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class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Coat of arms of Ireland" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Coat_of_arms_of_Ireland.svg/100px-Coat_of_arms_of_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Coat_of_arms_of_Ireland.svg/150px-Coat_of_arms_of_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Coat_of_arms_of_Ireland.svg/200px-Coat_of_arms_of_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="830" /></a></span></th></tr><tr><th style="border-bottom: #aaa 1px solid"></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Constitution of Ireland">Constitution</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Amendments_to_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Amendments to the Constitution of Ireland">Amendments</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)">Presidency</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/President_of_Ireland" title="President of Ireland">President</a></b></div> <div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><a href="/wiki/Michael_D._Higgins" title="Michael D. Higgins">Michael D. Higgins</a></div> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Council_of_State_(Ireland)" title="Council of State (Ireland)">Council of State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presidential_Commission_(Ireland)" title="Presidential Commission (Ireland)">Presidential Commission</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland" title="Government of Ireland">Government</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_33rd_D%C3%A1il" title="Government of the 33rd Dáil">Cabinet</a></b></div> <ul><li><b><a href="/wiki/Taoiseach" title="Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Simon_Harris" title="Simon Harris">Simon Harris</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/T%C3%A1naiste" title="Tánaiste">Tánaiste</a></b>: <a href="/wiki/Miche%C3%A1l_Martin" title="Micheál Martin">Micheál Martin</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_State_(Ireland)" title="Department of State (Ireland)">Departments of State</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_service_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Public service of the Republic of Ireland">Public Service</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Civil_Service_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Civil Service of the Republic of Ireland">Civil Service</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/State_Agencies_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="State Agencies of the Republic of Ireland">State Agencies</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Ireland" title="Attorney General of Ireland">Attorney General</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Rossa_Fanning" title="Rossa Fanning">Rossa Fanning</a></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible 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<a href="/wiki/Mary_Lou_McDonald" title="Mary Lou McDonald">Mary Lou McDonald</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_Oireachtas" title="Committees of the Oireachtas">Committees</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Courts_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Courts of the Republic of Ireland">Courts</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Ireland" title="Supreme Court of Ireland">Supreme Court</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Ireland" title="Chief Justice of Ireland">Chief Justice</a>: <a href="/wiki/Donal_O%27Donnell" title="Donal O'Donnell">Donal O'Donnell</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_(Ireland)" title="Court of Appeal (Ireland)">Court of Appeal</a> <dl><dd>President: <a href="/wiki/George_Birmingham" title="George Birmingham">George Birmingham</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Court_(Ireland)" title="High Court (Ireland)">High Court</a> <dl><dd>President: <a href="/wiki/David_Barniville" title="David Barniville">David Barniville</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special_Criminal_Court" title="Special Criminal Court">Special Criminal Court</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circuit_Court_(Ireland)" title="Circuit Court (Ireland)">Circuit Court</a> <dl><dd>President: <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Ryan_(judge)" title="Patricia Ryan (judge)">Patricia Ryan</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_Court_(Ireland)" title="District Court (Ireland)">District Court</a> <dl><dd>President: <a href="/wiki/District_Court_(Ireland)#President_of_District_Court" title="District Court (Ireland)">Paul Kelly</a></dd></dl></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible 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Parliament election in Ireland">2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="2019 European Parliament election in Ireland">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="2024 European Parliament election in Ireland">2024</a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="text-align:left; background:lavender;;color: var(--color-base)">Administrative geography</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content" style="text-align:left;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Ireland" title="Counties of Ireland">Counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Local government in the Republic of Ireland">Local government</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <div class="sidebar-list 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data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/4\/4d\/Ga-Teachta_D%C3%A1la.ogg\/Ga-Teachta_D%C3%A1la.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Ga-Teachta D\u00e1la.ogg"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4d/Ga-Teachta_D%C3%A1la.ogg/Ga-Teachta_D%C3%A1la.ogg.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:Ga-Teachta_D%C3%A1la.ogg" title="File:Ga-Teachta Dála.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span>;<sup id="cite_ref-Pron_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pron-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> plural <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Teachtaí Dála</i></span>), abbreviated as <b>TD</b> (plural <i><b>TDanna</b></i> in <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <b>TDs</b> in English), is a member of <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann">Dáil Éireann</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Lower_house" title="Lower house">lower house</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a> (the Irish Parliament). It is the equivalent of terms such as <a href="/wiki/Member_of_parliament" title="Member of parliament"><i>Member of Parliament</i> (MP)</a> or <i><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Member of Congress">Member of Congress</a></i> used in other countries. The official translation of the term is "Deputy to the Dáil",<sup id="cite_ref-deputy_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deputy-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although a more literal translation is "Assembly Delegate".