Seanad debates
Tuesday, 27 March 2018
An Bille um an Séú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2018: An Dara Céim - Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018: Second Stage
2:30 pm
Diarmuid Wilson (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
He is now a Member of the Lower House and a Minister, and he voted against that legislation. With a casual examination of his term in this House, he opposed almost all legislation being put forward for referenda. Another member of that club of 13 is current President Michael D. Higgins. I did not hear anybody throwing comments about them being undemocratic at the time. More recently, by 33 votes to 25, this House passed the Thirty-second Amendment of the Constitution (Abolition of Seanad Éireann) Bill 2013, which put the question of abolishing this House to the people.
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