How To Use Oireachtas In A Sentence

The Government was forced to recall the Dail earlier than expected because of the Anglo Irish crisis and the Labour Party wants the Oireachtas to sit for the rest of the week. Independent.ie - Frontpage RSS Feed
Vast amounts are whittled away on such concepts as benchmarking and decentralisation, but urgent road projects are still being argued over at Oireachtas committees.
Minister of State Michael Ahern, who is piloting the bill through the Oireachtas, is believed to be considering raising it to e500,000-a move that would remove hundreds of companies from the net.
The Oireachtas had to 'equalise' the positions of a boy and a girl by providing an equal deterrent to a boy in the form of making the sexual activity a criminal offence, he said. European Tribune
Before the Dail and Seanad rose for the summer recess, Dempsey formulated a series of proposals for the reform of the Oireachtas.

Similarly in 1993, the Oireachtas passed legislation decriminalising homosexual acts between consenting adults.
The government parked the idea by referring it to an all-party committee looking at the reform of the structures of the Oireachtas.
The second category is called delegated or secondary legislation which consists of measures enacted by a person or body to whom the Oireachtas has delegated legislative authority.
He said there would be a number of exemptions, including whistle-blowing, information given to members of the Oireachtas and information from Garda representative associations.
The acceptance of this privately drafted law by the Oireachtas would amount to a wholesale abdication of its legislative function.