nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20181005-152457-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 141016s2014||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20181005-152457-0 doi eng 342 23 Carolan, Eoin Author aut Ireland’s Senate: An Introduction Carolan, Eoin Verfassungsblog 2014-10-16 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier When the current Government proposed its abolition in a referendum in 2013, perhaps the most notable feature of the debate was the consensus on all sides that there is little, if any, justification for the retention of the Seanad in its current form. In a result that contradicted pre-referendum opinion polls, voters rejected the proposed abolition. Given the widespread agreement during the campaign about the inadequacy of the current institution, attention naturally turned to the question of how the Seanad might be reformed. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/irelands-senate-introduction-2/ raw object