Only Anglicans were permitted to become members of the Parliament of Ireland though the great majority of the Irish population were Roman Catholic, with many Presbyterians in Ulster. In 1793 Roman Catholics regained the right to vote if they owned or rented property worth £2 annually. The Catholic hierarchy was strongly in favour of union in the hope for rapid emancipation and the right to sit as MPs, but it was delayed after the passage of the acts until the Roman Catholic Relief Act 1829.