# dail-reform - Friday 31 July, 2020
# Shouting Match
# Shouting Match
Before last night, speaking rights were assigned equally during the first round of a debate after Dáil reform in 2016.
# dail-reform - Tuesday 19 April, 2016
# Ch-Ch-Changes
# Ch-Ch-Changes
While government formation talks have been ongoing, another group are actually making a lot of progress.
# dail-reform - Monday 22 December, 2014
# dail-reform - Saturday 6 December, 2014
# The High Table Interview
# The High Table Interview
Eoghan Muphy talked parliamentary reform in a wide-ranging interview with TheJournal.ie this week.
# dail-reform - Friday 18 April, 2014
# Political Reform
# Political Reform
TDs have complained that there is a false impression being created that politicians are not at work because they are absent from the Dáil chamber.
# dail-reform - Tuesday 15 April, 2014
# Dáil Reform
# Dáil Reform
And this is Dáil reform apparently…
# dail-reform - Sunday 16 March, 2014
# Bad Words
# Bad Words
Following a number of recent uses of ‘unparliamentary language’, we take a look at what else you can’t say…
# dail-reform - Tuesday 11 March, 2014
# Dáil
# Dáil
The government has admitted that legislation is not ready to come before the house as the Dáil again spends several hours this week debating the government’s priorities for the year ahead.
# dail-reform - Sunday 2 February, 2014
# Dáil Reform
# Dáil Reform
More than 60 per cent of members also supported the introduction of ‘family-friendly’ hours for TDs.
# dail-reform - Saturday 1 February, 2014
# Change
# Change
The Constitutional Convention will discuss Dáil reform this weekend.
# dail-reform - Wednesday 29 January, 2014
# Political Reform
# Political Reform
The party has outlined a set of radical political reforms which will have little chance of being implemented by the current government.
# dail-reform - Wednesday 15 January, 2014
# Dáil Reform
# Dáil Reform
Rather than vote Yes or No, a deputy will be able to officially abstain from a vote on a piece of legislation or a motion under changes likely to be implemented later this year.
# Political Reform
# Political Reform
It’s no surprise that the opposition doesn’t think the government has done enough Dáil reform, but TDs think that even some changes that have been introduced aren’t working.
# dail-reform - Tuesday 14 January, 2014
# Oireachtas Committees
# Oireachtas Committees
A letter from the chairpersons of the Oireachtas committees to the Ceann Comhairle has raised “serious concerns” about the workloads faced in 2014 as a result of the plans to scrutinise legislation before it comes before the Dáil.
# dail-reform - Saturday 7 December, 2013
# Dáil Reform
# Dáil Reform
Changes to the question time have been criticised but the government chief whip has defended the new format following near-farcical scenes in the chamber on Thursday.
# dail-reform - Friday 22 November, 2013
# Political Reform
# Political Reform
The Transport Minister was frank about the government’s control of the legislature in the Dáil this afternoon.
# dail-reform - Tuesday 5 November, 2013
# Political Reform
# Political Reform
Under changes taking effect this week Leaders’ Questions move to midday on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
# dail-reform - Wednesday 9 October, 2013
# Dáil Reform
# Dáil Reform
Fine Gael backbenchers quizzed the Taoiseach on political reform in the Dáil last night.
# dail-reform - Sunday 6 October, 2013
# Seanad Reform
# Seanad Reform
One of their members Denis Naughten TD also says that “there might have been a different result on Saturday had the Dáil had been reformed first.”
# dail-reform - Friday 13 September, 2013
# Seanad Referendum
# Seanad Referendum
Committees would be radically overhauled and given the task of scrutinising legislation to an even greater degree under the government’s reform plans.
# dail-reform - Thursday 12 September, 2013
# Political Reform
# Political Reform
Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin and the Green Party have rounded on Enda Kenny’s proposals to lengthen Dáil sittings and beef up the pre-legislative processes.
# Political Reform
# Political Reform
The Dáil will start earlier on a Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays than it currently does and Friday sittings will be every two weeks instead of every month as is the case at present under government proposals outlined today.
# Political Reform
# Political Reform
Government Chief Whip Paul Kehoe has hinted at possible changes to the strict party whip system as the coalition will today launch its plans for Dáil reform.
# dail-reform - Tuesday 3 September, 2013
# Caught On Camera
# Caught On Camera
A portion of the Jobs Minister’s notes were caught on camera outside Leinster House today.
# dail-reform - Sunday 4 August, 2013
# Political Reform
# Political Reform
The opposition party released a policy discussion document this week which proposes a raft of reforms to the way the Irish parliament does business.
# dail-reform - Wednesday 19 June, 2013
# Dáil Reform
# Dáil Reform
Charlie Flanagan says the current weighting of Dáil rules mean the ‘real opposition’ is the government backbenchers.
# dail-reform - Friday 7 June, 2013
# Seanad
# Seanad
The Referendum Commission will be chaired by Justice Elizabeth Dunne, whenever the Oireachtas passes the referendum bill.
# dail-reform - Thursday 6 June, 2013
# Seanad
# Seanad
The formal legislation to change the Constitution and delete the Seanad is out today. So what’s in it?
# dail-reform - Wednesday 5 June, 2013
# Political Reform
# Political Reform
A referendum to overhaul the Oireachtas and abolish the Seanad is planned for early October.
# dail-reform - Sunday 19 May, 2013
# Dáil Reform
# Dáil Reform
The 100-member Constitutional Convention has voted to investigate “an entirely new electoral system” for picking TDs.
# dail-reform - Sunday 21 April, 2013
# Dáil Reform
# Dáil Reform
The whip system – where TDs must vote with their party position or risk expulsion – is the subject of some debate in political circles but immediate reform, ahead of potentially divisive abortion debate, appears unlikely.
# dail-reform - Thursday 18 April, 2013
# Dáil Reform
# Dáil Reform
Goverment TDs should be allowed to vote against their party on certain matters under proposals by backbench TD Eoghan Murphy in an internal document circulated among Fine Gael members this week.
# dail-reform - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
# Leinster House
# Leinster House
All of that, and the Seanad gets to reform the Dáil… here’s what’s happening today in Leinster House.
# dail-reform - Saturday 14 July, 2012
# Dáil Reform
# Dáil Reform
As we approach the end of another Dáil term, we’ve been asking the government and the opposition how the much-vaunted sittings of the Dáil on the first Friday of every month have been working out.
# dail-reform - Thursday 21 June, 2012
# 9 At 9
# 9 At 9
Nine things to know this morning…
# dail-reform - Tuesday 19 June, 2012
# Political Reform
# Political Reform
The Programme for Government included a pledge to reduce committee numbers – but the survivors had too much work.
# dail-reform - Wednesday 11 January, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
Parish-pump politics is crippling our democracy – so Simon Tuohy offers a radical new proposal to fix the system.
# dail-reform - Friday 22 July, 2011
# Dáil Reform
# Dáil Reform
When the Dáil returns on September 14 it will begin work earlier and sit for longer hours under a reformed system.
# dail-reform - Monday 18 July, 2011
Staff working after 10pm are entitled to take taxis home – but plans for Dáil reform should cut how often they’re used.
# dail-reform - Thursday 6 January, 2011
# Election 2011
# Election 2011
Labour’s ‘New Government, Better Government’ policy outlines plans for whistleblowers’ legislation and Seanad abolition.
