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Seanad Abolition

# seanad-abolition - Friday 17 May, 2013

Column: Seanad reform suggestions are practical but limit real bicameral change

While there are practical arguments for a bill that requires no constitutional change, it limits any reform across the whole legislative body, writes Eoin O’Malley.

# seanad-abolition - Sunday 20 January, 2013

In numbers: How much would we save by abolishing the Seanad?

We’ll be holding a referendum on abolishing the Seanad at some stage in 2013. So how much does it cost us every year?

# seanad-abolition - Monday 26 November, 2012

Voters want to scrap Seanad, give diaspora the vote and review Constitution

Ipsos MRBI has polled a number of issues that will be up for discussion at the constitutional convention which gets under way this weekend.

# seanad-abolition - Sunday 28 October, 2012

Seanad abolition: Where do the parties stand?

The government has committed to abolishing the upper house but where do the parties stand on whether it should stay or go? We asked them and here is what they told us…

# seanad-abolition - Wednesday 26 September, 2012

Group’s Seanad paper hopes to stimulate debate on possible reforms

A group including two current senators has published a booklet calling for reform of the Seanad rather than abolition.

# seanad-abolition - Wednesday 11 January, 2012

26 bills – but no referendums – on government’s list of Spring bills

The government’s draft agenda for the Dáil’s spring term includes 26 bills to be published, and another 25 currently in draft.

# seanad-abolition - Tuesday 4 January, 2011

The 9 at 9: Tuesday

Nine things you really need to know by 9am: Enda Kenny goes viral; Arkansas hit by another biblical deluge of dead animals – and Russell Brand commits the ultimate crime against women.