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POLITICS AND ECONOMY

POLITICS AND ECONOMY. OF IRELAND. POLITICS. Introduction representative democracy the Prime Minister ( Taoiseach )( pronounced TEE-shock ) Deputy Prime Minister (Tanaiste) the Cabinet a hierarchy of courts Garda Siochana ( “ Guardians of the Peace ” )

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POLITICS AND ECONOMY

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  1. POLITICS AND ECONOMY OF IRELAND

  2. POLITICS • Introduction representative democracy the Prime Minister (Taoiseach)(pronounced TEE-shock) Deputy Prime Minister (Tanaiste) the Cabinet a hierarchy of courts Garda Siochana (“Guardians of the Peace”) President

  3. checks and balances Checks and Balances,thedoctrineandpractice of dispersing political power and creating mutual accountability among political entities such as the courts, the president or prime minister, the legislature, and the citizens. The diffusion of power and the mutual accountability are designed to prevent any single group or individual from dominating the political system. Political systems with checks and balances sometimes have a separation of powers—that is, an allocation of different political and legal functions to separate and independent branches of the government.

  4. Executive Executive power – the cabinet of ministers Chief executive – the Prime Minister the President of Ireland

  5. Former Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern

  6. Bertie Ahern Fianna Fáil leader Bertie Ahern became prime minister of Ireland in 1997. In power, Ahern worked closely with British prime minister Tony Blair to encourage peace negotiations in Northern Ireland, and he urged paramilitary groups to disarm.

  7. Outgoing Irish Prime Minister Bertie Ahern (L) and new Prime Minister Brian Cowen shake hands.

  8. Mr.  Brian Cowen , T.D .

  9. 爱尔兰总理Brian Cowen（左）在中国大使馆吊唁地震死难者

  10. Irish President Mary McAleese (L) meets with visiting former Chinese Vice-Premier Huang Ju

  11. President symbolic Head of State elected by direct popular vote term: 7 years; can be reelected once no executive functions the Guardian of the Constitution

  12. The Prime Minister Head of Government (head of the Irish Parliament) Executive power is vested in the prime minister, who heads the cabinet and presides over its meetings. The prime minister, the deputy prime minister, and the minister for finance must be members of the Dáil. The other government ministers must be members of either house, but no more than two may be senators.

  13. Legislature • Irish Parliament (Oireachtas) two-chamber legislature: the lower house (Dáil Éireann) the upper house (Seanad Éireann) MPs (Teachtai Dala)

  14. Irish Parliament

  15. Leinster House (Irish Parliament)

  16. The Spire of Dublin, also known as the Monument of Light, is 120 m tall

  17. The Dáil Chamber

  18. The Seanad Chamber

  19. Election and Voting electorate: 18 or above electoral system: proportional representation • Civil Service 16 government departments healthservices; pensions; allowances; unemployment benefits; and other social security payments

  20. Judiciary (legal system) a compromise between the American and British system the Supreme Court a high court (a court of criminal appeal) (a central criminal court) circuit courts district courts based on the English common law tradition no death sentence

  21. Supreme Court of Ireland

  22. The Custom House

  23. Government of Ireland

  24. ECONOMY • A small, open, trade-dependent economy traditionally based on agriculture and the processing of agricultural products recent expansion and diversification of industrial base and service sector

  25. Introduction GDP in 2004 $181.6 billion services 56 % and industry 41 % agriculture 3% mixed economy of private and public ownership

  26. History untilthemid-20thcentury: heavy dependence on agriculture and lack of economic opportunity membership in the EC and EU by the mid-1990s: growing at a rate of more than double the EU average

  27. Grazing Sheep, Ireland Sheep graze in a fertile pasture on the central lowlands that border the Macgillicuddy’s Reeks, a mountain range in southwestern Ireland. As a result of abundant rainfall and moderate temperatures, the region has lengthy growing seasons and pastures that grow year-round.

  28. Irish Fishing Village The small fishing village of Passage East is located on the southeastern coast of Ireland, at the neck of Waterford Harbor in the county of Wexford. The steep coastline here is typical of the county's landscape.

  29. Microelectronics Industry in Ireland

  30. The EU: Economic Policies transformation “The Celtic Tiger” inequalities Changes: agriculture labor force cooperation

  31. The EU: Social Policies social status of women emigration and immigration

  32. Ireland Today • great social changes • moving toward a multinational society • Problems: urbanization inequalities corruption lack of public facilities

  33. Irish Economy

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