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# Political Reform

All time
We're being short-changed by the 'other referendum'
Column: So, you've made it into government? Here's how to avoid a democratic revolution
Opinion: The Government's pretence about reform fell away at the first genuine challenge
Fine Gael TD: Why I got really pissed off at the government
There will be no change to the 'ludicrous situation' where absent TDs means unanswered questions
The Green Party are meeting today and they're going big on political reform
Fine Gael chair: This government needs to implement dynamic political reform
Dáil over: TDs finish early for the week after ‘opposition fail to show’
Sinn Féin wants seven-seat Dáil constituencies and use of PPS numbers for electoral register
Column: Irish Water set-up is repeating the mistakes of the HSE
TDs will be allowed to register their abstention on Dáil votes
'The elephant in the room': Government's Dáil reforms do little to appease opposition
Committee chairs have 'serious concerns' over workload and say they need more staff
Political standards watchdog cannot fulfill duties because of appointments delay
Absent TDs and unanswered questions leave Micheál Martin criticising Dáil reforms
Leo Varadkar: The government has too much control over the Dáil
TDs will sit earlier and for longer from this week
Enda Kenny tells the Seanad: ‘I come in peace, not in war’
TDs and Senators who lose their seats could face court action over unspent allowances
New law will abolish ministerial severance payments and cut politicians’ allowances
From overhanging trees to pensions: Why the Oireachtas petitions committee is important
"One cannot have instability": Taoiseach rules out loosening the party whip
Reform Alliance seeks debate and wants directly elected Seanad
Here's how the Dáil will pass legislation if the Seanad is abolished
'Bogus' and 'populist': The opposition's take on Dáil reform plan
Government pledges that TDs will sit earlier and for longer
Government chief whip will look at allowing free votes after next election
Government rules out Fine Gael rebels’ bid to form second Dáil technical group
Fine Gael: There’s no ‘secret report’ which convinced Taoiseach to abolish Seanad
Fianna Fáil proposes referendum to reduce government control of Dáil agenda
Martin: Taoiseach's political reform claims are 'transparently ridiculous'
Video: Shane Ross says the Seanad should be 'burned at the stake'
Hogan appoints five-member panel to oversee Seanad referendum
Explainer: What else will change if we scrap the Seanad?
McDowell: There are no muppets in the Seanad, but there are clowns in the Dáil
Minister: 'We are not abolishing the Seanad'
Government announces Dáil reform plans if Seanad is scrapped
The system for electing TDs could be about to face a massive overhaul
Free vote for TDs among radical proposals for Dáil reform
Micheál Martin: I still keep in touch with Brian Cowen