Half of Irish people have no view on the EU constitution, according a survey.
The Eurobarometer poll published today also found that although 77 per cent of Irish people had heard of the constitution, the majority of those did not know its contents. Half of Irish people have no view on the constitution, it said.
Only a third of those surveyed in the poll, carried out in May and June, said they would vote in a referendum on the proposed constitution.
However, the majority still supported Ireland's EU membership. Some 87 per cent of Irish people believe Ireland has benefited from EU membership and 75 per cent believe EU membership is a good thing.
The charter's future was thrown into doubt earlier this year after France and The Netherlands rejected the treaty, prompting the EU to agree a long period of reflection on the proposals, which must be ratified by all 25 member states.
EU officials have argued lack of information about the constitution was one of the main stumbling blocks.
The last time Ireland cooled significantly over EU integration was in 2001 when it rejected the Nice Treaty.
Voters later changed their minds in a second referendum on the pact to reform EU institutions after a pledge that new defence arrangements would not breach Ireland's traditional neutrality.