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18/07/2013
Govt Win First Vote On Seanad Abolition
The government has won the first vote on the proposed Bill to abolish the Seanad.
Independent Senator Feargal Quinn had forwarded a motion to extend the defeat, but it was defeated by 31 votes to 27.
The Bill, the 32rd Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann, will now go to a full committee stage debate by the House.
Mr Quinn claimed that the Seanad was not given enough time to debate the proposed abolition, warning that "we are sleep-walking into a situation where the executive’s stranglehold on political debate is strengthened."
Adding: "We may end up with a single chamber parliament with no space for independent and minority voices."
(MH/CD)
Independent Senator Feargal Quinn had forwarded a motion to extend the defeat, but it was defeated by 31 votes to 27.
The Bill, the 32rd Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann, will now go to a full committee stage debate by the House.
Mr Quinn claimed that the Seanad was not given enough time to debate the proposed abolition, warning that "we are sleep-walking into a situation where the executive’s stranglehold on political debate is strengthened."
Adding: "We may end up with a single chamber parliament with no space for independent and minority voices."
(MH/CD)
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