And let's face it, the Seanad needs someone to brighten up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Who's in the house? Harris in the house.] Reference

Legislative branch: bicameral Parliament or Oireachtas consists of the Senate or Seanad.    From Wordnik.com.  [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference

If you want to look at a model for an upper house based on “balanced interests”, try the Seanad Éireann.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Senate “What Ifs”] Reference

This statement appearing in the Seanad Report in the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Blogs] Reference

Take Enda Kenny's latest intervention on the Seanad.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cedar Lounge Revolution] Reference

That could be one of the great functions of the Seanad.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cedar Lounge Revolution] Reference

Every graduate should be entitled to vote for the Seanad.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cedar Lounge Revolution] Reference

One thing the Seanad does very well is look after minorities.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cedar Lounge Revolution] Reference

He says he has tried to justify the Seanad but can no longer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cedar Lounge Revolution] Reference

When he didn't appear in the Seanad yesterday I knew something was up.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slugger O'Toole] Reference

This is his second personalised letter since I was appointed to the Seanad.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cedar Lounge Revolution] Reference

Reform of the Seanad has not succeeded, simply because it never has been tried.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cedar Lounge Revolution] Reference

Countless reports have been produced on Seanad reform, but nothing has happened.    From Wordnik.com.  [Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

Labour led the charge to the bottom by doing deals with Sinn Fein for the Seanad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

He didn't talk about how the Seanad has genuinely changed over the last ten years.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cedar Lounge Revolution] Reference

He is a regular contributor to the Seanad and is also a good user of social media.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slugger O'Toole] Reference

The general quality of the debate in the Seanad tends to rise above that of the Dail.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slugger O'Toole] Reference

Enda Kenny's suggestion that the Seanad should be abolished, then he's on to a winner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Blogs] Reference

None of this happens and she resigns from the Seanad. just heard new D deBurca statement.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Blogs] Reference

People in the Seanad have different views on how we should address those pressing issues.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Blogs] Reference

Reform leading to the Seanad fulfilling the role it should have is the last thing they want.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Blogs] Reference

Nor does shutting up shop down the Seanad necessarily provide proof that sacrifice is being made.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cedar Lounge Revolution] Reference

Part of the analysis is similar to Fine Gael's of the Seanad - the need to strengthen Parliament.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slugger O'Toole] Reference

He didn't nail any convincing reasons as to why the Seanad cannot be made to function effectively.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cedar Lounge Revolution] Reference

And then a further question after that based on some form of Seanad reform that might be proposed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cedar Lounge Revolution] Reference

The best case for abolishing the Seanad is where reform - having been tried - is seen to have failed.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cedar Lounge Revolution] Reference

It was of course FF who abolished the Seanad in 1936, before resurrecting it in its corporatist form.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cedar Lounge Revolution] Reference

Take the first question of whether the Seanad should be abolished - a simple yes or no answer on that.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cedar Lounge Revolution] Reference

So even adding in the Taoiseach's nominees of 11 they would have a minority in the Seanad come what may.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slugger O'Toole] Reference

And, I have to be honest, I sort of like the individuality that is thrown up by some areas of the Seanad.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cedar Lounge Revolution] Reference

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has committed his party to abolishing Seanad �ireann if he becomes Taoiseach.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Don't make a tough time worse, say tourism firms] Reference

FINE GAEL senators have given a mixed response to party leader Enda Kenny's dramatic plans to abolish the Seanad.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Don't make a tough time worse, say tourism firms] Reference

Seanad reform proposed by FF backbencherFF Backbencher Acute Hoor has put forward his proposals for Seanad Reform.    From Wordnik.com.  [Politics.ie] Reference

Moreover, and if this sounds like GP special pleading it's not meant to be, she was an unelected nominee to the Seanad.    From Wordnik.com.  [Irish Blogs] Reference

Senator Eoghan Harris: I could not take the gruelling nature of a Dáil election nor far more seriously a Seanad election.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cedar Lounge Revolution] Reference

Mr Kenny will need to demonstrate that his commitment to abolish the Seanad and go for significant reform of the Dáil is genuine.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cedar Lounge Revolution] Reference