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Working for Parliamentarians, Contributing to Parliament

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 September 2011

Madelaine Dennison
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Abstract

Madelaine Dennison describes the work of the Oireachtas Library & Research Service (L&RS) and how it works for members of the Houses of the Oireachtas, the Irish parliament. The L&RS delivers a range of services to parliamentarians including a Legislative Analysis Service. Following a period of investment in the L&RS there is now a requirement to reduce costs while continuing to meet members' needs. A challenge for the L&RS is to become the research hub within parliament and the preferred information and research resource for members.

Keywords

Irish Parliamentinformation servicesIreland
Type
The Irish Legal System, Law Libraries and Legal Information
Information
Legal Information Management , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , September 2011 , pp. 176 - 181
Copyright
Copyright © The British and Irish Association of Law Librarians 2011

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Footnotes

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