Irish Election Literature

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PD ‘bill to end TDs pensions’, Abolish Seanad etc October 2, 2009


This is the front page of a PD paper type manifesto from 1987.(Apologies for the scan but its two scans put together like a jigsaw, so I’ll do the rest of the pages at a later date).You may need to click on the image to see the full details
Whats brilliant is the following bill put forward in 1986 which included the following….
-Ending pensions to sitting TDs
-Terminating the Senate
-Reducing the number of TDs from 166 to 120
-Reducing the number of junior ministers from 15 to 7 …etc
Does that ring a bell anyone?
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4 Responses to “PD ‘bill to end TDs pensions’, Abolish Seanad etc”

  1. […] to 120 -Reducing the number of junior ministers from 15 to 7 …. Not much of that happened did it? PD ‘bill to end TDs pensions’, Abolish Seanad It reminds me of what they intended to be __________________ . The Irish Election Literature […]

  2. […] go further than abolishing the Seanad, they wanted to 'Terminate' it ! as well as other reforms… PD ‘bill to end TDs pensions’, Abolish Seanad etc The Irish Election Literature Blog &#8… In the present climate I would agree with all the Oireachtas reform proposals listed above. The […]

  3. […] its 23 years ago but heres Some of McDowells Election material from 1987 where the policies include 'Terminating the Senate' Not just abolishing it, terminating it! I doubt the Senate has become any more relevant in the […]

  4. Don Says:

    I liked the PDs in theory but not in practice.


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