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“Yet what is being proposed by this government is lessening the power of the Oireachtas by abolishing one of its houses, making Ireland one of the few unicameral parliaments in the world. “New Zealand, which abolished its second chamber in 1951, is now considering how to reinstate it.”
These statements leave something to be desired, on two grounds
1) the power of the Oireachtas;
2) the international comparison of parliamentary houses.
1) the power of the Oireachtas
Article 23 of our Constitution explicitly empowers the Dáil to override the Senate.
Within the 27 members of the EU, the situation is more evenly balanced, as follows
Bicameral 13 48.15%
Unicameral 14 51.85%
For the record, EU Member states are as follows
Bicameral: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Nederlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, UK
Apologies for omission in my posting above.
Denmark was omitted from those EU Member states which have unicameral parliaments.
The list should now read
Unicameral: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden.
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“Yet what is being proposed by this government is lessening the power of the Oireachtas by abolishing one of its houses, making Ireland one of the few unicameral parliaments in the world. “New Zealand, which abolished its second chamber in 1951, is now considering how to reinstate it.”
These statements leave something to be desired, on two grounds
1) the power of the Oireachtas;
2) the international comparison of parliamentary houses.
1) the power of the Oireachtas
Article 23 of our Constitution explicitly empowers the Dáil to override the Senate.
2)International Comparison
According to the website of the Interparliamentary Union, about 60 percent of the worlds parliaments are unicameral
Bicameral 78 ( 40.41 %)
Unicameral 115 ( 59.59 %)
http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/ParliamentsStructure.asp?REGION=All&LANG=ENG
In Europe (48 countries from the Atlantic to the Urals), nearly two thirds of the parliaments are unicameral
Bicameral 17 ( 35.42 %)
Unicameral 31 ( 64.58 %)
http://www.ipu.org/parline-e/ParliamentsStructure.asp?LANG=ENG®ION_SUB_REGION=R7&Submit1=Launch+query
Within the 27 members of the EU, the situation is more evenly balanced, as follows
Bicameral 13 48.15%
Unicameral 14 51.85%
For the record, EU Member states are as follows
Bicameral: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Nederlands, Poland, Romania, Slovenia, Spain, UK
Unicameral: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden.
Croatia, which will join the EU in 2013, has a unicameral parliament.
In addition to New Zealand, Israel and Norway have unicameral parliaments.
Apologies for omission in my posting above.
Denmark was omitted from those EU Member states which have unicameral parliaments.
The list should now read
Unicameral: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden.
I’m not sure exactly why but this website is loading very slow for me. Is anyone else having this problem or is it a problem on my end? I’ll сheсk back later and ѕee іf thе prоblem still
еxists.
I keep listening to the news bulletin lecture about receiving boundless online grant applications so I have been looking around for the best
site to get one. Could you tell me please, where could i find some?