Six senators to be elected in future by all graduates of higher education institutions - but not until 2030
is likely to be approved by the Cabinet on Tuesday, with legislation due to be tabled in the Dáil in the coming weeks.
It will mean the end of the three Trinity and three NUI senators and their replacement by a six-person panel elected by all graduates of Irish higher education institutions. If approved by Ministers on Tuesday as expected, the Government will bring forward the Bill to end the present system in October.
However, the changes will not come into effect for the next general election – meaning that the next Seanad will be the last to have the Trinity and NUI panels. The changes, extending the franchise to several hundreds of thousands of graduates of other institutions, will not be applied until the following Seanad election – which may not be until 2030.
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