Ireland politics

Hi everyone, Alexander here once again to bring you information about the most fun topic... politics, this time I bring Ireland and it's political system, so let's go in to this week political system.

Ireland is a parliamentary, representative democratic republic and a member state of the European Union.

 While the head of state is the popularly elected President of Ireland, it is a largely ceremonial position, with real political power being vested in the indirectly elected Taoiseach (leader of government), who is the head of the government.

Constitution.

The state operates under the Constitution of Ireland (Irish: Bunreacht na hÉireann) which was adopted in 1937 by means of a plebiscite. The constitution falls within the liberal democratic tradition. It defines the organs of government and guarantees certain fundamental rights

 

(Coats of arms of Ireland.)

Political branches.

Like the US politcal system Irelands has the same three powers branches:

Executive.
Legislative.
Judicial.

Of course this branches are a bit different from the one in US, I'll explain the difference of each one next:
Executive power is exercised by the government, which consists of no more than 15 cabinet ministers, inclusive of the Taoiseach and Tánaiste (the deputy leader of government).

Legislative power is vested in the Oireachtas, the bicameral national parliament, which consists of Dáil Éireann, Seanad Éireann and the President of Ireland.

The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature. The head of the judiciary is the Chief Justice, who presides over the Supreme Court.

Public sector

Civil service.The civil service of Ireland consists of two broad components, the Civil Service of the Government and the Civil Service of the State. The civil service is expected to maintain the political impartiality in its work, and some sections of it are entirely independent of Government decision making.

Public Service.
The public service is a relatively broad term and is not clearly defined and sometimes is taken to include the civil service. The public service proper consists of Government agencies and bodies which provide services on behalf of the Government but are not the core civil service.

Parties

Ireland has a big number of political parties but their political landscape has been dominated for decades by Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, historically opposed and competing entities, which both occupy the traditional center ground.  The Labour Party, historically the state's third political party, has only ever been in power as part of a coalition with either of the two main parties.


OKay once again we have reached the end of the this week politics, see you next time everyone.