Oireachtas

Irish parliament

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administration of Ireland

  • Map showing the republic of Ireland, its counties, and its major cities.
    In Ireland: Constitutional framework

    …promulgates bills passed by the Oireachtas (Parliament) and, when so advised by the prime minister (taoiseach), summons and dissolves the Oireachtas. The president may, however, refuse to dissolve the Oireachtas on the advice of a prime minister who has ceased to command a majority in the Dáil Éireann (House of…

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