I mB\u00e9al an Phobail<\/p>
Peadar Bair\u00e9ad<\/p>
B\u00edodh go bhfuil m\u00e9 ag scr\u00edobh don chol\u00fan seo anois le tarraingt ar thriocha bliain, n\u00ed d\u00f3igh liom, gur dh\u00edrigh m\u00e9 mo chleite riamh cheana ar an Seanad s\u2019againne, agus \u00f3 tharla gur mar sin at\u00e1, nach bhfuil s\u00e9 thar am agam mo dheis a thap\u00fa anois, agus p\u00edosa beag a chur ar ph\u00e1r faoin Seanad c\u00e9anna sin.<\/p>
N\u00ed g\u00e1 a r\u00e1, go mba chuid d\u00edlis d\u00e1r mBunreacht \u00ed an institi\u00faid sin \u00f3 th\u00fas, s\u00e9 sin, \u00f3n l\u00e1 a d\u2019achtaigh an pobal \u00c9ireannach a mBunreacht, ar an gC\u00e9ad L\u00e1 d\u2019I\u00fail, 1937, ach go h\u00e1irithe, \u00f3 th\u00e1inig an Bunreacht sin i ngn\u00edomh, ar an 29\u00fa Nollaig, 1937, agus ba \u00e9 a tuigeadh ag an am, n\u00f3 go raibh g\u00e1 leis an Dara Teach, le s\u00fail a choinne\u00e1il ar an nD\u00e1il, ar eagla go raghadh siad thar f\u00f3ir, agus go mbeadh ar a gcumas dul le deacht\u00f3ireacht, n\u00f3 a leith\u00e9id, agus iad beag beann ar leas an phobail \u00c9ireannaigh, mura mbeadh sr<\/span>ian eic\u00ednt ag an bpobal orthu, len iad a choinne\u00e1il ar bh\u00f3thar caol anacair \u00e1r leasa. Caithfear smaoineamh freisin, ar pholait\u00edocht na gCumhachta\u00ed M\u00f3ra, ag an am, agus ar an treo a roghnaigh cuid acu d\u00e1 bpobail. F\u00e9ach mar a chuirear \u00e9 in Airteagal 15, Alt a D\u00f3 d\u00e1r mBunreachtna<\/span><\/p> \u201cAn tUachtar\u00e1n agus dh\u00e1 Thigh at\u00e1 insan Oireachtas: Tigh Ionad\u00f3ir\u00ed ar a dtugtar D\u00e1il \u00c9ireann, agus Seanad ar a dtugtar Seanad \u00c9ireann.\u201d<\/p> Chuile sheans go raibh tionchar eic\u00ednt ag imlitir an Ph\u00e1pa \u00fad, a mhol go mbeadh tionchar ag eagra\u00edochta gairmi\u00fala i ndr\u00e9achtadh, agsu i bhfeidhmi\u00fa, dlithe an St\u00e1it. N\u00edl dabht ach gurbh \u00e9 a bh\u00ed i gceist ag an bP\u00e1pa n\u00f3 go mbeadh an Dara Teach seo saor ar fad \u00f3 thionchar na bP\u00e1irtithe Polait\u00edochta, agus gurbh iad na hEagra\u00edochta, agus na Cumainn Ghairmi\u00fala, a thoghfadh, n\u00f3 a roghn\u00f3dh baill an tSeanaid. Bh\u00ed sin go maith, ach c\u00e9ard a tharl\u00f3dh, d\u00e1 raghadh an Teach sin glan in aghaidh na D\u00e1la? agus \u00ed ag iarraidh <\/span>dl\u00ed riachtanach a acht\u00fa, ar mhaithe le leas an phobail? Is d\u00f3cha gurbh \u00e9 a bh\u00ed i gceist sa ch\u00e1s sin, n\u00f3 go gcuirfeadh di\u00falt\u00fa an Dara Th\u00ed sin moill ar theacht i bhfeidhm an dl\u00ed \u00e1irithe sin. Bheadh s\u00e9 deacair glacadh le leagan amach d\u00e1 leith\u00e9id, n\u00f3 n\u00e1r toghadh na Teachta\u00ed D\u00e1la le leas an phobail a dh\u00e9anamh, ach d\u00e1 mbeadh an chumhacht di\u00faltaithe sin ag an Seanad, bhuel, ansin, n\u00ed bheadh cead ag an D\u00e1il a dualgas a dh\u00e9anamh. Seasamh nach mbeadh inghlactha, olc, maith, n\u00f3 dona. N\u00ed raibh ach bealach soil\u00e9ir amh\u00e1i<\/span>n as an bhfadhb sin, agus b\u2019in cumhacht an tSeanaid a laghd\u00fa, sa chaoi go mbeadh ar chumas an Rialtais dlithe a acht\u00fa, beag