As the closing date for the receipt of submissions to the Working Group on Seanad Reform fast approaches I am asking on everyone who wisely voted in favour of retaining the Seanad to have their say. While the Working Group did place ads in National Newspapers before Christmas inviting submissions, the subject has been all but been ignored by the National Media. Two weeks ago I drafted an opinion piece for circulation to all the Newspapers but interest in Seanad Reform appears to have waned if not died away altogether. Even though last year’s Seanad Referendum did not allow for a vote on the reform of the Seanad it is widely known that many of those who voted in favour or perhaps indeed against the retention of the Seanad are in favour of radical reform.

Today history was made by the passing in the Seanad of the Thirty-fourth  Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Quality) Bill. I was proud to speak in favour of the Bill and for a YES vote in the May Referendum earlier this week in the Seanad. You can read the full text of my contribution by clicking here