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The Oireachtas (/ ˈ ɛr ə k t ə s / EH-rək-təs, [1] Irish: [ˈɛɾʲaxt̪ˠəsˠ]), sometimes referred to as Oireachtas Éireann, is the bicameral parliament of Ireland. [2] The Oireachtas consists of the president of Ireland and the two houses of the Oireachtas (Irish: Tithe an Oireachtais): [3] a house of representatives called Dáil Éireann and a senate called Seanad Éireann.
"Pre-Union Irish Statutes". Irish Statute Book. Attorney General of Ireland (Index includes medieval "royal ordinances and similar documents that are recognised as having the force and effect of an Act of Parliament". [4]) "Statutes which have already been repealed (i.e. prior to the Statute Law Revision Act 2007)" (PDF).
This is a list of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, which was in existence from the 13th century until 1800. List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1169–1192 List of acts of the Parliament of Ireland, 1200–1299
Ireland is a parliamentary, representative democratic republic and a member state of the European Union.While the head of state is the popularly elected President of Ireland, it is a largely ceremonial position, with real political power being vested in the Taoiseach, who is nominated by the Dáil and is the head of the government.
The British–Irish Parliamentary Assembly (BIPA, Irish: Tionól Pharlaiminteach na Breataine agus na hÉireann) is a deliberative body consisting of members elected to those national legislative bodies found within Ireland and the United Kingdom, namely the parliaments of the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the British crown dependencies. [1]
The role of the Parliament changed after 1541, when Henry VIII declared the Kingdom of Ireland and embarked on the Tudor conquest of Ireland.Despite an era which featured royal concentration of power and decreasing feudal power throughout the rest of Europe, King Henry VIII over-ruled earlier court rulings putting families and lands under attainder and recognised the privileges of the Gaelic ...
Union with England Act and Union with Scotland Act – Full original text; Treaty of Union and the Darien Experiment, University of Guelph, McLaughlin Library, Library and Archives Canada; Text of the Union with Scotland Act 1706 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
As happened in America, in Ireland the king no longer had a legal monopoly of violence. [11] The result was a series of new laws that made the Irish Parliament a powerful institution that was independent of the British Parliament, although still under the supervision of the King and his Privy Council. [12]