beann ar V\u00f3t\u00f3ir\u00ed an tSeanaid. <\/span><\/p> Chuige sin, is d\u00f3cha gur socra\u00edodh go mbeadh ar chumas Thaoiseach an lae, aon Seanad\u00f3ir d\u00e9ag a roghn\u00fa, ar a chonl\u00e1n fh\u00e9in. N\u00e1r mh\u00f3r an chabhair a leith\u00e9id, le m\u00f3ramh a chur in \u00e1irithe don Rialtas, tr\u00e1th ar bith a ghlaofa\u00ed v\u00f3ta sa Teach sin. Bheadh sin uilig go maith, d\u00e1 gclo\u00edf\u00ed le rialacha \u00e1irithe roghnaithe, agus nach <\/span>roghn\u00f3dh an Taoiseach ach daoine a raibh cleachtadh leathan faighte acu, taobh amuigh ar fad de dhomhan na polait\u00edochta. Ach, n\u00ed mar sin a tharla\u00edonn, go minic, n\u00ed hea, mh\u2019anam, n\u00f3, anois is ar\u00eds, nach iad na seanchairde ar di\u00falta\u00edodh d\u00f3ibh sa Toghch\u00e1n, a dtugtar su\u00edoch\u00e1n d\u00f3ibh ar Phain\u00e9al \u00fad an Taoisigh. Anois, n\u00edlim ag tagairt in aon chor do Thaoiseach ar bith faoi leith, ach deirim gur mar sin a tharla\u00edonn, go r\u00f3-mhinic. Agus nach \u00e9 an sc\u00e9al c\u00e9anna \u00e9 i gc\u00e1s na bPain\u00e9al eile a thoghann baill an tSeanaid? <\/span>Go r\u00f3-mhinic, roghna\u00edtear na hiomaitheoir\u00ed, toisc go bhfuil baint thar bhlianta fada acu le P\u00e1irt\u00ed \u00e1irithe Polait\u00edochta. Sa tsl\u00ed sin, faigheann muid, i ndeireadh na d\u00e1la, faigheann muid Seanad, ar \u00edomh\u00e1 \u00e9, ar bhealach, den D\u00e1il fh\u00e9in, agus n\u00e1rbh \u00e9 sin an chr\u00edoch n\u00e1r theastaigh uainn, chor ar bith! <\/span><\/p> M\u00e1<\/span>s mar sin at\u00e1, agus im thuairimse, sin mar at\u00e1, nach bhfuil s\u00e9 in am againn, breathn\u00fa ar\u00eds ar an Dara Teach, f\u00e9achaint an bhfuil baint n\u00f3 p\u00e1irt aige le prionsabail an Daonlathais? Agus n\u00ed haon mhaith \u00e9 bu\u00edon polaiteoir\u00ed a chur i mbun na hoibre sin, n\u00f3 nach ar mhaithe leis fh\u00e9in a dh\u00e9anann an cat cr\u00f3n\u00e1n? agus nach n-oireann an leagan amach at\u00e1 againn faoi l\u00e1thair go h\u00e1lainn, le polaiteoir\u00ed, n\u00f3 nach bhfuil an Seanad ansin i gc\u00f3na\u00ed, le seal a chaitheamh ann, d\u00e1 dtarl\u00f3dh go ndi\u00falt\u00f3dh an pobal d\u00f3ibh? <\/span><\/p> C\u00e9ard a ch<\/span>eapann t\u00fa fh\u00e9in?<\/span><\/p> .<\/span><\/span><\/p> <\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I mB\u00e9al an Phobail Peadar Bair\u00e9ad Our Senate B\u00edodh go bhfuil m\u00e9 ag scr\u00edobh don chol\u00fan seo anois le tarraingt ar thriocha bliain, n\u00ed d\u00f3igh liom, gur dh\u00edrigh m\u00e9 mo chleite riamh cheana ar an Seanad s\u2019againne, agus \u00f3 tharla gur mar sin at\u00e1, nach bhfuil s\u00e9 thar am agam mo dheis a thap\u00fa anois, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gan-chatagoir"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12638,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12637\/revisions\/12638"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mickgb.com\/ga\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}A Papal Encyclical <\/h1>
Wings Clipped<\/h1>
Time to think again<\/h1>