Seanad debates

Wednesday, 9 October 2002

Sub-Committee of the Committee on Procedure and Privileges: Motion.

 

I would love to see a situation arise where farmers and fishermen would be entitled to vote on the Agricultural Panel, where musicians and teachers could vote on the Cultural and Educational Panel, etc. So much could be done, while maintaining the importance of local authority members by allowing them to elect people on the inside panel. Of the 43 elected Members of the House to whom I referred earlier, 21 or 22 would, therefore, be elected by one or other of the methods to which I refer and a further six Members would still be elected by the universities. The number of people on the register of the National University of Ireland is well over 100,000, while there are almost 50,000 people on the Trinity College register. There are approximately 150,000 people who are entitled to vote on the Universities Panel, which is quite an extensive franchise.

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