Dail
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- noun
- /deɪl/
- The bill was received well even among members of the opposition parties, so that it got an easy passage through Dail Eireann (the Irish parliament) in January 1988.
- Dail, Ireland's parliament
- Irish Dail
Examples
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Under the process, USAID was supposed to select and approve the districts for the program; IRD, along with the Afghan Directorate of Agriculture, Irrigation, and Livestock (DAIL), would then select the recipient of the respective equipment and supplies within the approved district.
Academic text (2017) -
The members of the Dail voted on important legislation that affects all citizens of Ireland.
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Those "not horrible" people in the Dail have refused to legislate for X for 20 years, something that could have saved her life.
Blog text (19) -
By Irish standards, yes, there are quite a few nuts (or, at least, horrible people) in the Dail.
Blog text (19) -
Dail Leggett.
Fiction book (2000) -
In 1982, there was a hung Dail (parliament split exactly such that nobody had a majority) in which the then-President had to choose between calling another election or saying, "Look, form a government anyway," a situation very similar to the current one in Canada.
Blog text (31) -
Because he opposed partition, Childers was derided as an "Englishman" by Arthur Griffith, future president of the Irish Dail.
Academic text (1995) -
Realizing the potential dangers for the situation in Northern Ireland, the Dail rejected a motion against partition on 25 February; and on 13 March, then Irish Prime Minister William Cosgrave gave further assurances, stating that "the factual position of Northern Ireland is that it is within the United Kingdom" and that his "government accepts this as a fact."
Academic text (2001) -
Refusing to take their seats in the parliament in London, on the 21st of January, 1919, the elected Sinn Fein representatives not imprisoned gather at Dublin's Mansion house, where they declare an Irish Republic, establishing the first independent Irish parliament, which they name Dail Eireann.
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During the session, questions about healthcare were raised in the Dail by several opposition members.
Synonyms
Lower house of the national parliament of Ireland made of elected members
The lower house of Ireland's parliament that makes laws
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dail comes from the Irish word dáil, meaning 'assembly' or 'meeting', so it is used for the lower house of Ireland's parliament.