Definition of "oireachtas" [oireachtas]

• The parliament of the Irish Republic (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Minister Bartholomew "Batt" O'Keeffe is a speaker listed on the oireachtas. ie website as: Batt O'Keeffe, Fianna Fáil, constituency: Cork north-west; "Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government"."
• "Craigmcinerney's BlogI meant to say that it must have the signatures of at least 20 members of the oireachtas, i'll add this in an edit."
• "My idea was, a constitutional amendment allowing a national petition to be started and have the signatures of at least 20 members of the oireachtas and if for arguments sake half of the electorate signed then the government must call a gerneral election."