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Dáil Éireann
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Dáil Éireann
Dáil Éireann
(; lit.
Assembly of Ireland
) is the
lower house
, and principal chamber, of the
Oireachtas
(Irish legislature), which also includes the
President of Ireland
and
Seanad Éireann
(the
upper house
). It is directly elected at least once every five years under the system of
proportional representation
by means of the
single transferable vote
(STV). Its powers are similar to those of lower houses under many other
bicameral
parliamentary systems
and it is by far the dominant branch of the Oireachtas. Subject to the limits imposed by the
Constitution of Ireland
, it has power to pass any law it wishes, and to nominate and remove the
Taoiseach
(
head of government
). Since 1922, it has met in
Leinster House
in Dublin.
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