An unemployed young man, Scotus O'Linn, gets elected to the Irish Parliament (Dáil Eireann) only to be appointed to a nonsensical post - Minister of Supernatural Affairs. A laughing stock at first, Scotus soons finds himself embroiled in all kinds of supernatural happenings when he is charged with his first task: prove to two beautiful but annoyed Romanian dignitaries (angry that Ireland is taking tourist revenue) that Dracula - not just his author - was really Irish.