New legislation to allow Oireachtas Inquiries
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin has today outline his plans for to allow Oireachtas Inquires within the limits of the rejection of the constitutional referendum last year....
View ArticleVoters Parties and Elections: Post mortem on the Seanad referendum
On Friday October 4th voters decided not to abolish Seanad Éireann. Voters Parties and Elections are delighted to invite you to an open debate on the campaign and result. It was a colourful campaign...
View ArticleSeanad Referendum in Perspective
By Michael Marsh Another weekend of referendums is now over and the debate is well under way as to what the result means: what did the people say when they spoke? We have various evidence to go on: the...
View ArticleMaternity Leave for Women Parliamentarians: Issues and Proposals
By Claire McGing, NUI Maynooth Parliaments, of which the Dáil and Seanad are no exception, are highly gendered institutions. Since the rules were written by men at a time in which women were not...
View ArticleReform Alliance Conference
Posted on behalf of Senator Fidelma Healy Eames The Reform Alliance is looking for ideas on reform in advance of the conference Saturday. http://www.reformalliance.ie/your-reform/ The reforms will be...
View ArticleOpen Government Partnership (OGP) Europe Regional Meeting in Dublin 8 & 9 May
posted on behalf of DPER The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Mr Brendan Howlin T.D., will host the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Europe Regional Meeting in Dublin Castle on 8 & 9...
View ArticleFoI and other DPER reforms very welcome
As the Government renegotiates its priorities and reshuffles the Cabinet, it is an appropriate time to look back and assess the Government’s achievements under its political reform programme. There has...
View ArticleYour cut-out-and-keep guide to #indyref night
Want to work out the outcome of the referendum before all of the results are in? Dr. Chris Hanretty from the University of East Anglia, shows how the outcome will be predictable from the early...
View ArticleThe Lobbying register: facilitating transparency or allowing policy influence...
By Nuala Haughey Almost fifteen years after the idea was first proposed in a Labour Party private members’ Bill, Ireland is due to get a mandatory lobbying register. The online database will capture...
View ArticleWhy wasn’t corruption an election issue when it costs us so much?
John Devitt, 24 February 2016 The RTÉ Investigations Unit story on corruption in local government shocked the nation when it was broadcast way back in December 2015. It led Stephen Collins, political...
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