Council of State (Ireland)

For Éamon de Valera's 1922–1923 Council of State, see Irish republican legitimatism.

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The Council of State (Irish: an Chomhairle Stáit[1]) is a body established by the Constitution of Ireland to advise the President of Ireland in the exercise of many of their discretionary, reserve powers.[2] It also has authority to provide for the temporary exercise of the duties of the president if these cannot be exercised by either the president or the Presidential Commission[3] (an eventuality that is very unlikely to occur, since it would require the simultaneous absence of the President and two members of the three-member Commission).[4]

  1. ^ "the Council of State". téarma.ie – Dictionary of Irish Terms. Foras na Gaeilge and Dublin City University. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2016.
  2. ^ Constitution of Ireland, Articles 31–2
  3. ^ Constitution of Ireland, Article 14.4
  4. ^ Constitution of Ireland, Article 14.3