Political reform—changing the voting system?
Have your say!
Hosted by
TCD JS Irish Politics class & TCD Department of Political Science
with
The Joint Committee on the Constitution of the Houses of the
Oireachtas
Public consultation @ the Public Theatre (Exam Hall) Trinity
College Dublin Tuesday, February 2nd@ 7pm.
Ticket only event, places limited, free tickets available at
tcdirishpols@gmail.com
This is the first time in Trinity’s history that a fully constituted Oireachtas Committee will
have sat in Trinity. The formal session of this meeting will be on the Dáil record.
The Department of Political Science will co-host a public consultation on electoral reform
with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution.
The first part of the evening will consist of the submissions, presentations and interaction
with the twelve cross-party members of the Oireachtas Committee by the students.
The second part of the evening will be a panel discussion on electoral reform chaired by
honorary Trinity fellow Dr. John Bowman, with invited guests including Noel Dempsey,
Minister for Transport, Professor Ken Benoit, head of the Department of Political Science,
Senator Ivana Bacik, Seán Ardagh, Chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee, Jim O’Keeffe,
Vice Chair of the Joint Oireachtas Committee and contributions from the audience.