. ▁However , ▁in ▁practice ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁D á il ▁that ▁decided ▁what ▁laws ▁would ▁be ▁en act ed ▁and ▁repe aled . ▁Before ▁its ▁complete ▁abol ition ▁the ▁Free ▁State ▁Se an ad ▁merely ▁had ▁power ▁to ▁delay ▁legisl ation . ▁ ▁While ▁during ▁the ▁early ▁years ▁of ▁the ▁Irish ▁Free ▁State ▁there ▁existed ▁a ▁theoretical ▁possibility ▁that ▁the ▁King , ▁or ▁the ▁Governor - General ▁acting ▁on ▁his ▁beh alf , ▁might ▁v eto ▁an ▁act ▁of ▁the ▁O ire acht as ▁or ▁dismiss ▁the ▁Executive ▁Council ▁against ▁the ▁wishes ▁of ▁the ▁D á il . ▁With ▁the ▁passage ▁of ▁the ▁Royal ▁and ▁Parliament ary ▁Tit les ▁Act ▁ 1 9 2 7 ▁the ▁British ▁Government ▁lost ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁formally ▁advise ▁the ▁King ▁in ▁relation ▁to ▁the ▁Irish ▁Free ▁State ▁and ▁so ▁the ▁possibility ▁of ▁the ▁Governor - General ▁taking ▁any ▁action ▁without ▁the ▁appro val ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁institutions ▁of ▁government ▁was ▁a ▁remote ▁possibility . ▁ ▁Un like ▁its ▁modern ▁successor , ▁the ▁D á il ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁authority ▁to ▁declare ▁war , ▁this ▁power ▁being ▁reserved ▁for ▁the ▁O ire acht as ▁as ▁a ▁whole . ▁However , ▁in ▁practice ▁this ▁distinction ▁was ▁not ▁important . ▁During ▁the ▁later ▁days ▁of ▁the ▁Irish ▁Free ▁State ▁the ▁D á il , ▁as ▁the ▁dominant ▁component ▁of ▁the ▁O ire acht as , ▁had ▁the ▁effective ▁authority ▁to ▁am end ▁the ▁constitution ▁in ▁any ▁way ▁it ▁chose . ▁Today ▁this ▁is ▁a ▁level ▁of ▁authority ▁that ▁no