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  Encyclopedia: Seanad Éireann (Irish Free State)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Seanad Éireann (English: "Senate of Ireland") was the upper house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Irish Free State from 1922-1936.
Dáil Éireann is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland1.
Seanad Éireann (English: Senate of Ireland), the Irish Senate, is the upper house of the Oireachtas: the parliament of the Republic of Ireland1.
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 Encyclopedia: Seanad Éireann   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Seanad Éireann (English: Senate of Ireland), the Irish Senate, is the upper house of the Oireachtas: the parliament of the Republic of Ireland
The first Seanad consisted of a mixture of members appointed by the President of the Executive Council and members indirectly elected by the Dáil, and President W.T. Cosgrave agreed to use his appointments to grant extra representation to the state's Protestant minority.
The modern Seanad Éireann was established by the Constitution of Ireland in 1937.
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 BUNREACHT NA hÉIREANN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Seanad Éireann shall be composed of sixty members, of whom eleven shall be nominated members and forty-nine shall be elected members.
The members of Seanad Éireann to be elected by the Universities shall be elected on a franchise and in the manner to be provided by law.
A general election for Seanad Éireann shall take place not later than ninety days after a dissolution of Dáil Éireann, and the first meeting of Seanad Éireann after the general election shall take place on a day to be fixed by the President on the advice of the Taoiseach.
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 MERCATOR :: Ireland - Constitution of the Irish Republic 1937
Provision may, however, be made by law for the exclusive use of either of the said languages for any one or more official purposes, either throughout the State or in any part thereof.
Seanad E/ireann shall be composed of sixty members, of whom eleven shall be nominated members and forty-nine shall be elected members.
Every Bill the time for the consideration of which by Seanad E/ireann shall have been abridged under Article 24 of this Constitution shall be signed by the President on the day on which such Bill is presented to him for signature and promulgation as a law.
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 eLibrary Project : Seanad Éireann   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Seanad Éireann adopts its own rules of order,standing orders and appoints its president, known as the 'Cathaoirleach' (''Chairperson''), and a Leader of the Seanad.
''Seanad Éireann (Irish Free State),Free State Seanad Éireann.'' The name ''Seanad Éireann'' was first used as the title of the upper house of the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State.
The first Seanad consisted of a mixture of members appointed by the President of the Executive Council and members indirectly elected by the Dáil, and W.T. Cosgrave,President W.T. Cosgrave agreed to use his appointments to grant extra representation to the state's Protestant minority.
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The Deputy Chairman of Seanad E/ireann shall act as a member of the Commission in the place of the Chairman of Seanad E/ireann on any occasion on which the office of Chairman of Seanad E/ireann is vacant or on which the said Chairman is unable to act.
The members of Seanad E/ireann to be elected by the Universities shall be elected on a franchise and in the manner to be provided by law.
A general election for Seanad E/ireann shall take place not later than ninety days after a dissolution of Da/il E/ireann, and the first meeting of Seanad E/ireann after the general election shall take place on a day to be fixed by the President on the advice of the Taoiseach.
www.trybunal.gov.pl /constit/constitu/parlamen/ireland/irelnd-e.htm   (9551 words)

  
 Articles - Oireachtas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Oireachtas consists of the President of Ireland and two houses: Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann (also known as the Senate).
This was an extra-legal, unicameral parliament establish by Irish nationalists, known simply as Dáil Éireann (translated as 'Assembly of Ireland').
The Oireachtas of the Irish Free State consisted officially of the King and two houses, named, as their successors would be, Dáil Éireann (described, in this case, as a 'Chamber of Deputies') and Seanad Éireann.
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 Articles - Brian Hayes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
From 1995 to 1997 he was appointed to Seanad Éireann by the then Taoiseach, John Bruton.
Hayes was first elected to Dáil Éireann in the 1997 General Election for the constituency of Dublin South West.
Hayes lost his seat in the 2002 general election but was elected to Seanad Éireann, where he serves as Fine Gael party leader and spokesperson on defence and Northern Ireland.
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 ire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Among the new features of that new constitution were a President of Ireland, a renamed prime minister called taoiseach, a new senate called Seanad ireann, and a more Roman Catholic tone to the document which included a reference to the "special position of the Roman Catholic church" (since repealed).
The Republic of Ireland Act was enacted in Oireachtas ireann with all parties voting for it.
Speaking in Seanad ireann Costello told senators that as a matter of law, the King was indeed 'King of Ireland' and Irish head of state and the President of Ireland was in effect no more than first citizen and a local notable, until the new law came into force.
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 Seanad Éireann - Volume 69 - 16 December, 1970 - Appropriation Bill, 1970 (Certified Money Bill) : Second Stage ...
The only positive function for the Seanad in a modern democracy, in a bicameral system, is [113] as a spearhead of an adequate committee system.
I would appeal to him to see that that committee will be a joint committee of Dáil and Seanad and that it will mark the beginning of the utilisation of the potential of the Seanad in a positive national way.
