Flash Eurobarometer 284: Lisbon Treaty Post-Referendum Survey Ireland 2009

The main objectives of the survey were to understand voters’ motivations in both camps, to evaluate the rivalling campaigns and to explore the reasons for shifts in voting patterns compared to the earlier referendum on the same subject held in June, 2008. The survey paid special attention to the so-called guarantees that the Irish government secured in a separate treaty, with regard to the right to nominate a national Commissioner and to retain Irish sovereignty in decisions on ‘ethical’ matters such as abortion and gay rights, and in taxation and defence matters. #####The results by volumes are distributed as follows: * Volume A: Countries * Volume AA: Groups of countries * Volume A' (AP): Trends * Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries * Volume B: EU/socio-demographics * Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics * Volume C: Country/socio-demographics ---- Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: [https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer](https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer)