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Oireachtas

Oireachtas

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The Republic of Ireland's national parliament that includes the President and two houses, Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann
  • noun
  • /ˈɪrɪktəs/
  • Irish
: Oireachtas
  • In the Oireachtas, members discuss and vote on important laws for the Republic of Ireland.

Examples

  • Survivors yesterday spoke at the Oireachtas Justice Committee about what they had been through.

    Blog text (3)
  • The outcome of negotiations was a coalition agreement that made committee reform in the Oireachtas a priority.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Other than for the PAC, the Oireachtas could be described as a legislative assembly where all parliamentary business was conducted on the floor of the plenary: committees simply did not feature as part of the parliament's architecture or work.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Robinson, Mary. "Cherishing the Irish Diaspora: Address by President of Ireland Mary Robinson to Joint Sitting of the Houses of the Oireachtas." 2 Feb. 1995. Wikisource. 16 Mar. 2014. Web. 14 July 2018.

    Academic text (2018)
  • This brief tracing of committee reform in the Oireachtas highlights that the role of committees in monitoring coalition agreements is more than a simple association between the propensity toward coalition government and the presence of relatively strong committees in the legislature.

    Academic text (2016)
  • Yesterday, survivors spoke at the Oireachtas Justice Committee about their experiences.

  • The coalition agreement prioritized committee reform in the Oireachtas for better governance.

Surface Forms

Oireachtas singular
Oireachtas' singular

Etymology

Oireachtas comes from the Irish word oireacht, which means 'assembly' or 'gathering'. That's why the Oireachtas is the name for Ireland's national parliament, where people meet to make laws.