The Seanad must not be regarded by the people as simply a place in which a Government majority automatically rides down even the most reasonable approaches on the part of the Opposition.
www.oireachtas-debates.gov.ie /S/0069/S.0069.197012160003.html   (18630 words)

  
 Concert Tickets>>Bus ireann Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
by the Constitution on Da· il E· ireann and Seanadireann in regard to the possibility of the...
Garda and officials from Bus ireann are continuing an investigation into an incident involving a...
North standing for election to Da´ il E´ ireann or for election to the Presidency.
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 Articles - Michael Hayes (politician)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He was also Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann between 1922 and 1932 and served in Seanad Éireann between 1938 and 1965.
In 1921 he was elected to Dáil Éireann, becoming Minister for Education the following year.
The following year Hayes lost his Dáil seat in the General Election, but was elected to Seanad Éireann in 1938.
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 Articles - Mary Harney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
First elected in 1981, she is currently a Teachta Dála for Dublin Mid West and Minister for Health and Children Harmey has served as Tánaiste since 1997 and leader of the Progressive Democrats since 1993.
It wasn't long before her name was mentioned in political circles and in 1977 she stood for election to the Dáil as a Fianna Fáil candidate.
She was unsuccessful; however, she was appointed to Seanad Éireann by Taoiseach Jack Lynch, becoming, at 24, the youngest Senator in Irish history.
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 Joint sitting of DaÌ il EÌ ireann and Seanad EÌ ireann on the occasion of the visit of John ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Joint sitting of DaÌ il EÌ ireann and Seanadireann on the occasion of the visit of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, President of the United States of America, Friday, 28th June, 1963 - techwritingjobs.com Info and Reviews
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Joint sitting of DaÌ il EÌ ireann and Seanadireann on the occasion of the visit of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, President of the United States of America, Friday, 28th June, 1963
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 Welcom to toolhost.com / Taoiseach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Taoiseach is appointed by the President upon the nomination of Dáil Éireann (the lower house of parliament), and must, while he or she remains in office, enjoy the confidence of the Dáil.
Under the Constitution of Ireland the Taoiseach must be appointed from among the members of Dáil Éireann.
In the event that the Taoiseach loses the confidence of Dáil Éireann, they are not automatically removed from office but, rather, are compelled to either resign or persuade the President to dissolve the Dáil.
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 Articles - James Ryan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
He was elected to Dáil Éireann in 1918 and held his seat almost continually in Wexford until his retirement in 1965.
Between 1965 and 1969 he also served in the Upper House of the Oireachtas in Seanad Éireann.
Eoin Ryan, Snr was a long-serving Senator in Seanad Éireann, serving at the same time as his father.
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 gowinnings.com - ireann   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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 Feargal Quinn's window on week of 7 February 2005 in the Irish parliament
OFFICIAL REPORT: Dáil tue wed thu Seanad tue wed thu
Dáil 2nd Stage concluded; referred to committee debate1 debate2 debate3
Passed Seanad; Committee Stage (resumed) debate remaining stages debate
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 Articles - Mansion House, Dublin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Round Room of the House where the First Dáil assembled on January 21, 1919 to proclaim the Irish Declaration of Independence.
On January 21, 1969 a special fiftieth anniversary joint session of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann assembled there and was addressed by the President of Ireland, Eamon de Valera.
Its distinctive metal portico over the main door, erected for the visit of Queen Victoria in 1900;
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 Legal Sites and Resources in Ireland
The Houses of the Oireachtas site provides Parliamentary debates from the Dail and Seanad and also (under Legislative Information) listings of Bills presented in both Houses over the same period.
The database contains the full text of the Official Report of the Parliamentary Debates of the Houses of the Oireachtas Dil ireann and Seanad ireann as published by the Stationery Office in bound volumes.
It includes the Dail Debates from 21 January 1919 (First Dil) to 15 May 1997 (Twenty-Seventh Dil) and the Seanad Debates from 11 December 1922 (First Seanad) to 10 July 1997 (Twentieth Seanad).
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 eLibrary Project : Senate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
In the United States, each of its member states has a Senate and a lower chamber, known variously as the House of Representatives, House of Delegates, General Assembly or Assembly, except for the state of Nebraska, where the Senate is the only body of a unicameral legislature.
Examples of senates in other states include the Australian Senate, the Canadian Senate, the French Senate, the Seanad Éireann,Irish Senate (Seanad Éireann), the Italian Senate, the Senate of the Philippines,Philippine Senate, and the Senate of Poland.
A senate can also be the name of an executive branch of government.
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 House of Representatives in directory.co.uk
Representatives - adopted unanimously by 422 votes and 12 abstentions - says the Bush adminstration should call the...
of two Houses, Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann.
Representatives would represent the people while the Senate would...
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 More-e Bruton at Local.co.uk
OIREACHTAS E ' IREANN ———————— JOINT COMMITTEE ON A PRIVATE BILL.
OIREACHTAS E ' IREANN JOINT COMMITTEE ON A PRIVATE BILL.
Wednesday, No. 10 19 February 2003 DI'OSPO ' IREACHTAI' PARLAIMINTE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES SEANAD E ' IREANN TUAIRISC OIFIGIU ' IL—Neamhcheartaithe (OFFICIAL REPORT—Unrevised) Wednesday, 19 February 2003.
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