ABSTRACT
The importance of parliamentary Procedure is becoming more widely acknowledged, but there is yet no adequate realization of its significance in respect of the success or failure of parliamentary institutions. The recognition of the importance of parliamentary Procedure has led to the insertion of constitutional clauses which outline its framework. As in France and in the United States, the Constitution provides that the Legislature must hold one session at least every year. The necessity of voting the budget, indeed the very functioning of the parliamentary system, makes it certain that the Legislature will be active enough without a provision of this nature. In accordance with British and Dominion precedent, the convocation and dissolution of the Legislature is vested in the hands of the Representative of the Crown. The privileges enjoyed by members of the Legislature will be considered later. The Legislature in the Irish Free State has no adequate control over national finance.
