Should the Seanad be a wholly elected body?

Yes, all government officials should be elected by the people

Yes, and have the county council choice who goes to the Seanad to make the council elections matter more than feedback to the national government

No but all the people who are proposed by the teasoch should be tds how lost there seat in the last general election

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

Abolish the senate

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.

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)

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.

Yes, but remove direct appointments and extend the colleges to satisfy all third party institutions.

No, it should be abolished

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.

Yes but senators should have proper qualifications such as a degree or experience in a field

No, appointed members ensure stability and progress and prevent political deadlock

Yes by means of proportional representation

yeS BUT JUST ucd REMOVE THE OTHER UNIS

No, make it half elected and the other half non-partisan

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)

Mostly elected

No, abolish the Seanad

It should be an elected body but you should require certain qualifications to run and seats should be reserved for certain groups

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.

No, too much power would be allocated to the dáil. Reform to allow all colleges an equal vote for more representation

Voting rights should be extended to all colleges not through referendum for better representation.