Seanad Éireann Puns

In 2013 the government of Enda Kenny attemoted to abolish Seanad Éireann due to widely known issues in the unelected upper house. The referendum on the issue however rendered a "No" vote and the movement to abolish lost steam. Now under pressure from the Greens Leo Varadkar has consented to a referendum on reform of Seanad Éireann instead of outright abolition. The propose 39th amendment to the constitution would keep the upper house at 60 seats but would make it fully and completely elected. The reformed Seanad Éireann would also gain some powers so that it is merely not a rubber stamp to the government of the day, this includes allowing the Seanad Éireann to vote down bills which would automatically send them back to the Dail, appropriation bills however will remain the sole prerogative of the Dail, Seanad Éireann may only approve, reject or defer them. In practice under the amendment, most legislation (except for private member's bills) in the Oireachtas is initiated by the Government, which has control over the lower house. It will then be passed to the Senate, which has the opportunity to amend the bill pass or reject it. Elections to Seanad Éireann would use two round system as seen in France. The 26 counties of the republic will be apportioned 2 seats in Seanad Éireann, the remaining 8 will be elected by the students of the University of Dublin, and the National University of Ireland with each university getting 4 of the 8 seats. Finally the provision is added to add seats for Northern Ireland post unification. Finally procedurally the term of a member of Seanad Éireann will be three years with no term limits, the President can dissolve Seanad Éireann early or dissolve both houses for a simultaneous election if significant disagreement exists.

The bill easily passed the Dail though there was a battle in Seanad Éireann which refused to take up the bill proposing its reform. Despite this it passed Seanad Éireann and now will go to the Irish people for a referendum, the referendum will take place on November 12th if passed the changes will go into effect immediately and elections to the reformed Seanad Éireann will take place on December 1st of this year with the first joint sitting of the reformed Oireachtas set for December 4th.

Fine Gael, the Greens, andd Fianna Fail have stated they will support Yes, as will Sinn Fein. Labour has indicated they will take no position. The only party supporting no is Aontú

After a campaign where there was little opposition the people of Ireland went to the polls to consider the 39th Amendment to the constitution of the Republic which would make Seanad Éireann an elected upper house, the Fine Gael-Green-Fianna Fail coalition government proposed the amendment which up to now has faced no opposition from any of the main political parties. Voters lined up on a bright clear day to make their voices heard, turnout was good and a clear result was expected. Polls closed and the results came in

To reform the Seanad, the upper house of the Oireachtas

• Yes: 1,429,981 (66.4%)

• No: 723,632 (33.6%)

The result was an overwhelming Yes victory and the end of the unelected upper house. The Taoiseach thanked supporters of the amendment and formally advised the President to after signing the amendment into law dissolve the current unelected upper house and call the first election of the upper house. The President agreed

A few weeks later voters went to the polls in Ireland again to elect the first democratically elected Seanad Éireann in Irish history. Sinn Fein and Fine Gael lead opinion polls for Seanad Éireann as they do for the Dail and many expect them to be the largest parties respectively, on polling day another clear day polls closed and the Irish people elected their Senators.

The First elections to Seanad Éireann

• Sinn Fein: 24 Seats

• Fine Gael: 14 seats

• Fianna Fail: 10 seats

• Green: 6 Seats

• Independents: 6 Seats

The result was a shock, sinn fein won a plurality of seats in Seanad Éireann by over 10 over Fine Gael. Luckily for the government Fine gael, fianna fail and the greens along with one of the independents were able to form a majority caucus in Seanad Éireann but the Sinn Fein victory was still a shock to many in the political pundit league. Soon after polls for the dail gave Sinn Fein an 8 point lead in lower house polling which pollsters say is likely fueled by the recent row with England. Mary Lou McDonald has stated the result shows the people of Ireland want change and theta they want Sinn Fein to provide it

Why aren’t there any Taoiseach-appointed seanadóirí in the current Seanad? I understand the High Court is currently discussing whether they can go ahead and work without the missing 11 but I didn’t know they weren’t there in the first place.

