LISTENING to some politicians, you might think that the crisis in health and housing were somehow the fault of immigrants or the Irish children of non-national parentage.

AT the moment an Oireachtas sub-committee is discussing the issue of Seanad reform. However, this process will be meaningless if the outcome, which will ultimately be decided upon by the main parties, is to continue to deny the majority of Irish citizens the right to decide who is elected to sit in this chamber.