Should we limit the number of TDs to 160

You do realise that if TDs are sufficiently upset over something that they can change party policy and/or the party leader?

Local authorities such as town councils being abolished, and county councils having their powers reduced was nothing to do with corruption and everything to do with budget cuts.

The idea that corruption in LA means we should just forego local democracy altogether and deal with everything at the national level is absurd. Throwing the baby out with the bathwater. Corruption necessitates anti-corruption measures, not the abolishment of an entire democratic function.

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Dáil Eireann as it stands get very little done, with even more TDs they will get even less done. Adding more TDs also doesnt add any more representation, its just window dressing.

If the EU parliament announced they were doubling the number of MEPs tomorrow, would that mean better representation for Ireland, having 2x the MEPs? No. Because every other nation gets 2x MEPs aswell, the numbers required for majority decisions has just increased 2x, so any increase in MEPs has been cancelled out. The exact same thing applies to more TDs in the national level here in Ireland. More TDs per person changes almost nothing, because the increase in number of TDs means each TDs Dail vote is worth less.

Regional democracy/local authorities is the only way to improve representation as it restricts the local issues to the local population, meaning your vote is worth more as its only you and others in your locality who have a say. We need to get local issues out of the national parliament entirely, and TDs can be fixed at whatever number is cost effective.

Number of TDs should be 100.