A tribunal will, of course, be needed to say whether
Irish Acts of Parliament do or do not in fact violate these con- ditions, after the manner in which such Acts are reviewed by the Supreme Court of the United States, and that tribunal will be the Privy Council. The nominal head of the Executive in Ireland will be the Lord-Lieutenant, who, like a Colonial Governor, will hold office for a fixed term of years. He will be advised in regard to Irish matters by the Ministry, whose powers will be co-extensive with the powers of the Irish Parliament. Again, as in the case of a Colonial Governor, the Lord-Lieutenant, acting on the authority of the Imperial Executive, will have power either to veto a Bill passed by the Irish Parliament or to postpone assent. The Imperial Parliament will be able, as it can in the case of a Colonial Act, to nullify or amend such Act—to which we might add the words "if it dares, or if the Irish members will allow it."
