Partners bill shows democracy is all but dead

DEMOCRACY is all but dead. The decision by members of the Dáil not to vote on the Civil Partnership Bill, but rather to follow the strategy and established EU principle of consensus politics is another step in removing the democratic right of citizens to be democratically represented.

How can elected representatives in the Dáil ask the electorate to vote on vitalissues when they don’t vote themselves?

It is both undemocratic and astonishing that the bill passed all stages in the Dáil without the need for a vote.