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@ISIDEWITHQuestionsDomestic Policy9yrs ago

Should the Seanad be a wholly elected body?

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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 @9GDH644answered…3yrs3Y

No, this would disadvantage minority groups who would not be able to get elected otherwise. Travelers for example.

 @BCWG8WF answered…1mo1MO

Yes, all government officials should be elected by the people

 @B9FGDYRanswered…5mos5MO

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

 @B285GGXanswered…1yr1Y

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

 @9ZVH9Y2answered…2yrs2Y

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.

 @9YNCGF6answered…2yrs2Y

Reform the voting process to be similar to Dáil elections, everyone should be able to vote for Seanad members.

 @9DN5KJSanswered…3yrs3Y

Should be abolish for better institutions

 @9H7CKHYanswered…3yrs3Y

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

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