Government of Ireland

V.S.
Government of the United States

Chase Troup

Leaders
America

President:
Currently Barack Obama
Elected leader
4 year term
Must be Natural Born
Citizen
Must have lived in the
united states for at least
14 years
Must be at least 35 years
old

President:
Ireland
Currently Michael D.
Higgins
Elected leader
7 year term renewable
twice
More of a ceremonial
position
Must be an Irish
citizen
Must be over 35 years
old

Law Making Branch

United
States duties
The lawmaking
are given to the
executive branch
Executive branch
consists of the
President, The House
of Representatives,
and the senate.
They have a Bicameral
system

Ireland
The lawmaking duties are
given to the Oireachtas
Oireachtas consists of the
President, Dail Eireann (house
of reps.), and the Seanad
Eireann (Senate)
The Dail is the dominant house
They run on a Bicameral
system
166 members of the Dail
Eireann
60 senators in the Seanad
Eirean

Individual Rights
Basic freedoms laid out in
the Bill Of Rights
These freedoms include but
are not limited to, freedom
of religion, the right to
practice whatever religion
you choose.
The freedom of speech, the
right to express your
opinions, and ideas
The freedom of press, the
right to publish your ideas,
and opinions to the public.
Etc..

Rights of the citizens are

protected by the constitution.
Not all personal rights are
directly stated in the
constitution.
Equality before the law, cannot
be treated as inferior in court for
any reason.
Right to life, which means you
have the right to die of natural
causes if you wish. (no life
support)
Freedom of expression, have the
right to express ideas and
opinions.
Etc..

Political Parties
America
2 Party system
Democratic party and
republican party
Republicans, are
usually more
conservative and
Democrats are usually
more liberal

Ireland
They have a multiparty system
The two largest are the Fianna
Fail, and the Fine Gael
The Fine Gael is a
liberal/Conservative Christian
democratic group that is the
largest in terms of representation
The members of the Fine Gel say
they describe themselves as The
Party of the progressive Centre
The Fianna Fail party is the
Republican party of Ireland. They
are less liberal and more
conservative than the other
parties.

Elections and voting

America

Ireland

The Voting methods are a

responsibility of the
individual states
Must be a Registered voter,
and at least eighteen years
old
There is no standard ballet
that is used throughout the
U.S.
We have a presidential
election every 4 years and
a mid term every 2

Ireland uses a proportion

representation voting
system.
Also give voting method
responsibilities to territories
You must be at least
eighteen years of age to
vote
You dont only vote for your
first choice you also pick a
second, third, fourth, and
so on.

Taxes and Government

Financing
America

Ireland

The Federal Government makes

its money by taxing its people.
Income tax makes up 47% of all
tax revenues
Payroll taxes are not far behind
by making up 34% of all tax
revenues.
Corporate income taxes paid by
businesses make up 11% of all
tax revenue.
Most tax revenue goes to
Healthcare, education, and
defense.

Ireland has an income tax

The people of Ireland pay
property taxes
80% of Property taxes go
to funding of local parks,
libraries.
20% of the property
taxes are redistributed to
certain local Authorities
that have lower property
taxes.

Law
America

Ireland

America had a 4.6% Homicide

rate per every 100,000 people
The male incarceration rate is
roughly 14 times the female rate.
In 2013 there were about
2,220,300 adults in U.S. Federal
prisons, State prisons and county
jails
In 2013 there were also
4,751,400 adults on probation, or
parole.
Thats a total of 6,899,000 adults
under correctional supervision in
the year of 2013

In 2010 Ireland had a 1.3%

Homicide rate per 100,000
people
In Ireland there are about 90
adults incarcerated per every
100,000 adults
There are 17 running prisons
in Ireland which all operate at
or above capacity.
The average cost to
incarcerate a person in
Ireland in 2009 was about
$83,747.62.