Where is the seanad

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The form cannot be submitted directly online and changes can not be made over the telephone. How many people can they nominate? Each nominating body can nominate one candidate and while candidates can get the backing of more than one body, they only require one nomination. What is the rule about balance of Senators from inside and outside nominations?

It is a harsh system because in some cases a candidate may reach the quota but will not be elected because not enough candidates on the other side have been elected.

For example on the seat Agricultural panel there must be a minimum of four Senators each from inside and outside nominations. Is it a one person one vote system?

On the vocational panels each Senator, TD and local authority councillor has a vote on each panel. That means they get to vote five times. What is the problem with the new Seanad that it cannot pass legislation? While 49 Senators are elected, 11 are nominated by the Taoiseach, but under Article 18 of the Constitution, they have to be selected by the incoming Taoiseach of a new administration.

The Government has interpreted this to mean that until there is a new government in place no further legislation can be passed, hence the need to have all emergency legislation passed before the final session of the last Seanad. However the Labour party and a number of legal academics take a differing view that a new Seanad can sit without the 11 nominees.

What happened to abolition of the Seanad? What happened to Seanad Reform? Abolition would have been the ultimate reform for the Upper House which has seen 14 reports on the issue over the last 80 years, gathering dust.

But in a commission led by NUI Chancellor Maurice Manning produced a report on changes that would not require another referendum. It proposed every citizen should have a vote as should every citizen in the North and to all Irish citizens living abroad. It suggested that 36 of the seats was would be filled this way and that 13 would be voted for by councillors, TDs and Senators.

Seanad reform is an issue that is perennially one report short of a decision. And so an implementation group on the Manning report was established, chaired by Michael McDowell.

It proposed a modified version of the plan which included expanding the university panels to all third level colleges. See a sample. Subscribe Now.