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Abolish Seanad

Alan_H_1991 · 2011-10-19 21:43:40

Can someone please give me some valid reasons why the Seanad should and should not be dissolved just bullet points only elaborate on one or two of your points if you can thanks

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#302 11-10-2013 10:28am

Javan

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micosoft wrote: »

Have you not seen the News recently? How a group of unwhipped US representatives might actually take down the World Economy for partisan interest?
The answer is not just FG - all Politicians do this when they can get away with it. Imagine a Dail full of Mick and Mings.... The whip is a necessary check in our system of democracy.

I have seen the news. There is a problem in the US whereby the two houses of the parliament are deadlocked and neither side is showing much willingness to budge.

The thing is: this problem is caused by the members of the two main parties voting purely on party lines. If just five democrats in the Senate voted against their party or just seventeen republicans in the House voted against their party then the problem would be solved.
So this deadlock is caused by people voting purely on party lines. I'm arguing for the opposite of that; allowing people to vote against the party without sanction.

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