Seanad Bill 2016

Public bill · Private Member · Introduced

Seanad Bill 2016 would overhaul how the Seanad is chosen and run. It would widen the pool of voters, let Irish citizens living in Northern Ireland and some people abroad vote, create a new Seanad Electoral Commission, replace by-elections with a replacement list system, and change the Seanad’s constituencies, including a single higher-education seat. It also sets new rules for nominations and ballots, and it would scrap the separate university-members election law.

Formal long title

Bill entitled an Act to implement reforms proposed in the Report of the Working Group on Seanad Reform and for that purpose to effect a range of reforms to the Seanad, to provide for the establishment of a Seanad Electoral Commission and to provide for related matters

Last updated 20 April 2020