6: The new State makes itself visible. the Rural Electrifi cation Scheme. permitted the State TV was rolled out across The fi rst Oireachtas to be bound by the Good Friday Agreement. It also enabled the establishment of The Oireachtas Women’s Parliamentary 20 May 1927 website went live. [ 50 ] all television providers in Ireland, Caucus, which was established in 2017, 15 July 1927 shared political institutions between Ireland and , and provided for An , made a This referendum proposed to abolish Seanad Éireann. The Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1927 introduced vast 3 May 1933 Ireland was one of ten broadcasting live and repeat hosted the fi rst International Congress Countess de Markievicz, Ireland’s fi rst In a development that became known as the ‘ Strategy’, announced a mechanism for a further amendment to the Constitution on a declaration by the state apology to the survivors of child However, it was rejected by 51.73% of voters. [ 62 ] reforms to the sale of alcohol in public houses. The Act founding members RTÉ was established as a content 24 hours a day. [ 63 ] The political reform package agreed in 2016 following cross- of Parliamentary Women’s Caucuses in female TD and the world’s fi rst woman Article 17 of the Constitution had required TDs that it would not oppose the minority Government’s strict economic reforms in the Government on the implementation of the Agreement, most notably by replacing abuse in industrial schools following restricted hours of sale and introduced licences for of the Council of public service broadcaster A second referendum party consultation saw a number of changes for the committees Castle, bringing together female to hold a cabinet position, died from to swear an oath of allegiance to the British Crown. This oath national interest – a major departure from conventional behaviour in Dáil Éireann. Articles 2 and 3 from an irredentist claim on the whole island of Ireland to an the States of Fear documentary on RTÉ, In December 1998, Dáil Éireann requested the Comptroller The fi rst statutory 25 October 1922 public houses. This Act introduced ‘holy hours’ in pubs The Rural Electrifi cation Scheme was launched by the Irish Europe, signing up to under the was held on ratifi cation of the Treaty of system which included a new Budget Oversight Committee parliamentarians from more than 40 complications related to appendicitis. was a requirement from 1922 until 1933, when Article 17 was Patrick J. Hillery was aspiration towards creating a united Ireland by peaceful means, “with the consent of acknowledging the responsibility of the and Auditor General (C&AG) to investigate the assessment and collection review of An The fi rst to be adopted by Dáil Éireann – the Constitution and the ban of sales on Good Friday and Christmas Day. government and the Electricity Supply Board (ESB) in 1946. the Treaty of . Nice following the rejection of the 24th to be supported by a new independent Parliamentary Budget countries to discuss issues facing women and removed by way of simple majority vote in Dáil Éireann with In a surprise announcement appointed as Ireland’s fi rst a majority of the people, democratically expressed, in both jurisdictions in the island”. State in providing services for children of deposit interest retention tax (DIRT) by fi nancial institutions and the Following the defeat of Caighdeán Oifi giúil of Saorstát Éireannn Act, 1922 – established a system of At that time, two thirds of Irish homes, or 400,000 rural on 5 May 1949. Ireland became one of 124 founding amendment in 2001. The wording of the Offi ce. A new Business Committee to plan the business of the how parliamentarians can work to address the enactment of the Constitution (Remo . while visiting Canada, European Commissioner. This referendum, passed by 69.05% and announced a package of measures Revenue Commissioners over the period 1986-1998. The C&AG’s report was parliamentary democracy in Ireland in accordance with the constitutional amendment was changed the Lisbon Treaty referendum in 2008, the begun by Rannóg House on a weekly, sessional and yearly basis and a review of homes, had no electricity. During the fi rst phase of the He held the Social Affairs member states of the World them. [ 70 ] Taoiseach John A. Costello of voters, permitted the State to to tackle such abuse. published on 19 July 1999 and found evidence of wide-spread tax evasion. to exclude participation in common government renegotiated areas of the treaty an Aistriúcháin, terms of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. It came into effect upon the scheme, from 1946 to 1965, the ESB connected 300,000 The Dáil debated and The second question put to voters Trade Organisation (WTO), which Responsibility for The pilot of sitting times to enable members give more time to both plenary confi rmed to the press that portfolio from 1973 to 1976. ratify the Maastricht Treaty. This The Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee subsequently held a 26-day inquiry A Joint Committee on Public issuing of a Royal Proclamation on 6 December 1922. 13: Kevin O’Higgins’s funeral 50: The homepage of the fi rst Oireachtas website. defence, and the proposal was accepted Order Papers and Questions where Ireland would have specifi c exclusions. the review of An ‘Oireachtas in cooperation sittings and Committees. homes to the national grid at a cost of IR£36M, inclusive of a unanimously agreed This referendum, accepted by 75.4% of on 25 November, accepted by was established following the Service Oversight and Petitions 16 January 1922 procession passing crowds at Ireland would become a treaty founded the European with institutions referenced in the C&AG report and published its own report by 62.89%. The amended proposal was accepted by with an advisory IR£9.3M government subsidy. [ 22, 23 ] a motion that the voters, permitted legislation to be enacted allowing a smaller margin of 59.88%, Uruguay Round of international (Dáil and Seanad) made available Caighdeán Oifi giúil TV’ television 12: The original bell system used in can be seen to the right of . Courtesy of Republic with the repeal of Union, expanded the competences on the scandal on 3 April 2001. was established to provide Michael Collins entered , the historic on-line from March 2004. 