Seanad Éireann (Senate of Ireland) is the government upper house of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature), which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann (the lower house). Unlike Dáil Éireann, it is not directly elected but consists of a mixture of members chosen by various methods. Under Article 18 of the Constitution, Seanad Éireann consists of sixty senators: Eleven nominated by the Taoiseach (prime minister); Six elected by the graduates of the University of Dublin and the National University of Ireland; 43 elected from five special panels of nominees (known as Vocational Panels) by an electorate consisting of TDs (member of Dáil Éireann), outgoing senators and members of city and county councils.
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No, this would disadvantage minority groups who would not be able to get elected otherwise. Travelers for example.
@B285GGX2mos2MO
No but all the people who are proposed by the teasoch should be tds how lost there seat in the last general election
@9ZVH9Y23mos3MO
The idea of the Seanad as a direct-democratic meritocratic house is good in theory, but constituency reform is urgently needed so that more fields/trades/unions/other groups are represented.
Reform the voting process to be similar to Dáil elections, everyone should be able to vote for Seanad members.
Should be abolish for better institutions
Yes, but it shouldn’t exist full stop as it’s a waste of time and taxpayer money on politicians who wield little to no power
Yes, but I would prefer to abolish the Seanad
Frankly I feel as if the Seanad is redundant and should be replaced with another more effective body.
@8DG6RF44yrs4Y
Seanad should be dismantled, it is essentially a waste of money and a fallback for candidates that didn't get elected to the Dail. If this is done however, more of a light needs to be shone on the work done and concerns raised by local councillors nationwide.
No, though at least the 6 seats voted only by those with degrees from certain universities should be extended to all universities and for foreign Irish (USA UK EU etc)
@978QXVS2yrs2Y
I think it should be elected but to elected them you should have to show some professional knowledge. I do not think attending a specific university is a good bar to set.
@94B9FFS3yrs3Y
Yes, but remove direct appointments and extend the colleges to satisfy all third party institutions.
@93DGZN73yrs3Y
No, it should be abolished
@92SK7FQFianna Fáil3yrs3Y
Seanad should be removed
Yes, anyone should be allowed vote in the Seanad election but the candidates must have a NFQ 8+ education achievement to qualify to run.
Yes, Senators should elected through an open list system on the same day as Dáil elections. Seanad constituencies would be Dublin, Leinster, Munster, and Connacht/Ulster, with 56 seats distributed proportionally to population. 4 Seanad seats would be reserved for overseas Irish citizens.
No, though at least the 6 seats voted only by those with university degrees should be expanded to all eligible voters. With 2 candidates in each EU constituency.
No, though at least the 6 seats voted only by those with university degrees should be expanded to all eligible voters.
No, though at least 6 seats voted only by those with university degrees should be expanded to all eligible voters.
No, though at least 6 seats voted only by those with university degrees should be expanded to all voting citizens.
@8SBVYYK4yrs4Y
Yes but senators should have proper qualifications such as a degree or experience in a field
@8S89VZW4yrs4Y
No, appointed members ensure stability and progress and prevent political deadlock
@8S27VRW4yrs4Y
Yes by means of proportional representation
@8RWPBZZ4yrs4Y
yeS BUT JUST ucd REMOVE THE OTHER UNIS
@962KL2Y2yrs2Y
No, make it half elected and the other half non-partisan
@996S9CP2yrs2Y
More than currently anyway
No, though at least the 6 seats voted only by those with degrees from certain universities should be extended to all universities (7th amendment ) and for foreign Irish (USA UK EU etc)
maybe some form of party list system (party x gets 5% of voters but 2% of seats>get seanad seats =3% of dáil seats)
@8R97B5C4yrs4Y
@8QZMVZ24yrs4Y
It should be an elected body but you should require certain qualifications to run and seats should be reserved for certain groups
@8Q783SS4yrs4Y
We should abolish the Seanad and the Dáil, replacing them with a new style of government, with two new houses, one which deals with the governing of the state, and one which deals with the local governments, which should be given more power.
@8CWNV9J4yrs4Y
No, too much power would be allocated to the dáil. Reform to allow all colleges an equal vote for more representation
@8C5RDBV5yrs5Y
Voting rights should be extended to all colleges not through referendum for better representation.
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