Patrick Bonner, Vice President and Welfare Officer at GMIT Students’ Union, told the Galway Independent this week that “the move is very welcome. It’s about time that Institute of Technology (IT) graduates get recognition to vote like university students do in Seanad elections. All ITs around the country welcome the move.”

Senator Mullen expressed his doubt that the reform would really happen, saying: “There have been so many different reports recommending this at different times. It shouldn’t stop there – we need to ask whether the other Senators are elected by the best possible means, as they are elected by an even more elite electoral college.”

Senator Healy-Eames shared Senator Mullen’s concerns regarding wider Seanad reform, saying: “I think the whole system of electing people to the Seanad needs to be looked at. The public should feel that the Seanad is relevant to them. I’m not interested in elitism.”

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