Ireland: The Paradox of a Weak Legislature in a Candidate-centered System

Alexander Herzog; Slava Jankin Mikhaylov; Liam Weeks

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Ireland: The Paradox of a Weak Legislature in a Candidate-centered System

Alexander Herzog, Slava Jankin Mikhaylov, Liam Weeks

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Abstract

The Irish parliament is considered one of the weaker international chambers. The government dominates the legislative process, and parliament is little more than an arena for its members to air constituency grievances. That this happens with the operation of the single transferable vote electoral system, which incentivizes personal behavior by deputies, is a conundrum. We seek to explain legislative activity in the DÃ¡il by focusing on the background of its members from 1989 to 2011. We find that gender and seniority have little effect, and that party hierarchy is important. Generally speaking, those higher up in a party are more active in parliament.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Politics of Legislative Debates
Editors	Hanna Back, Marc Debus, Jorge M. Fernandes
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Chapter	23
Pages	463-483
Number of pages	21
ISBN (Electronic)	9780191883330
ISBN (Print)	9780198849063
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198849063.003.0023
Publication status	Published - 8 Oct 2021

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Name	The Oxford Politics of Institutions
Publisher	Oxford University Press

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Keywords

Ireland
PR-STV
personalism
parliament
legislative debates

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General Social Sciences

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