First up – get “Fathers Rights” sorted out more quicker please?

Its been dragging on this last 17 years and for all the talking – still no reform done!

Interesting. Will the petitions be available on line for all to view and more importantly will the reasons why a petition was refused be published?

That’s fair enough I suppose.

Nice, best way to gauge public opinion. Maybe the citizens will have a say now.

Great idea in theory,but in practice,it remains to be seen.

They did this is in the UK.

How many e-petitions there have resulted in legislation?

Same old bullshit just packaged as something different…nothing will ever come of it apart from creating more cost, more comfortable expense accounts and an OJEC tender process that means we will pay for some daft device to collate the data in an unreadable fashion that will be out of date before its purchased.

The cabal of Kenny, Gilmore, Noonan and Howlin run this state under the thumb of that other cabal. If backbenchers can’t even bring forward legislation for discussion in our national parliament without getting voted down by the whipped parties of government, what hope has a petition presented to an ineffective and neutered committee? I’m sorry but it is nothing more than window dressed undemocracy.

The Seanad has had a similar facility for the past year

If done well could work, It prob won’t work though.

Acting on behalf of ‘our’ people? Continuing arrogance, it’s ‘the’ people. We’re your employer, remember that.

Sounds good. I’m going to start a petition to set a minimum flying level for pigeons. Pesky things are getting brave.

It’s not a youth club that Kenny is supposed to be leader of it is Supposed to be Ireland what a pure and utter muppet
Kenny ” any ideas”
People of Ireland ” how about a trek up your fav mountain please”
Kenny ” I can organise that”
P.O.I ” whey hey ”
Come on folks this just proves that Kenny and company really and truly are not able for the job that they were elected for, nor are their hugely paid advisors if this is all they can up with
But then again what do we expect from spineless liars and traitors

just talk will never happen

I’m sure a decent chunk of Irish people would sign a petition calling for the wages and expenses of TD’s to be cut dramatically and bring these people back to the reality facing the people who voted them in in the first place.

Rather than setting up another overpaid, governmental, bureaucratic team (with all sorts of bonuses and benefits) to canvas the views of the electorate – why don’t they just link to http://www.journal.ie? There seem to be some very caring, articulate and active people on here!

Re the make-up of the committee considering petitions received, I wonder if it will come down to TDs or Senators deciding in accordance with their own beliefs or with an eye on what their constituents might nor might not approve of. For example, if a petitioner was anti turf cutting would a pro-turf cutter on the committee act on his/her personal views, or objectively assess the petitioner’s with forensic case? I fear the politicians will just act out of political self-interest and accept or reject a petition on that basis

Brilliant and forward thinking. Negative comments are completely unnecessary.

Great, time to force them to discuss immigration. Where the current headless chicken policy has lead to 17% of the population being composed of new migrants.

Sinn Fein now have a whole lot more influence. I am referring to their more vocal party members and highly organised structure. This can be either good or bad depending on your political persuasions…