Archive for July 2010
The Report on PR STV and the continuing debate
Posted on July 29, 2010
The Joint Committee on the Constitution launched its report last week and one of its finding was:
"Based on its analysis and evaluation of the evidence presented to it, including its evaluation of the performance of alternative electoral systems, the Committee concludes that there is not a sufficiently compelling case for reforming the current electoral system at its most fundamental level".
I would have put it a lot stronger than that and in fact one of the committee members, Dr. Jimmy Devins T.D., does today in his letter to the Irish Times when he writes:
Tired and emotional
Posted on July 08, 2010
The media will have a field day about TDs and Senators jetting off on holidays from today but many of us will be working away in our constituencies and in Leinster House next week as usual and over the next couple of months, but without having to attend the Dail and Seanad chambers. There are Oireachtas Commitees next week and I will be attending a launch by one of the committees of a report about scrutiny of EU legislation by the Oireachtas post Lisbon.
