Candidate Name | Comment |
Rónán Mullen IND | Strongly and consistently pro-life. Committed to protecting 8th Amendment |
Maire Darker IND | ‘I will not support a referendum on the 8th in any form’* |
Pádraig O Céidigh IND | ‘I will listen with interest to the debate from all sides and make my decision at that stage.’ |
David Begg IND | Favours review of the 8th Amendment. States that he is not in favour of widespread availability of abortion. |
Owen J Dineen IND | No response received but told a voter ‘I would like to state that I would not support the Labour stance on this issue. I would be more inclined to agree with the Fine Gael position and I would support full debate on the matter to see if we do indeed need to repeal (adjust) the 8th amendment or not.’ |
Enda Padraig O’Coineen IND | Awaiting information |
John Higgins IND | Awaiting information |
Michael Sean Molloy IND | Awaiting information |
Brendan Price IND | Awaiting information |
Michael McDowell IND | Awaiting information. Said recently that the 8th Amendment has left us in a ‘poor place’. |
Karen Devine IND | Has ‘Reproductive rights’ as priority on campaign material |
Eddie Murphy IND | “I trust the people of Ireland. Given that no Irish woman of a child-bearing age has ever had the chance to vote I support holding a referendum where we exercise our vote within the context of a compassionate, modern and forward thinking inclusive society that supports mental health and well-being.” |
Christy Kenneally IND | Publicly committed to repeal of 8th Amendment |
Martin Daly IND | Publicly committed to repeal of the 8th Amendment |
Alice Mary Higgins IND | Publicly committed to repeal of 8th Amendment and makes it priority in election material |
Kieran Alexander Rose IND | Publicly committed to repeal of 8th Amendment and makes it priority in election material |
Barry Johnston IND | Publicly committed to repeal of 8th Amendment and makes it priority in election material |
Ellen O’Malley-Dunlop IND | Publicly committed to repeal of 8th Amendment and makes it priority in election material |
Daragh McGreal IND | Publicly committed to repeal of 8th Amendment and makes it priority in election material |
Pearce Flannery FG | Publicly committed to repeal of 8th Amendment and makes it priority in election material |
Deirdre Burke IND | Publicly committed to repeal of 8th Amendment and makes it priority in election material |
Rory Hearne IND | Publicly committed to repeal of 8th Amendment and makes it priority in election material |
Paddy Monahan IND | Publicly committed to repeal of 8th Amendment and makes it priority in election material |
Laura Harmon IND | Publicly committed to repeal of 8th Amendment and makes it priority in election material |
Ross Golden Bannon IND | Publicly committed to repeal of 8th Amendment and makes it priority in election material |
Luke Field IND | Publicly committed to repeal of 8th Amendment and makes it priority in election material |
Paul D’Alton IND | Publicly committed to repeal of 8th Amendment and makes it priority in election material |
Aideen Hayden IND | Publicly committed to repeal of 8th Amendment and voted in favour of abortion in 2013 |
Carol Hunt IND | Publicly committed to repeal of 8th Amendment and makes it priority in election material |
*Please note this is an update on previous position