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This information was found on oireachtas.ie the official government website.

A lot of the descriptions are in legalese and they reference legal statutes and other laws ,but these descriptions are from oireachtas.ie. and I'm not sure how to best break some of them down, but you can get the jist of them from the title and the description. Also if you follow the link you can also find a link to the bills in question themselves.

Let me know if you think this could be done better. I've wanted to do this for sometime as I think r/UKpolitics does this well. I will attempt to explain the bills in plain English in future if I can. Although this week I just wanted to get something up before Tuesday,aka when the votes are scheduled to begin.

Also sorry for the wall of text.

Also also iay cut out the Seanad bills to streamline the post in future.

Also also also oireachtas.ie does say that the schedule is subject to change at short notice.

Tue, 22 Jan 2019

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 in Seanad Éireann

Description : Bill entitled an Act to establish a body to be known as an Coimisiún um Cheapacháin Bhreithiúnacha or, in the English language, the Judicial Appointments Commission; to provide for the making, through committees of that body, of recommendations in respect of appointments to certain judicial offices; to make provision for persons of a lay character, as well as judges and legal practitioners, to be members of that body and of those committees and to provide, in the case of any such committee, that the particular judges to be members of it shall include a judge serving at the level of the courts system to which the committee's business relates; to amend the qualification requirements for appointment to judicial office; to enable, through other procedures, the making of recommendations in respect of appointments to senior judicial offices that do not fall within the remit of the foregoing body; to establish a Judicial Appointments Commission Office; to dissolve the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board; for those and other purposes to amend or repeal certain provisions of the Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 and the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 and to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other enactments; and to provide for related matters

Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2018 In Dáil Éireann

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>##Fórsaí Cosanta Announces Military Expansion, Modernization and Reorganization Program

>By Cherryl Macauley

>In a press release this morning, following Independent confirmation that the Act For The Continued Defence of Ireland passed the Dáil and Seanad, Minister of Defence Edward O'Gorman stated that the Óglaigh na hÉireann (Irish Defence Forces) is now undergoing a decade-long period of expansion, modernization, and reorganization, "in order to provide a better defensive front in these tumultuous times, as the face of both the Republic and the League of Armed Neutrality." In the release, the Minister laid a startling amount of details regarding the Greater Defence Program, of which the publicized document (released by the Fórsaí Cosanta shortly after the press statement) can be found below.

>>#ÓÉ Greater Defence Program

>>It is the goal of the Greater Defence Program to create an expanded, better-equipped, better-trained and better-organized military capable of defending Ireland and its friends capably, even in the face of much larger military structures. In this plan, we shall dictate, put forth by the Minister of Defence and the Directors of an tArm, an tAerchór and an tSeirbhís Chabhlaigh (the Army, the Air Corps, and the Naval Service), the non-exact manner in which this shall be done. Our friends in the Holy Kingdom are being contacted for possible funding and advisory on these issues. This process is expected to take some time, at the longest seven years.

>>##Expansion & Development

>>In order to expand the ranks of the Fórsaí Cosanta, pay and benefits for all recruits wil

Unprecedented times.

But when the Chief Justice tells a Judge he’s a disgrace and should resign I think we’ve cleared the hurdle of “states misbehaviour” and for a beleaguered Government it’s an easy win with the public.

A chance to grandstand and shout.

I mean it’s a little dangerous. But we’re unlikely to find ourselves in this kind of situation again.

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The 2025 election is underway, and we're truly in a strange time. The EU is having a tough go of it right now, with members leaving, getting kicked out, or falling apart at the seams. A major part of political discussion in Ireland at the moment is the "what if?". Should the Union fall apart completely, Ireland, which has strictly benefitted from the Eurozone, will likely see an unprecedented economic recession. Politicians are currently in debate as to deal with the Union at the moment, with the Sinn Féin demanding a more specific stance on the goings-on of the Union, breaking Ireland's historic neutrality, while the current majority party, the Fianna Fáil, is pressing for greater Irish independent markets. The Fianna Fáil's policies have seen some success already, but it's extremely unlikely that it would be enough to ensure Ireland does not collapse into poverty. Political analysts worry that these encroaching "binary issues" will morph the country into a two-party state, destroying Ireland's historic multi-party system.

