of Irish neutrality should not be decided without giving the public a meaningful opportunity to express its view. We will seek to have every available constitutional avenue considered, including the mechanism under Article 27 of the Constitution, which provides a process for certain Bills of national importance to be referred to the people. Article 27 has specific constitutional requirements and does not allow a public petition alone to trigger a referendum. Our campaign will call for the relevant constitutional process to be pursued and for the Government to respect the public’s right to have a say. Now is the time to turn that response into action. 👉 Sign the petition and help make the case for a public say on the Triple Lock: independentireland.ie/petiti… Please sign, share the petition with friends and family, and help ensure that the future of Ireland’s neutrality remains a matter of national democratic debate. @MichaelC_IND_TD @RichardODonoghu @kenoflynnTD @ciaranmullooly