Senator Barry Ward talks to Mark O’Doherty about the legislative process, how a bill passes through the Oireachtas to become a law. Mark O’Doherty is a former ministerial adviser and worked in the Government Chief Whip’s Office in Leinster House for over seven years. This episode of The Irish Legislation Podcast examines the five stages of a bill, where bills come from and how they are initiated, private member’s bills, pre-legislative scrutiny, the whip system and the guillotine.

The Irish Legislation Podcast is presented by Senator Barry Ward.

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Welcome to the Irish Legislation Podcast, a weekly podcast (when the Houses of the Oireachtas are sitting), presented by Senator Barry Ward. Each week, we look at a new piece of legislation and examine what it does, what's good and what's bad, and seek the views of politicians from all sides, and experts from civil society.

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or his web site: www.barryward.ie.

E-mail [email protected] with any comments or suggestions.