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Seanad Bill 2016
- Sponsor
- Alice-Mary Higgins · Independent
- Introduced
- 15 Jun 2016
- Last updated
- 20 Apr 2020
What this bill doesAI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Expands Seanad voting to include Irish passport holders abroad, Northern Ireland residents, and graduates; creates five vocational constituencies plus one higher education constituency.
- Establishes a statutory Seanad Electoral Commission to organise elections and manage voter registers; replaces university-specific voting with broader higher education graduate voting.
- Replaces by-election system with substitute candidate lists; introduces electronic ballot printing and QR codes; comes into effect after election of 25th Seanad (around 2020).
Stage timelineWhat do these stages mean?
- First Stage25th Seanad15 Jun 2016
- Second Stage25th Seanad15 Jun 2016
Debates
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