67.13% on 2 October 2009. was placed on a channel was committee. 22 August 1922 the Clerk’s desk in this picture. Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland. the National Library of Ireland. Government commence citizens of other countries to vote in Dáil elections. specifi ed that the prohibition trade negotiations under the GATT Cabinet confi dentiality. In order to a channel of consultation Éamon de Valera regularly . of the EEC and lay the foundations statutory basis. launched. 8 February 1919 seat of British rule in Ireland, and formally took application for membership of abortion would not limit the framework. reverse a 1992 Supreme Court ruling Michael Collins, Cork TD, Minister for Finance used radio to communicate for the single European currency. and collaboration with the An Irish delegation led by the Ceann possession from the Crown. The newly independent of the United Nations in right to distribute information and Military Commander of the Pro-Treaty 11 September 1922 his message. His most famous that, according to the constitution, Ombudsman and to manage a A Managed Print Service (MPS) was Comhairle, Seán T. O’Kelly, arrives in Irish government quickly began to make its mark visible 1946. Ireland’s application A simultaneous translation (or interpretation) about abortion services in foreign cabinet confi dentiality was absolute, forces was assassinated by Anti-Treaty forces broadcast was made in May A referendum passed by 74.83% new public petitions system for introduced which substantially reduced the Paris to deliver Dáil Éireann’s ‘Message across the country, for example, by issuing Irish stamps One of the fi rst committees to be was blocked by an objection service was made available during sittings countries. a referendum was held and approved in Béal na Bláth, Cork. [ 8 ] 1945, in response to Winston It had come of voters permitted a court to refuse someone addressing grievances relating to number of individual printers throughout 2018 was named as Bliain na Gaeilge (Year of the Irish to the Free Nations of the World’ to the and by painting the red postboxes green. [ 6 ] established by Dáil Éireann was Late 1920s in the Security Council by of the Dáil. At fi rst, this service was provided by 52.65%. Following the Taoiseach’s The Oireachtas website was fully redesigned Churchill’s attack on Ireland’s to light in 1977 that, for technical reasons, adoption orders made bail if it suspected they would commit a public administration or services. the Oireachtas, increased availability of Language). A new Oireachtas Strategy, Versailles Peace Conference. [ 3 ] 2: The Irish-American delegates are pictured here in Paris with Deputies Seán T. O’Kelly the 11-member Standing Orders Mr. Paul J. Keating, Prime Minister of state apology in 1999, the This A bell system was the Soviet Union. Finally, inside the Dáil Chamber but since 1991 it has by the Adoption Board could be found to be unconstitutional as scanning of documents and reduced costs. ‘Straitéis na Gaeilge’ was launched by the Ceann allowing users to more easily access a wider and Gavan Duffy. Courtesy of Military Archives. 8: Seán Collins at his brother’s funeral policy of neutrality during the President serious criminal offence while at liberty. In the fi rst of three proposals 63: , Seán Barrett at the offi cial launch of Oireachtas TV. Approved by 58% of voters, this amendment inserted a referendum, held on the same day as the Marriage Equality referendum, Committee. Members of the in 1955, the Taoiseach been provided from an external studio using Australia, addressed Dáil Éireann. range of parliamentary information. in the Pro-Cathedral in Dublin. installed in Leinster war. [ 20 ] they were not made by a court or judge. A referendum passed by Comhairle, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, TD in March 2018. [ 68 ] committee were elected to prepare 48: A stenography machine from the Oireachtas Debates Offi ce. addressed both Houses of put to the people on 7 statement on children’s rights, and the right and duty of proposed lowering the minimum age for presidential candidates from 3: Pictured are Seán T. O’Kelly, Mary Kate O’Kelly Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland. House to call members announced in the Dáil that a visual and audio link to the Chamber. 98.87% to amend the constitution and put the validity of these and Harry Boland at Kingsbridge (Heuston) revised Standing Orders to regulate Mr. Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid revolutionary and the Oireachtas, where she established a commission June 2001, 62.08% of voters the State to take child protection measures. 35 to 21. This proposal was rejected by 73.06% of voters. to the Chamber for votes Ireland’s application had orders beyond question. second proposal on 7 Station en route to Paris via Queenstown (Cobh). 4: Countess de Markievicz (centre) on the night of her release from prison in 1919. 9 May 1919 Dáil business. The committee’s then Deputy Leader of the African National Congress spoke of ‘the Irish identity to investigate child abuse approved a constitutional and quorum calls. [ 12 ] Following the 1948 election, was enacted been accepted, and Ireland This amendment, approved The Centre for Management June 2001, accepted by At the fi rst meeting of the 32nd Dáil, the Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland. Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland. party of South Africa addressed Dáil Éireann. [ 45 ] in Europe’. ban on the death penalty. In early 1919, an Irish-American delegation travelled from the report, and the revised Standing was admitted to the United The First Programme for Economic Expansion 30: Funeral cortège of Colonel Justin McCarthy, who died in a road traffi c accident while leading Organization and in institutions in the State September 1922 Dáil Éireann elected the State’s by the Oireachtas on 21 December 1948 by 62.39% of voters, specifi ed that the 64.22%, permitted the new Ceann Comhairle was selected, for The European Parliament’s representative in the Brexit Orders, was adopted by Dáil Éireann boldly moved Ireland’s economic policy in a new underRemote Justice access Laffoy and USA to Paris to speak on behalf of the Irish cause at the Versailles fi rst ever coalition government, Nations. [ 28 ] the Defence Forces mission in the Congo. He was the fi rst Defence Forces offi cer to give his life prohibition of abortion would not limit Development introduced State to become party Held the fi rst time, by way of secret ballot. [ 67 ] The offi cial translation service, Rannóg an and took effect on Easter Monday in April The Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and negotiations, Mr Guy Verhofstadt, MEP addressed a Peace Conference. On 9 May 1919, they addressed Dáil Éireann in pending further amendments. Since direction by abandoning the protectionist policies Under powers of the the fi rst Government web to enableto email persons was fi rst to give on the same day as the referendum 1: Invitation to the fi rst public sitting of then termed the inter-party 1949. This Act of the Oireachtas repealed the The economic freedom of travel in and out of the State. Women’s Rights established a sub-committee to carry out a public inquiry into to the International special meeting of three Oireachtas committees in Dáil Éireann on 21 . Courtesy Dublin before returning to Paris. Their visit drew large crowds and Aistriúcháin, was established under Standing then, Standing Orders have been followed since 1932. The programme encouraged 46: Mary Robinson was the fi rst -nominee to be elected President. , Minister of State in the evidenceintroduced to committees in the of on the abolition of the Seanad, this government, consisting of fi ve remaining statutory authority of the British Taoiseach site and began to assign the fatal shooting by Gardaí of John Carthy at Abbeylara, Co. Longford on 20 Criminal Court. was of the National Library of Ireland. Orders of Dáil Éireann. These Standing Orders Ireland hosted the 39th Conference of crisis of the early 1980s led to two austere budgets by Garret The second of two questions put the Dáil Chamber. Led by the Joint Committee on reinvigorated the Republican movement. [ 2 ] frequently amended and modifi ed foreign investment and paved the way for free won a majority of 58 Department of the Environment, internet e-mail addresses theOireachtas. Commission (also known amendment, accepted by 65.16% political parties – Fine Gael, the Crown in Ireland. It declared that the State incorporated the treaties and (SEA), signed in February 1986, had established the April 2000. However, on 23 November 2001, the deemed this sub- enacted to review secondary legislation European Affairs, with the Joint Committee on Foreign ruled that every law enacted in Irish by the by the Dáil. the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Dublin. trade. It was authored in 1958 by T.K. Whitaker, On foot of the report of the FitzGerald’s minority government in 1981. The government Mary Harney introduced the Personal computers in Leinster as the Ryan Commission). of voters, enabled the Government to voters this day, this proposal would have reversed the Labour Party, Clann na Poblachta, be offi cially described as Éire or the Republic The fi rst of two The third amendment to the law of the European Union into Irish votes to 22 in a Fianna Fáil European Single Market. However, the Bill introduced in the Oireachtas to to Oireachtas members. committee to be unconstitutional, stating that the Oireachtas had no power Electronic voting was introduced passed from 1066 to 1820. The Act revoked 28 June 1922 Oireachtas be translated into English, and 32: The fl ag gifted by President Kennedy was manufactured by Tiffany and Co. fi rst Commission on the Status provided for the prevention of the sale, In 1973, the Supreme Court affi rmed that there was a constitutional right to marital privacy which failed to pass the controversial 1982 budget, largely due to 2002 Supreme Court ruling following the Abbeylara Affairs and Trade and Defence as well as the Joint Secretary General to the Department of Finance, motion of no confi dence House were networked for the fi rst to create a new Court of Appeal to Clann na Talmhúain and the of Ireland, thereby exiting Ireland from the allowed the Irish State to despatch its defence forces referendums held on 16 October 1968 proposed a constitution, which permitted the domestic law. The Act also provided allow the provisions of the SEA to become domestic law had been judged 53: Fianna Fail Senator Des Hanafi n at an to conduct an inquiry which could lead to fi ndings of fact. The State appealed in the Dáil chamber in 2002, a large number of pieces of secondary Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday The began in 1922 every law enacted in English by the Oireachtas 15: The Ardnacrusha power plant opend by the ESB in 1929. and implemented under Taoiseach of Women, the partial sale, mortgage or re-mortgage of allowed for the use of contraceptives. The was introduced to opposition to the introduction of a tax on children’s shoes. time in 1992, and the Oireachtas Inquiry which prevented Oireachtas inquiries from National Labour Party – plus one Rannóg an Aistrúcháin change in Article 16.2.3 of the constitution which in his leadership tabled which meaning that Deputies have sit between the High Court and the be translated into Irish. Commonwealth of Nations. outside the State and take part in UN peacekeeping missions. Troops were despatched to State to join the EEC, was enacted that government ministers may The failure to pass the budget led to the government’s as unconstitutional by the Supreme Court for conceding sovereignty in a this decision in the Supreme Court, but the fi nding was not overturned. This legislation which were passed by Agreement, the meeting was chaired by the Ceann when the , as the Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland and Independent Newspapers. (The Oireachtas translation from 1959 to 1963. [ 29 ] a property which was defi ned as a family regulate the sale of contraceptives. The Act limited the provision of contraceptives to bona fi de banned the sale of smoky coal adopted