motions, notions and commotion
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ISSU motions come in three main forms: a policy, a directive mandate and a constitutional amendment.
Things to know:
These policies/mandates/amendments decide the direction of ISSU and have a huge impact on the organisation and the representation of all second-level students.
A policy or directive mandate exists for three years, after three years it expires and will need to be re-voted upon
The proposing delegate will need to be present at An Chomhdháil Bhliantúil to proposal the policy/mandate/amendment.
If no one is present to propose the motion, the motion will fall and will not be discussed or voted on.
The deadline for submissions has passed. If you would like to submit an amendment to any of the proposed motions you can submit them HERE until March 18th.
what is a policy?
A policy is used to call on ISSU to adopt a policy stance (and to tell the world about it) Through policies, you can call on ISSU to favour, oppose or support a matter affecting second-level students.
When writing and submitting a policy to be discussed at Comhdháil, you do so in two parts:
The Proposal: a short summary of what you are proposing using a prefix (also known as a stative verb) such as ‘ISSU believes, Recognises, Supports, Notes with interest’
The Rationale: An explanation to support why you believe ISSU should support this policy and any information you want the delegates to know about the proposed policy.
What is a directive mandate?
A directive mandate is used for when you want to mandate an action within ISSU. This could be to propose a campaign, a report or to work with certain organisations and/or bodies on certain projects or to raise awareness. For example: to mandate ISSU to run a yearly ‘run for your student council campaign’
what is a constitutional amendment?
A motion seeking to amend the Constitution of the Irish Second-level Students’ Union.
When submitting this, there will be three parts;
-Submission of the NEW wording you like change
-A rationale for the constitutional amendment i.e explaining why you believe this amendment is necessary
-A copy and paste of the part of the constitution you wish to amend or subtract. (if you are adding a new part to constitution, please reference what section you believe it falls under)
The deadline has passed to submit constitutional amendments. You can view the proposals for 2024 via the button below or via the delegate hub.
Who can submit a motion to ISSU Comhdháil?
Member schools can! If your student council isn’t a part of ISSU, any motions you submit will not be brought forward.
There are further rules such as:
A member school student council can only submit a maximum of 5 motions
Officers of the Regional Officer Body can submit one motion each provided it has been approved by their fellow regional officers and student council representatives in their region.
Coiste Gnó officers can submit a maximum 3 motions each, including motions on behalf of their working groups.