| Input required from ... | Power / function | Constitution Art[.sec[.subs°]] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Government | Taoiseach | Council of State | Dáil | Seanad | ||
| Advice | supreme command of the Defence Forces | 13.9, 13.4 | ||||
| Advice | commissioning officers of the Defence Forces | 13.9, 13.5.2° | ||||
| Advice | right of pardon and the power to commute or remit punishment imposed by any court exercising criminal jurisdiction | 13.9, 13.6 | ||||
| Advice | appointing judges | 13.9, 35.1 | ||||
| Presents | Passed | [n 1] | Signing bills into law; and promulgation of laws | 13.3.1°, 25.1, 26.3.3°, 27.5.2°, 46.5; 25.4.2° | ||
| Advice | Prepared and signed[n 2] | Sign the enrolled text of the Constitution | 25.5.2° | |||
| Informs | kept generally informed on matters of domestic and international policy | 28.5.2° | ||||
| Advice | take precedence over all other persons in the State | 13.9, 12.1 | ||||
| Advice | Any additional powers conferred by law | 13.11, 13.10 | ||||
| Advice | Terminate minister | 13.1.3°, 28.9 | ||||
| Advice | Summon Dáil | 13.2.1° | ||||
| Advice | Dissolve Dáil of Taoiseach with a majority | 13.2.1° | ||||
| Nomination | Appoint Attorney-General | 30.2 | ||||
| Advice | Date of first meeting of new Seanad | 18.8 | ||||
| Advice | Terminate Attorney-General | 30.5.3° | ||||
| Approval | Leave the state | 12.9 | ||||
| Request | Concurrence | Early signature of bill | 25.2.2° | |||
| Nomination | Appoint Taoiseach | 13.1.1° | ||||
| Nomination | Appoint Comptroller and Auditor General | 33.2 | ||||
| Resolution | Resolution | Terminate Comptroller and Auditor General | 33.5.3° | |||
| Resolution | Resolution | Terminate impeached judge | 35.4.3° | |||
| Nomination | Approval | Appoint minister | 13.1.2° | |||
| Refuse dissolution of Dáil to Taoiseach without a majority | 13.2.2° | |||||
| Nominate up to seven members of the Council of State | 31.3 | |||||
| Terminate nominated member of the Council of State | 31.7 | |||||
| Time and place of Council of State meetings | 31.8 | |||||
| Consult | Convene a meeting of either or both of the Houses of the Oireachtas | 13.2.3° | ||||
| Consult | Resolution[n 3] | Appoint a committee of privileges on whether a bill is a money bill | 22.2.2° | |||
| Certifies | Consult | Resolution | Abridge Seanad consideration of emergency bill | 24.1 | ||
| Consult | Refer bill to Supreme Court | 26.1.1° | ||||
| Approval[n 4] | Consult | Communicate with the Houses of the Oireachtas by message or address on any matter of national or public importance | 13.7.1°, 13.7.3° | |||
| Approval[n 4] | Consult | Address a message to the Nation at any time on any matter of national or public importance | 13.7.2°, 13.7.3° | |||
| Consult | Petition 1⁄3 | Petition 1⁄2 | Refer bill to the people | 27.4.1° | ||
Additional powers under Article 13.10:[1]
- Appoint Council members and senior professors to the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies.[2]
- Appoint the Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland.[3]
- Ex officio President of the Irish Red Cross Society.[4]
- Appoint the Ombudsman.[5]
- "The President's powers under the Institute for Advanced Studies Act, 1940, are exercised on the advice of the Government; his powers under the Central Bank Act are equally exercised on the advice of the Government. However, the exercise of his powers under the Red Cross Act are not so constrained and his appointment of an ombudsman is not made on the advice of the Government but pursuant to a resolution of the Oireachtas."[1]
- Footnotes