Lotus Notes for information Supreme Court. making fi ndings of fact. This proposal was rejected 10: The Irish delegation that travelled to the League of Nations. independent TD, James Dillon. the Congo as a result, the fi rst major overseas deployment of Irish troops. [ 30 ] would have allowed for greater divergence in the following a referendum held on adopt statutory instruments (SIs) to by backbencher, Charlie manner not permitted. A referendum was held on 26 May 1987 to amend had signifi cant ramifi cations for the Oireachtas committee system, as public assigned seats. A manual vote Governments of the of Pro-Treaty IRA had become known, was enacted by the home under the terms of the Act without “family planning or for adequate medical reasons” and provided that contraceptives could only be collapse and the calling of a general election. [ 42 ] by 53.34% of voters. Comhairle, and a contribution was also made by the service) published McCreevy. in Dublin. The regulations were sharing between offi ces. Mobile phones were fi rst provided to The Oireachtas moved away from Lotus Courtesy of UCD Archives. Attempts made by Irish governments between 1945-1953 to reform the health service to include health care for The election of the inter-party ratio of population to seats in electoral constituencies 10 May 1972 which was approved implement EU law, and that those SIs the constitution and allow the government to ratify the SEA. inquiries like the DIRT inquiry could not be conducted again. The death of John could still be called if required. Great Britain and Ireland and transposed of the Seanad. [ 71 ] bombarded the in Oireachtas and removed the the knowledge and consent of both spouses dispensed by a pharmacist on the presentation of a valid medical prescription from a practising Smoking in workplaces in Ireland Notes, used since 1992, for email and Ireland’s current constitution, Bunreacht na new mothers and their infants resulted in one of the country’s biggest controversies, known as the Mother and government ended 16 years of Gramadach na Gaeilge – specifi cally in favour of rural areas. This proposal was later expanded to include other Deputies and Senators by the Oireachtas by 83.10% of voters. are to have effect as if they were acts the Treaty of Rome, confi rming Ireland’s membership of the EEC. Carthy was subsequently investigated by the Barr Tribunal. [ 57 ] into Irish law after independence. The Dublin which was occupied by agus Litriú na Gaeilge: Ireland signed up to the General marriage bar in the public service. therein residing. The effect of the Act was doctor. [ 40 ] urban areas, but it was not until was banned on 29 March 2004, A referendum held migrated to Outlook/Exchange. 1931 hÉireann, came into effect on 29 December Child Scheme of 1951. This commenced with the introduction of the which was seen as ‘a Fianna Fáil rule. not accepted, with 60.76% of voters rejecting it. of parliament. The Third Amendment President Mary Robinson from late 1998 into early 1999. Handsets Act preserved a shorter list of secondary the Anti-Treaty leadership. [ 7 ] 9: Leinster House: The home of Dáil and Seanad Éireann since 1922. An Caighdeán Oifi giúil Agreement of Tariffs and Trade Before this, female civil and public that, although the property may be in the Pope John Paul II was the fi rst Pope Máire Geoghegan-Quinn became the Autumn 2018 that this ban was making Ireland the fi rst country in on 11 June 2004, carried by 79.17%, September 1922 1937 with the passing of the blueprint for medical reform in Ireland.’ The Act of 1947 was criticised by those in the medical profession and clergy, Meeting between 7 January and 30 November 1971, the of the Irish Constitution ensured again addressed both Houses Independent Network Services provided were Motorola Startac 130s, legislation that was deemed suitable Courtesy of the National Library of Ireland. The house style of Rannóg an The Dáil Committee on Procedure and Privilege (CPP) 1959-1960 saw a generational change (GATT), which was the predecessor servants had to resign their positions registered ownership of one spouse only, to visit Ireland. Over 2.5 million people fi rst female cabinet Minister since 7: The beginning of the Civil War 5 February 1923 16 July 1929 . A and the subsequent Mother and Child Scheme, providing free GP care to new mothers and infants, incurred strong (“Irish Language Grammar Public Accounts Committee (PAC) investigated the spending The government extend countrywide. pictured. [ 54 ] This proposal the world to institute an outright amended the constitution so that Rannóg an Aistriúcháin 28 July 1927 16: Pictured is the Fatima Mansions public housing met on 10 occasions from 6 March 1934 to investigate in the leadership of Irish politics. As well John F. Kennedy, President of the United States of America, became the fi rst foreign legislation could be incorporated into of the Oireachtas, this time provided an Ethernet LAN to for retention. at Dublin’s Four Courts in 1922. Aistriúcháin, entitled “Spelling of Irish of the World Trade Organisation. upon marriage. this spouse could not carry out transactions attended events in Dublin, Drogheda, Constance de Markievicz in the fi rst provided constitutional ban on smoking in workplaces. persons born on the island of Ireland, The Oireachtas Restaurant opened in 1923 The Censorship of Publications Bill was enacted on 16 July scheme in Dublin completed in the 1940s. C referendum on the constitution’s adoption opposition from the Church. However, the 1947 Health Act did introduce some very important advances in the 22: Rural electrifi cation has and Spelling: The Offi cial of a IR£100,000 government fund intended for the relief of affi rmed its neutrality speaking of ‘cherishing the Courtesy of the National became responsible for making Ireland’s fi rst automatic an incident that occurred on 21 February, when two Following the enactment of the as Éamon de Valera’s departure from leader to address a joint sitting of both Dáil and Seanad Éireann. He presented the This international legal agreement Irish law as required by membership concerning the property – which could lead Clonmacnoise, Galway, Knock, Limerick