Seanad debate was a real eye-opener

WATCHING the debate in the Seanad on the Civil Partnership Bill was a real eye-opener for me (and for many others, I believe) and I now understand why there is such a drive to abolish that institution.

It is little more than an expensive, time-consuming talk-shop where senators can sound off about their pet schemes.

Minds are well and truly made up long before an issue comes to the debating table – or at least that was clearly the case in the partners bill debate.