Speaker of the year was the main business for last week’s meeting. Jackie was in the chair and she opened the floor up for Private members Time motions

Heber Rowan (Arts) proposed TTHW remove 1 and 2 cent coins from usage

They’re irrelevant in both cost and usage these days. You wouldn’t even throw them to buskers and they cost a lot of time in shops counting them out

Beartla De Burca (Graduate) opposed

While they may be useless, society is full of useless stuff and we’re all the better for it. Don’t make functionality the basis for things being allowed to exist.

Eoin Casey (Kings Inns)

Use sweets instead, also good to throw at people and people would have a steady supply of tasty stuff in their pockets.

Niamh McNally (Arts)

Sweden has a very direct pricing scheme, encourage that. With Currency fluctuations we need them to allow for change

Ronan Fitzpatrick (Science)

Society doesn’t like Cavan people and thrifty people, so do what democracy wants. Cash creates inefficiencies and we’re better off with electronic transactions. This is a step in the right direction.

Cornellia Carey (Medicine)

People sign up to working with these when they work in shops, deal with it. They’re a necessary evil.

Oisin Collins (Graduate)

Why not use jam instead; it’s the best call...

Dave Finn (HLM)

This stuff doesn’t sort anything; Jams and sweets are stupid ideas and keep the coins!

Summated and Defeated

Then it came time for main business,

At this point Jackie passed the chair over to Ms. Aisling O’Connell, the vice auditor, as she was competing in main business.

Motion before the house was TTH Believes Only the Wicked Need Privacy

Ronan Fitzpatrick (Science)

We should not be slaves to society, the need for secrecy is based on fear and we need to break that

Sean Butler (Arts)

We can trust the state, morality is subjective and personal info is personal for a reason. Allow people to choose what’s in their own interest

Jackie Driscoll (Medicine)

Privacy makes people feel this info has to be hidden, forces it to be an issue in society.

Conor Kelly (Arts)

These problems such as biases and discrimination do exist. We make it as safe as possible for people to live however they want, but its ultimately their choice...

Nuala Kane (Medicine)

Transparency is a high ideal to hold. Upkeep the standards in society and it spills over to the government

Emily Ravenscroft (Arts)

Branding of individuals through their actions, harms the legitimacy of that action within society

Evelynn Whymms (Arts)

Times have changed, society is different now and we need to break the silences that keep us tied to a discriminate past.

Niamh McNally (Arts)

People act differently when they’re being watched to how they do when they aren’t. Need to assess our approach to society

The motion was then opened to the floor

Beartla de Burca (Graduate)

Knowing everything makes it boring and mundane. We only need to know the really important stuff to stop the destabilisation of society. Limitation is key...

Emily Ravenscroft (Arts)

Responded and told Beartla that he was misguided to believe society would be happy to function under that level of scrutiny.

A brief recess was called as we waited for the result of the night,

In the end up it was

Jackie Driscoll in 3^rd,

Nuala Kane in 2^nd,

And for the second time in his long history, Sean Butler took the title of Speaker of the year.

All that was left to do was to thank everyone for their contributions and invite everyone back to the dail for a well deserved drink

These are the minutes

Conor Kelly

Recording Secretary 163^rd session