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The Legislative Process in the Oireachtas

Introduction

The legislative process is one process that many people often find quite difficult to understand due to its complexity . Grasping the process however needs one to take interest in the working of the government and the contents of the constitution . Understanding the functioning of the legislature which is one arm of the tripartite government system of Ireland is most vital in particular . A tripartite

system is used to represent the separation of powers in the government As a result , the government has three arms namely the executive , the judiciary and the legislature . In Ireland , the constitution vests the law making power in the parliament , better known as the Oireachtas . The president , the Senate (Seanad Eireann ) and the House of Representatives (Dail Eireann ) make up the Oireachtas . The duty of law making being given to the Parliament can be traced back in History even before the modern separation of powers by the government in the 19th century . When the Dublin Parliament was disbanded in the year 1800 , the Westminster Parliament gained the authority to make laws until the Irish Free State was established in 1922 . This role has been there only that it is better defined in the modern times . This will describe the legislative process and how the Oireachtas operates . All the while , the process will be discussed according to the Irish Constitution

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