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Denmark, Sweden and New Zealand all did it. Today, Ireland decides whether to abolish the Irish upper chamber, known as the Seanad.
The Irish national parliament, known as the Oireachtas, consists of the President and two Houses: the lower Dáil and the upper Seanad.
Most major Irish political parties favour abolishing the Seanad. Opposition party Fianna Fáil does not. It argues that the government of Taoiseach Enda Kenny wants to centralise its power.
Kenny's government says that eliminating the Seanad would save 20 million euros a year, which, in this time of crisis, is a necessity.
Recent opinion polls suggest over 60 percent of Irish people support scrapping the Seanad.
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