Dáil. She was appointed Minister for Staff of the Debates the Houses of the Oireachtas, Martin Schulz, President of and was run by Messrs Mills, who paid IR£100 1929 and led to the establishment of the Censorship of in Offi cial Documents”, was published. G. & T. Crampton Photograph Archive/UCD Librar Standard”) – 1,200 copies recognition of local From that date onwards, under without having at least one Irish This Act repealed a 67: Staff of the Journal Offi ce count the votes Library of Ireland. telephone exchange had passed earlier that year. Amongst other fi ght against ill-health and paved the way, for example, for a new approach in the attack on tuberculosis and other Having won the presidential election on 17 June distress in Northern Ireland. The committee’s investigation of the European Union. in the Falklands confl ict Offi ce moved from Irish diaspora’. supporting political staff working In response to fears for the stability of the Irish One of two the European Parliament terminology and phraseology in members of the Blueshirts were prevented from entering , the Government Fianna Fáil, the leaders of Fine Gael and fl ag of the Irish Brigade of the 69th New York Regiment under Thomas Francis sought to promote free trade by to the loss of the family home – without the and Maynooth. It was one of John Paul’s the Gaeltacht by Taoiseach Charles In the 1987 general election, the rent annually to run the facility. This continued Publications Board. The board was given responsibility for things, the Act changed the name of the State infectious diseases by offering free diagnosis and treatment and generous cash allowances to sufferers. were sold on the fi rst day. came about as a result of the Arms Crisis of the previous between the United government and required All recordings of Debates were now stored digitally A Dáil sub-committee was established to the parent, would no longer have a right proclamation of 1533 prohibiting criticism 21 January 1919 1st 2nd 3rd 4th various fi elds, and for providing was opened on Ship 5th 6th 7th Leinster House. The Committee later found that Minister 1959, Éamon de Valera resigned as Taoiseach, Labour also changed. Lemass appointed Meagher which was fl own at the Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia on 13 September A A referendum was held proposing to allow a recording Dáil in Leinster House and in 65 banking system following the global fi nancial referendums held on 27 October 2011, addressed a sitting of Dáil were able to create new departments and assign eliminating trade barriers between other spouse’s knowledge and consent. fi rst foreign visits as Pope, having been Haughey. [ 41 ] until the autumn of 1934 when control of the examining books and periodicals for ‘obscene’ content, and to ‘Ireland’, created the offi ce of the President year. The committee heard from witnesses, including then Kingdom and Argentina, Progressive Democrats – the party that local elections occur rather than in analogue format. Following the to Irish citizenship. [ 59 ] of the marriage of King Henry VIII to his Street in Dublin. of Defence, TD, had improperly ordered that Leader of Fianna Fáil and TD for Clare six days later a number of younger TDs to cabinet referendum held on 7 December 1972 on lowering the redistribution of the six university seats in the Seanad and Stenography equipment proceedings in constituency offi ces. carry out a parliamentary inquiry into the huge cost overrun crisis of 2008, the Government announced a state this proposal to relax the constitutional Éireann. Mr Michel Barnier, This referendum proposed At the fi rst sitting of the new terms and modes of speech in ministers to them. In 1956, the Government created 1862 during the United States Civil War. It was recorded and broadcast by RTÉ. Minister for Education, Donogh O’Malley announced plans for free its signatories. elected in October 1978. provided formed little over a year earlier , it has been illegal to smoke restaurant, and management of its fi nances, was given the authority to prohibit the sale or distribution and re-established Seanad Éireann. deputies Charles Haughey, Neil T. Blaney and James Gibbons, extending the electorate to graduates of other third-level and opposed European was used to produce at least every fi ve years. The major project to digitise the Offi cial Report, the on Iarnród Éireann’s new signalling system, the Mini-CTC second wife, Anne Boleyn. DÁIL DÁIL DÁIL DÁIL Irish for Statutory Instruments DÁIL DÁIL DÁIL persons dressed in blue uniform shirts were to be refused a new Department of the Gaeltacht. on 23 June 1959. After playing a leading role in Irish positions for the fi rst time. This was the fi rst occasion television cameras were allowed to fi lm inside the second-level education during a speech to the National Union voting age for all national elections and referendums shorthand to a system Address from Mr Tony Blair, Prime guarantee of liabilities in Irish banks. prohibition on reducing the remuneration Chief EU Negotiator on to remove the offence of publication or Dáil Éireann in Dublin’s Mansion for the holding of a National Lottery and – won 14 seats, making it the third- proposal was accepted by Oireachtas became one of the fi rst parliaments in the in all enclosed workplaces. [ 60 ] was handed over to Dáil Éireann. of material in the Free State. politics since the foundation of the State, Éamon as well as offi cials from the Department of Finance, the from twenty-one to eighteen years of age passed institutions. This proposal passed by 92.40%, but the Economic Community the offi cial report by the of transcribing ‘takes’ Approved by 94.39% of voters, Minister of the United Kingdom to project. It published a report in 2002, however, following , an of judges was accepted by 79.74% of voters. Brexit addressed a sitting utterance of blasphemous matter from House, elected representatives passed by Dáil Éireann. admission to Leinster House. Chamber. [ 32, 34 ] of Journalists. At the time, about one third of children fi nishing the establishing of the National Lottery largest party in the 25 Dáil. [ 45 ] Government Information Bureau, An Garda Síochána, the provision has never been invoked. sanctions against Debates section between 77.83% of voters. world to make available online the record of all its the High Court judgement in the case of the parliamentary Rejected by 53.4% of voters, a referendum was held on 12 June de Valera handed over power to Seán Lemass. primary school ceased their formal education. Within a decade of by 84.64%. by listening back to a the nineteenth amendment allowed the State to a Joint Sitting of Dáil and Seanad emergency piece of legislation, was enacted on 2 of Dáil Éireann. the Constitution. It was approved by issued a ‘Message to the Free Having failed in 1959, ’s Fund – specifying the number, form parliamentary proceedings, both current and historical. 