A chara, – Donal Ó Brolcáin’s assertion (December 10th) that the Seanad cannot provide any safeguard against a majority in the Dáil fails to see the wood for the trees. The ability of the Seanad to obstruct legislation which is rushed through the Dáil, and so allow it to be tested against public opinion, is an important bulwark of democracy.
With this in mind, due consideration and “joined-up thinking” should be exercised in relation to Seanad abolition alongside comprehensive reform of the institutions of our democracy. – Is mise,
JOHN SUGRUE,
Glenbeigh,
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Co Kerry.