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Statement by BrownHairedGirl
The term "Republic of Ireland" as the name for the 26-county state has been repeatedly used by the Oireachtas. It is therefore wrong to suggest that it is some sort of imposition by those outside Ireland or that its use on wikipedia breaches the Wikipedia's principle of neutrality.

In several statute laws, not only has "Republic of Ireland" been used as the name of the state, but "Ireland" has actually been as meaning "The Republic of Ireland", e.g.
 * Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997
 * Finance Act 1950
 * S.I. No. 343/1988 — Solicitors (Professional Practice) Regulations, 1988.

The phrase "Republic of Ireland" has also been used in many other contexts in Acts of the Oireachtas and in statutory instruments. A Google search for the phrase "Republic of Ireland" returns 114 hits. Not all of those will be unique, but the documents returned include both Acts of the Oireachtas and Statutory instruments.

The term "Republic of Ireland" continues to be used by govt bodies and others. See for example:
 * http://www.revenue.ie/en/business/isle-man-intro.html -- "Ireland" means the Republic of Ireland
 * http://www.pcs.agriculture.gov.ie/Docs/Dual%20Labels%20-UK-Ireland%20Guidance%20Document.doc "To qualify for joint labels, extant approval must be held for the product in both the UK and the Republic of Ireland with the same conditions of use"
 * 64 hits on the Dept of Agriculture website
 * 59 results on the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government website
 * 27 hits on the website of the Dept of Energy, Communications and Natural Resources
 * 19 hits on the website of the Dept of Arts, Sport and Tourism
 * 19 hits on the website the Dept of Community, Gaeltacht and Rural Affairs
 * 256 hits on the website of Dept of Social and Family Aaffairs
 * 199 hits on the website of the Dept of Health and Children
 * Two press releases from the Dept of Justice: 2008 and 2007
 * 200 hits on the Dept of Foreign Affairs website
 * 49 google hits on the Dept of Transport (The Dept's internal search appears to be broken)
 * 104 Google hits on the Dept of Finance website

It is also used by commercial bodies and other non-state entities:
 * http://www.bankofireland.ie/includes/tabbed_content/savings/bonus_15/terms-and-conditions.html
 * http://www.artscouncil.ie/en/view_fund.aspx?fid=e4fcb531-e98b-4e75-9624-3c7aad471aa9&sdid=6e754642-75aa-40b6-bbc3-c58dd917cbb3

Users that endorse this summary

 * 1) Brown HairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 23:23, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2)  Rockpock  e  t  05:48, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 3) Valenciano (talk) 07:48, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 4) ras52 (talk) 10:36, 3 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 5) Kittybrewster   &#9742;  22:45, 4 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 6) SarekOfVulcan (talk) 15:03, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

Users that oppose this summary

 * 1) MusicInTheHouse (talk) 23:11, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
 * 2) PurpleA (talk) 06:10, 2 April 2009 (UTC)  Original research, contrary to WP:OR.
 * 3) HighKing (talk) 10:49, 2 April 2009 (UTC)
 * 4) Redking7 (talk) 23:20, 18 April 2009 (UTC)