2008 on the ratifi cation of the Treaty of Lisbon, which would have An updated version of An Caighdeán army, bank offi cials and the Irish Red Cross. Argentina, as did Italy. 1991 and 1995. [ 48 ] recording of the debate. be bound by the Good Friday Agreement. Éireann. inquiry into the Abbeylara incident, the sub-committee October 2008 to provide a €440 billion guarantee 64.85% of voters. (Its enactment date Nations of the World’ as well as 1919 5: Members of the Irish delegation and secretarial 9 September 1922 10 September 1923 A referendum was held the policy change, participation rates in second-level had doubled. government held a second and value of prizes to be distributed adjourned its hearings on 27 November 2001. [ 56 ] amended previous EU treaties. Oifi giúil was published by the staff in London during 1921. Courtesy of the National constitution without fi rst holding on the Government proposal to Address to Dáil Éireann by Mr Helmut Kohl, Chancellor of Germany. to six Irish banks. [ 61 ] remains to be confi rmed). a Declaration of Independence. Countess de Markievicz was June 1919 Following the signing of the Anglo- In 1923, the newly-established Irish 14: The Inter- referendum on proposing to alter by the company. Rannóg an Aistriúcháin. Library of Ireland. Parliamentary 16 December 1931 alter Ireland’s electoral system Proceedings this day were the only woman elected in the An English-Irish translation Irish Treaty and the elections on Free State was admitted to the Minister for Health, Dr Noel Browne’s Ireland’s electoral system from To mark the 50th anniversary Union was The Housing (Miscellaneous conducted entirely through 4 May 1924 for elections to Dáil Éireann from ‘Proportional Representation by 1918 general election. Elected service was established in 16 June 1922, Dáil Éireann was League of Nations – the precursor formed in 1889. A plebiscite on the adoption efforts to introduce free GP care for of the fi rst public sitting of Dáil Irish. [ 1 ] Provisions) Act, 1931, passed by Dáil ‘Proportional Representation by The Anglo-Irish Agreement in the Dublin Saint Patrick’s Dáil Éireann in June 1919 in a position to take up a more to the United Nations. A high-level Ireland was formally of a new constitution, children and free ante-natal and means of the Single Transferable Éireann, the President, Éamon An Taoiseach, issued Following changes to 6 December 1921 10 July 1927 22 July 1929 and Seanad Éireann on 16 December 9 March 1932 , enacted by means of the Single Transferable was signed by the Taoiseach, constituency, she became the with the appointment of permanent residence. Michael delegation led by W.T. Cosgrave recognised as an as agreed by resolution of post-natal care for mothers of infants Vote’ (PR-STV) to ‘First-Past-The-Post’ de Valera addressed both Defi nition of “time of war”. This the Oireachtas on Personal a state apology to the survivors Standing Orders, TDs The Anglo-Irish Treaty was signed Minister for Justice The Ardnacrusha power plant 1931, laid the foundation for vast The fi rst ever change of Dáil Éireann ordered the Aer Lingus made its inaugural Dáil Éireann on 14 June 1937, Telex was introduced to the Houses Under the The fi rst edition of Litriú na The physical appearance of Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Vote’ (PR-STV) to First-Past-The-Post (FPTP). This referendum was also Formal responsibility for Two years after becoming was Address by Mr. Ronald Reagan, Garret FitzGerald and the Mr. Robert J. L. Hawke, Prime A motion for televising of Dáil Mary Robinson was inaugurated Regular television coverage Mr Bill Clinton, President of the The fi rst Sinn Féin TD enters President Mary McAlesse The Offi cial Languages Act The fi rst ‘smart phone’ Siemens Business Address to Dáil Éireann by Mr. John HEAnet introduced The Oireachtas set up their fi rst An Taoiseach, Brian Cowan Ms Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, The Joint Committee of Inquiry into Mr Jean-Claude Juncker, President fi rst woman elected to the UK the fi rst Offi cial Translator, Collins felt Leinster House was and the Minister for External Affairs, independent nation by amendment extended the defi nition up to six weeks after birth, known Houses of the Oireachtas in computers were of the Magdalene Laundries required the option to in London on 6 December 1921 and External Affairs, was offi cially opened on 22 July public housing construction during government in the Irish establishment of a Select fl ight from Baldonnell airport, of the Oireachtas in 1940, using , allowances became payable Gaeilge: Lámhleabhar an Leinster House changed in 1948 Minister of India, became the 13 December, legislated introduced (FPTP). This would have changed introduced a Ireland took one of six translating the treaties of the a member of the European repealed, and citizens over was enacted to regulate The 8th President of the United States British Prime Minister, Margaret Minister of Australia, addressed proceedings and reform of Dáil as , having of Dáil Éireann proceedings provided for the United States of America, addressed Approved Dáil Éireann since 1922. [ 52 ] addressed both Houses of stated that as soon as devices were provided to Services began to supply Howard, Prime Minister of Australia. webcasting for Dáil social media accounts announced that Ireland had agreed the Banking Crisis was established Following the of the European Commission . She was