Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment's vision is to make Ireland the best place to succeed in business, delivering sustainable full employment and higher standards of living across all regions of the country. Peter Burke TD - Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment. Alan Dillon TD - Minister of State with responsibility for Small Businesses & Retail. Niamh Smyth TD - Minister of State with responsibility for Trade Promotion, Artificial Intelligence & Digital Transformation.

Irish College of English

Established in 1992 as an English Language School in Dublin, Ireland, the Irish College of English is a quality education provider and is recognised by the Department of Education as having year round English schools for the teaching of English as a foreign language. Our year-round English College in Dublin is located right in the center of the coastal town of Malahide. In the summer, we also run our International Junior Summer Camps at Glenstal Abbey in Limerick and Clongowes Wood College in Kildare. We pride ourselves on being small professionally run schools in ideal locations where individual course needs can be met. Our English Courses are based on excellence in education and focus on Progression.

Treehouse Preschool & Montessori

TREE HOUSE PRE SCHOOL & MONTESSORI is committed to the best interests of the children, ensuring that all their physical, emotional, social, language and intellectual needs are met in a warm and welcoming atmosphere. Montessori teaching and afterschool for 2 1/2 to 5 year olds and an afterschool service for all children attending local national schools.

Houses of the Oireachtas

Ireland is a parliamentary democracy. The National Parliament (Oireachtas) consists of the President and two Houses: Dáil Éireann (House of Representatives) and Seanad Éireann (the Senate) whose functions and powers derive from the Constitution of Ireland enacted by the People on 1st July, 1937. The Houses of the Oireachtas are situated at Leinster House, Dublin. The Constitution empowers each House to make its own Standing Orders (Rules) with power to attach penalties for their infringement. The sole and exclusive power of making laws is vested in the Oireachtas subject to the obligations of Community membership as provided for in the Constitution. The primacy of Dáil Éireann in regard to the life of the Parliament is recognised in that a general election to Seanad Éireann must take place not later than 90 days after the dissolution of the Dáil. In matters of legislation the Constitution provides that Seanad Éireann cannot delay indefinitely the passage of legislation. Bills to amend the Constitution and Money Bills i.e. financial legislation, can only be initiated in Dáil Éireann. Seanad Éireann can make recommendations (but not amendments) to Money Bills and these must be made within 21 days as against 90 days for non-Money Bills. In addition to its legislative role, each House may examine and criticise Government policy and administration. However, Dáil Éireann is the House from which the Government (the Executive) is formed and to which it is responsible. Should the Government fail to retain the support of the majority of the Members of Dáil Éireann, the result can either be the dissolution of the Dáil and a General Election or the formation of a successor Government.

office of the ombudsman