Below, you'll find a list of parties in the running, alongside their current stances on issues relevant at the moment. Below that, a list of Presidential candidates. As President Higgins has served his second term, he is no longer eligible, and his stance as an independent has left a bit of a scramble for the parties to take the position.

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

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>##Ireland To Adopt New National Anthem and Flag Amid Unification

>By Caleb McLafferty

>With full Unification of the Emerald Isle well on the path, with Northern Ireland now officially part of the Republic, many politicians in the Republic have been left wondering "What's next?", as all-island Nationalism has been the major driving force of Irish politics for over a century now. With their goals now attained, the Sinn Féin, Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the newly-christened Lámh Dhearg have done but one thing: celebrate the now Unified Ireland.

>In light of the Isle Unified under one government, Taoiseach McAlbain and Uachtarán McAlbain have announced a "change in the face" of Ireland, creating a new national flag and changing the national anthem. The new flag, pictured here, shows the Isle with the Presidential Flag of Ireland imbed, on a "Celtic Green" field, representing that Ireland is now wholly the master of its own destiny, controlled by Irish people. The anthem is to be "A Nation Once Again", a song created during the years leading to the original Easter Rising, with the intent of leading the Irish people in song and rebellion against the English, representing not the current Republic, but the ideal Ireland that the men d

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Because she wanted to see the task manager.

Nothing, he was gladiator.

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

I won't be doing that today!

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Where ever you left it 🤷‍♀️🤭

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

There hasn't been a post all year!

You take away their little brooms

Bills scheduled for discussion in Seanad Éireann and Dáil Éireann from the 21st of January 2019 till the 27th of January 2019. This information was found on oireachtas.ie the official government website for the Government. oireachtas.ie does say that the schedule is subject to change at short notice.

A lot of the descriptions are in legalese and they reference legal statutes and other laws ,but these descriptions are from oireachtas.ie. and I'm not sure how to best break some of them down, but you can get the jist of them from the title and the description. Also if you follow the link you can also find a link to the bills in question themselves.

Let me know if you think this could be done better. I've wanted to do this for sometime as I think r/UKpolitics does this well. I will attempt to explain the bills in plain English in future if I can. Although this week I just wanted to get something up before Tuesday,aka when the votes are scheduled to begin.

Also sorry for the wall of text.

Also also , I may cut out the bills before the Seanad to streamline the post

Tue, 22 Jan 2019

Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017 in Seanad Éireann

Description Bill entitled an Act to establish a body to be known as an Coimisiún um Cheapacháin Bhreithiúnacha or, in the English language, the Judicial Appointments Commission; to provide for the making, through committees of that body, of recommendations in respect of appointments to certain judicial offices; to make provision for persons of a lay character, as well as judges and legal practitioners, to be members of that body and of those committees and to provide, in the case of any such committee, that the particular judges to be members of it shall include a judge serving at the level of the courts system to which the committee's business relates; to amend the qualification requirements for appointment to judicial office; to enable, through other procedures, the making of recommendations in respect of appointments to senior judicial offices that do not fall within the remit of the foregoing body; to establish a Judicial Appointments Commission Office; to dissolve the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board; for those and other purposes to amend or repeal certain provisions of the Courts and Court Officers Act 1995 and the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Act 1961 and to provide for the consequential amendment of certain other enactments; and to provide for related

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to put it lightly, things are fucked in Ireland. economic recession, harsh diplomacy, the works. But, elections are coming up, so below you'll find a handy-dandy chart that'll show you how all the parties are doing, candidates, y'know the drill.