Seanad debates

Thursday, 27 March 2003

Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Bill 2002: Second Stage.

 

I will conclude on this topic by repeating a point which I have made on numerous occasions. If we expect people to take an interest in the political process, we must make it easy for them to do so. We have been criticised for the decrease in the numbers of people who vote in elections. The latter seems to have happened quite regularly in recent times. Various efforts have been made to encourage a higher turnout at elections. We are often criticised and informed that people do not understand or do not take an interest in what happens in the Houses or in the legislation introduced here. When we behave bring in legislation of the sort before us, we make it difficult to encourage them to do so. I urge that this be the last item of legislation to take such a convoluted form.

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