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# electoral-reform - Friday 19 July, 2019
Work is finally to begin on an Electoral Commission for Ireland
It’s hoped an electoral commission will solve problems with the electoral register and address issues redrawing constituency lines.
# electoral-reform - Wednesday 2 January, 2019
The Government wants you to tell it how to make voting easier
The Government now intends to reform and modernise the electoral registration process.
# electoral-reform - Monday 17 December, 2018
The government wants to know if you're okay with it using your PPS number to clean up the electoral register
Duplication on the register is rife and changes are needed to ensure Ireland has a modern electoral register, says the minister.
# electoral-reform - Sunday 10 June, 2018
Calls to reform 'outdated and cumbersome' electoral register system
Politicians have said there are significant inaccuracies on the register.
# electoral-reform - Thursday 12 February, 2015
This TD wants to radically change the way we elect him and his 157 colleagues
Brendan Griffin has proposed a way of potential ending ‘parish pump’ politics.
# electoral-reform - Tuesday 27 August, 2013
Convention report recommends longer polling hours and larger constituencies
More than half of delegates at the constitutional convention think the number of members in the Dáil should be left unchanged.
# electoral-reform - Monday 10 June, 2013
People who are not TDs or Senators 'should be appointed as Ministers'
The Constitutional Convention has made a number of recommendations on reforming politics in Ireland.
# electoral-reform - Saturday 25 May, 2013
Could Ireland change how it elects its TDs? Here are the options
The Constitutional Convention has agreed that changes to Dáil elections might also include an entirely new electoral system.
# electoral-reform - Sunday 19 May, 2013
The system for electing TDs could be about to face a massive overhaul
The 100-member Constitutional Convention has voted to investigate “an entirely new electoral system” for picking TDs.
# electoral-reform - Friday 22 June, 2012
Fine Gael TD calls for elections and referenda to be held at weekends
Alan Farrell wants polling days to be held on Saturdays or Sundays in order to prevent school disruptions and allow for more people to vote.
# electoral-reform - Saturday 9 July, 2011
Police in Malaysia fire tear gas at protesters, arrest 1,667
Malaysia’s biggest political rally in four years has ended with hundreds of arrests, as protesters defied warnings to stay at home and electoral reform.
# electoral-reform - Thursday 17 February, 2011
UK fixes date for referendum to change election system
The UK will hold only its second-ever national referendum on May 5, when voters will decide on dropping ‘first past the post’.
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Poll: Should single parent families have two sets of parental leave?
THERE HAS BEEN a mixed reaction to the government’s decision to extend paid parental leave by three weeks due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The extension applies to both mothers and fathers but there has also been calls this morning for single parent families to benefit.
Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon has said that children in single parent families should also be considered and benefit from the same amount of leave.
Two-parent families can now avail of a combined 10 weeks leave and Gannon says that the children of single-parents should also benefit from the same amount of time with a parent.
Poll: Should single parent families have two sets of parental leave?
Poll Results:
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Don't know (38)
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