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# dail-reform - Sunday 19 May, 2013
The system for electing TDs could be about to face a massive overhaul
The 100-member Constitutional Convention has voted to investigate “an entirely new electoral system” for picking TDs.
# dail-reform - Sunday 21 April, 2013
‘Not fit for purpose?’ Why the Dáil’s party whip system may need reform
The whip system – where TDs must vote with their party position or risk expulsion – is the subject of some debate in political circles but immediate reform, ahead of potentially divisive abortion debate, appears unlikely.
# dail-reform - Thursday 18 April, 2013
Free vote for TDs among radical proposals for Dáil reform
Goverment TDs should be allowed to vote against their party on certain matters under proposals by backbench TD Eoghan Murphy in an internal document circulated among Fine Gael members this week.
# dail-reform - Tuesday 12 March, 2013
Oireachtas agenda: Criminal records, job creation and childhood poverty
All of that, and the Seanad gets to reform the Dáil… here’s what’s happening today in Leinster House.
# dail-reform - Saturday 14 July, 2012
TGIF: How have the Dáil’s Friday sittings worked out?
As we approach the end of another Dáil term, we’ve been asking the government and the opposition how the much-vaunted sittings of the Dáil on the first Friday of every month have been working out.
# dail-reform - Thursday 21 June, 2012
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Nine things to know this morning…
# dail-reform - Tuesday 19 June, 2012
Overhaul sees number of Oireachtas committees increased
The Programme for Government included a pledge to reduce committee numbers – but the survivors had too much work.
# dail-reform - Wednesday 11 January, 2012
Column: Abolish the Seanad? Here’s a better idea to fix our political system
Parish-pump politics is crippling our democracy – so Simon Tuohy offers a radical new proposal to fix the system.
# dail-reform - Friday 22 July, 2011
Dáil votes to give itself more work… after seven weeks’ holidays
When the Dáil returns on September 14 it will begin work earlier and sit for longer hours under a reformed system.
# dail-reform - Monday 18 July, 2011
Leinster House strikes €300,000 deal for staff night-time taxi service
Staff working after 10pm are entitled to take taxis home – but plans for Dáil reform should cut how often they’re used.
# dail-reform - Thursday 6 January, 2011
Labour launches reform policy for parliament and laws
Labour’s ‘New Government, Better Government’ policy outlines plans for whistleblowers’ legislation and Seanad abolition.
# dail-reform - Friday 3 December, 2010
FG and Labour launch alternative budget proposals
Fine Gael would hold off on increases to income tax until the economic recovery creates new jobs, according to its budget plan.
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