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comhalta

fellow

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Féadfar comhalta (seachas comhalta tofa) a athcheapadh.

Every member (except elected members) can be reappointed.B2

2° Má thoghtar comhalta de cheachtar de Thithe an Oireachtais chun bheith ina Uachtarán, ní foláir a mheas go bhfuil scartha aige le comhaltas an Tí sin.

2° If a member of either House of the Oireachtas be elected President, he shall be deemed to have vacated his seat in that House.C1

3° Ar chomhairle an Taoisigh ní foláir don Uachtarán glacadh le haon chomhalta den Rialtas d’éirí as oifig, nó comhalta ar bith den Rialtas a chur as oifig.

3° The President shall, on the advice of the Taoiseach, accept the resignation or terminate the appointment of any member of the Government.C1

3° Is lena bhuanorduithe a chinnfear cén méid comhalta a bheas riachtanach do thionól de cheachtar den dá Theach chun é a bheith i gcumas feidhme.

3° The number of members necessary to constitute a meeting of either House for the exercise of its powers shall be determined by its standing orders.C1

2° Socrófar líon comhaltaí Dháil Éireann le dlí ó am go ham ach ní cead a lánlíon a bheith faoi bhun comhalta in aghaidh gach tríocha míle den daonra, ná os cionn comhalta in aghaidh gach fiche míle den daonra.

2° The number of members shall from time to time be fixed by law, but the total number of members of Dáil Éireann shall not be fixed at less than one member for each thirty thousand of the population, or at more than one member for each twenty thousand of the population.C1

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Base form
comhalta
Séimhiú
chomhalta
Urú
gcomhalta
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