Mícheál Ó Loingsigh. appropriate as it was set back Desmond FitzGerald, travelled to the Olympic Movement, was held on the same day as as the Mother and Child Scheme, Following the retirement of rejected, and by a larger margin Dublin’s Mansion House on 21 Along with the entitled female introduced European Commissioner of “time of war” to include a war in for arrangements for ‘Gramadach na A second fi rst provided to following the publication of a formally record their by representatives of the British and Vice-President of 1929 following four years of the 1930s. A number of its provisions Free State took place when Committee to investigate in Dublin, to Bristol using a six- the 1937 general election. The a Telex number of ‘4377 Dáil Éi’. The Second Amendment to the to the head of a household in which Chaighdeáin Oifi giúil (“Irish with the removal of the statue of fi rst offi cial visitor to deliver an the Prize Bonds state savings Irish constituencies from multi- contributory old age pension non-permanent seats at the United than in 1959, with 60.8% voting European Communities into Economic Community (EEC), 18 who were on the electoral the creation of litter amendment, accepted by 66.9% of of America, to a joint sitting of Thatcher, aiming to help bring A referendum was held on a sitting of Dáil Éireann. procedures passed in Dáil Éireann. been the fi rst woman elected began with Minister Albert Following on from the decriminalisation of homosexuality a Joint sitting of Dáil and Seanad by a narrow margin of 50.28%, On 22 May 1998, the Oireachtas to mark the new a minimum rate of pay for Returning to the may be after the enactment of Deputies and Senators in IT support services to all proceedings. • a Twitter account (OreachtasNews) to enter into a fi nancial rescue for Research, Innovation This under Section 7 of the acceptance of the proposal at a Approved by 66.40% addressed a joint sitting of Dáil and not present for the fi rst sitting from the street (thereby able Geneva to attend the League. and an all-island team which the State is not a participant. was met with strong opposition Seán F. Lemass as Taoiseach January 1969. It was the fi rst time United Kingdom and employees to members. report that detailed signifi cant abstention from voting. did not come into effect as they were adoption of children Gaeilge – Caighdeán member to single-seat districts. referendum held on 7 an end to in of Dáil Éireann as she remained government, including Prime to withstand potential attack [ 10 ] participated in the 1924 the Executive Council, 1928 construction. At the time, it was the Dáil met following the allegations made by Deputy Patrick seater DH84 Dragon named Iolar draft constitution, Bunreacht This system was used to send Constitution Bill was an omnibus there were three or more qualifi ed Language Spelling: The Queen Victoria that had stood at address on the fl oor of the Dáil from medical professionals and scheme. Originally, the scheme scheme under the social insurance Nations Security Council for the fi rst against it. [ 36, 37 ] that RTÉ Radio and Television Irish was given to Rannóg an Ireland took over the six-month register became eligible to sit maternity leave, as well as the control voters, gave constitutional recognition Dáil and Seanad Éireann. [ 43 ] 26 June 1986 to remove the This was the fi rst step in establishing to that offi ce on 7 November Reynolds’ budget speech on 1992 ‘X Case’, a referendum was in Ireland. This followed the fi nding Éireann. [ 51 ] this amendment removed the 61.74% of voters permitted millennium. The address was employees. question rejected in 1992, the any Act of the Oireachtas, the early 2004. The handsets Oireachtas members, • YouTube channel (OireachtasFilm) package with the EU and the and Science addressed referendum was held to referendum on 22 May 2015 by 62.07%, of voters, this amendment repealed Seanad Éireann. Mr Juncker was This allowed the Government to for the fi rst time. Rannóg an Aistriúcháin’ to the backbenches, where he Denmark, Ireland State involvement in their Technology in the Minister David Lloyd George, Kevin O’Higgins the largest hydroelectric station superseded by the Housing (Financial elections of 16 February McGilligan about the granting of (Eagle). Under the written messages electronically bill with a variety of mostly children, regardless of income. The Handbook for the Offi cial the Kildare Street entrance to the Chamber. [ 25 ] consisted of biannual draws held It also proposed to establish an system. Effective from January time for a period of one year. The Aistriúcháin. December 1972 proposed rotating presidency of the on juries. The 1927 Act had, in of disused vehicles to the equal right to life of a mother Northern Ireland. The treaty constitutional ban on divorce. broadcasting from the Chamber. 1990. [ 46 ] 29 January 1991. [ 47 ] held to specify that a pregnancy of the European Court of Human constitutional ban on divorce, but the State to ratify the Treaty entitled ‘Ireland’s Lifting Shadows’. government again proposed an text thereof must be printed were Blackberry 7230s, staff and parliamentary International Monetary Fund. a sitting of Dáil Éireann. allow the State to ratify the to inquire into this amendment permitted marriage to the 8th, 13th, and 14th Amendments accompanied on his two day visit to imprisoned in Holloway Prison, from Anti-Treaty forces) and it Paris Olympic Games for In 1928, Ireland and Dáil Éireann na hÉireann, was accepted exercise emergency powers during the Catholic Church, who viewed it remained a TD until 1969, Jack broadcast live coverage of a Dáil became a member as well as leave The third question management. It found that the chamber was upgraded and Miscellaneous Provisions) (‘Irish Language Grammar – independent boundary commission the removal of references to gave the Irish government and by representatives of the the fi rst time, marching was assassinated by joined the Inter-Parliamentary Union in the world and an enormous 1932. Éamon de Valera’s mining leases, by the Minister for the by 56.52% of voters. The new in the mid 20th century, but its minor textual amendments on a scheme was fi nanced entirely