Dail Reform

Talking about Dail reform without reducing the number of TDs by about 100 is just so much waffle. A Dail of about 40 TDs (one per county, four or five for the city of Dublin, two or three for Cork city, etc.) would be more than adequate. A Dail of about 40-50 TDs (and, essentially, one per constituency) would still ensure that TDs were answerable to the electorate but each seat would not be, as most are today, a marginal. TDs would have sufficient space in which to get the balance right between leading and listening. TDs are unable to get the balance right at the moment because there is not sufficient distance between them and their constituents, a fatal flaw that leads to disasters like the boom. Hopefully also, we will get rid of the Senate (like virtually all other similar-sized developed democracies) at the next time of asking. We don't need it. It's as simple as that.