Seanad Éireann is too broken to be fixed

Constitutional constraints make it difficult to reform the Upper House in any meaningful way

The Report on Seanad Reform is indeed a “worthy document”, but it’s not going anywhere. It does prove yet again why, within constitutional constraints, it is so difficult to reform Seanad Éireann. Instinctively I am opposed to the abolition of any democratic forum. However, in the case of Seanad Éireann I voted for abolition in 2013 because I do not believe that it is capable of reform.

This document bears out that conviction. ...