by Standard”) was published building since 1908. [ 24 ] in March and September each year. 1961, pensions were payable at Security Council is charged with the Council of the EEC for the fi rst effect, blocked women from for antenatal and on land. The Act also and the unborn. Its enactment This proposal was rejected by may be terminated in the case of a Rights that laws in Ireland were in retained certain restrictions on its of Amsterdam, agreeing to [ 55 ] amendment to prevent a risk of and published in both English pictured. [ 58 ] party staff under a multi- European Fiscal Compact the reasons why Ireland experienced a be contracted by two persons without of the Constitution and allowed Ireland by the EU’s Chief Negotiator London until March 1919 for contained a lecture theatre with the Second World War, in which the as interfering with parental rights. The Rannóg an Aistriúcháin Lynch was appointed Taoiseach session. [ 38 ] of the European on 7 June 2001 sought State was responsible for the with new delegate units Irish Republic, including Michael Anti-Treaty forces project by the fl edgling Free State Act, 1932. These Acts resulted in a Fianna Fáil party entered Industry and Commerce, to two airline was established as Ireland’s usage went into decline as the fax range of subject matters. Some the State out of general taxation. as a guide for the spelling In 1993, regulations were changed for Dáil constituencies. This the age of 70. The Act abolished maintenance of international peace the special position of the time. This involved responsibility sitting on juries. regulates advertisements entrenched the statutory prohibition an advisory role in Northern 63.48% of voters. real and substantial risk to the life contravention of the 1998 European occurrence. [ 53 ] transfer certain powers to suicide being invoked as grounds and Irish simultaneously. year contract. treaty. It passed by 60.37%. severe banking crisis in 2008. Following distinction as to their sex, thereby the Oireachtas to legislate for the on Brexit, Mr Michel Barnier. [ 69 ] anti-conscription activities. [ 4 ] seating for 700 people. Leinster behind the Tricolour at – the international organisation of constitution was proposed by State was neutral. The The Church’s opposition forced without an election being called, Economic Community postnatal care, and permission for the State admission of over a quarter of and new simultaneous 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 Standard’) was published by Collins and Arthur Griffi th. [ 5 ] in , government. [ 15 ] signifi cant increase in public housing government for the other members of the Oireachtas. national carrier. [ 17 ] machine grew in popularity in the changes were only to the Irish Only larger families received child standard for offi cial affairs. to allow for weekly draws. referendum did not pass, with the maximum age limit of 70 for and security and is the only UN body Catholic Church and to other for chairing meetings of the and writing in or near a of abortion. This amendment Ireland and set out conditions of the mother, but not in the case of Convention on Human Rights. [ 49 ] the European Union. for an abortion. The question was 14 months of inquiry, the Committee removing the prohibition of same-sex termination of pregnancy. House was leased from the Royal the opening ceremony parliaments that promotes world- Fianna Fáil but opposed by was passed by Dáil the Minister’s resignation from and Fianna Fáil continued in (predecessor to the provided protections to ratify the Treaty of the 10,000 women who suffered interpretation equipment in the 1930s and a massive clearance Rannóg an Aistriúcháin. [ 27 ] 51.8% of voters voting against named denominations in the for the establishment of a Prior to the establishment of the Irish Free State on 4 May. Dublin. [ 13 ] wide parliamentary dialogue, fi rst time. other parties. [ 18 ] 1980s. [ 19 ] text, to correspond more closely to benefi t when it was fi rst introduced receipt of widow’s contributory with the authority to issue binding Council and setting its agenda. against unfair public place. has since been repealed, upon a risk of suicide. This proposal was rejected by 50.42%. published a 604-page report of fi ndings civil marriages. [ 65 ] Dublin Society (RDS) for a period During the existence of the Irish Free State Éireann on the same day as the First government on 12 April 1951. [ 26 ] Government until 1973. [ 35 ] European Union) on Nice. This proposal was human rights abuses in the was installed in the (1922-1937), the Head of Government in Dáil Éireann of inner-city slums. [ 16 ] the sense of the English text. in 1944, but it has broadened out over it. [ 31 ] pension. resolutions to member states. [ 33 ] constitution. This proposal was enactment of the 36th amendment devolved government in the rejected by 63.35%. and recommendations on 27 January was known as the ‘Príomh-Aire’/‘President of of eight months while a permanent (1922-1937) the Head of Government was known cooperation and peace. [ 14 ] Amendment. 1 January 1973. [ 39 ] dismissal. rejected by 53.87%. facilities. [ 64 ] Chamber. accepted by 84.38% of voters. region. [ 44 ] Dáil Éireann. home was to be sourced. [ 9 ] as the President of the Executive Council. subsequent years. [ 21 ] on 18 September 2018. 2016. [ 66 ]

Cathal HEAD OF GOVERNMENT Brugha Éamon de Valera William T. Cosgrave

GOVERNING PARTY Sinn Féin Cumann na nGaedheal

CEANN COMHAIRLE Seán T. O’Kelly Eoin MacNeill Michael Hayes Cathal

Progress is impossible without change, The assembling at the new Irish Parliament was Once one delves into it one fi nds interesting nuggets. Even though in many instances all one and those who cannot change their awaited with keenest excitement everywhere. Peace is not inevitable, nor is confl ict. minds cannot change anything. The big questions on the lips of everyone these days was, What would happen? Would the George Bernard Shaw British try to prevent the meeting? Would they therefore but the affi nity which belongs to peoples who have suffered in common use force to do so? and abortion refl ect a deeper shift in societal views, a shift that would not

Seán T O’Kelly TD