<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (April 2020)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Number_of_TDs">Number of TDs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teachta_D%C3%A1la&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Number of TDs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a> is divided into <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_constituencies" title="Dáil constituencies">Dáil constituencies</a>, each of which elects three, four, or five TDs. Under the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Constitution of Ireland">Constitution</a>, the total number of TDs must be fixed at one TD for each 20,000 to 30,000 of the population.<sup id="cite_ref-deputy_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-deputy-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are 160 TDs in the <a href="/wiki/33rd_D%C3%A1il" title="33rd Dáil">33rd Dáil</a>, elected at the <a href="/wiki/2020_Irish_general_election" title="2020 Irish general election">2020 general election</a> under the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_(Amendment)_(D%C3%A1il_Constituencies)_Act_2017" title="Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017">Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2017</a>. At the <a href="/wiki/2024_Irish_general_election" title="2024 Irish general election">2024 general election</a>, under the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_(Amendment)_Act_2023" title="Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023">Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023</a>, there will be 174 TDs. The outgoing <a href="/wiki/Ceann_Comhairle" title="Ceann Comhairle">Ceann Comhairle</a> is automatically returned unless they announce their retirement before the dissolution of the Dáil. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Qualification">Qualification</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teachta_D%C3%A1la&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Qualification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A candidate for election as TD must be an Irish citizen and over 21 years of age. Members of the judiciary, the <a href="/wiki/Garda_S%C3%ADoch%C3%A1na" title="Garda Síochána">Garda Síochána</a>, and the Permanent <a href="/wiki/Defence_Forces_(Ireland)" title="Defence Forces (Ireland)">Defence Forces</a> are disqualified from membership of the Dáil.<sup id="cite_ref-Electoral_Act_1992_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Electoral_Act_1992-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teachta_D%C3%A1la&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The term was first used to describe those Irish parliamentarians<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who were elected at the <a href="/wiki/1918_Irish_general_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1918 Irish general election">1918 general election</a>, and who, rather than attending the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">British House of Commons</a> at <a href="/wiki/Westminster" title="Westminster">Westminster</a>, to which they had been elected, assembled instead in the <a href="/wiki/Mansion_House,_Dublin" title="Mansion House, Dublin">Mansion House</a> in Dublin on 21 January 1919 to create a new Irish parliament: the <a href="/wiki/First_D%C3%A1il" title="First Dáil">First Dáil</a> Éireann. Initially, the term <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Feisire Dáil Eireann</i></span> (F.D.E.) was mooted,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but 'Teachta' was used from the first meeting.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term continued to be used after this First Dáil and was used to refer to later members of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Republic" title="Irish Republic">Irish Republic</a>'s single-chamber <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann_(Irish_Republic)" title="Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic)">Dáil Éireann</a> (or 'Assembly of Ireland') (1919–1922), members of the <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann_(Irish_Free_State)" title="Dáil Éireann (Irish Free State)">Free State Dáil</a> (1922–1937), and of the modern Dáil Éireann. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Style">Style</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teachta_D%C3%A1la&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Style"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The initials "TD" are placed after the surname of the elected TD. For example, the current <a href="/wiki/Taoiseach" title="Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a> (head of government) is "<a href="/wiki/Simon_Harris" title="Simon Harris">Simon Harris</a>, TD". The <a href="/wiki/Style_(manner_of_address)" class="mw-redirect" title="Style (manner of address)">style</a> used to refer to individual TDs during debates in Dáil Éireann is the member's surname preceded by <i>Deputy</i> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">an Teachta</i>): for example, "Deputy McDonald", <i>"an Teachta Ní Dhomhnaill/Bhean Úi Dhomhnaill"</i><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <i>"an Teachta Ó Domhnaill"</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Salaries_and_expenses">Salaries and expenses</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teachta_D%C3%A1la&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Salaries and expenses"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The basic salary of a <a href="/wiki/Backbencher" title="Backbencher">backbench</a> TD is €113,679.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland" title="Government of Ireland">Cabinet ministers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_(Ireland)" title="Minister of State (Ireland)">junior ministers</a> receive additional allowances. Office-holders (opposition party leaders, <a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">whips</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Ceann_Comhairle" title="Ceann Comhairle">Ceann Comhairle</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Leas-Cheann_Comhairle" class="mw-redirect" title="Leas-Cheann Comhairle">Leas-Cheann Comhairle</a>) also receive additional allowances.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After controversy regarding alleged abuses of the <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a> expenses provisions, the system was simplified in 2009 and 2010 into two allowances:<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-oirpsa_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oirpsa-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Travel and accommodation allowance – ranging from €9,000 for TDs less than 25 km from <a href="/wiki/Leinster_House" title="Leinster House">Leinster House</a> to €34,065 for those more than 360 km away.<sup id="cite_ref-oirpsa_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oirpsa-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Public Representation Allowance – for maintaining a constituency office; €20,350 for backbench TDs, less for ministers.<sup id="cite_ref-oirpsa_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oirpsa-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All expenses must be vouched, except for a "petty cash" allowance of €100 per month. Until December 2012 TDs could choose between a €25,000 vouched allowance or €15,000 unvouched.<sup id="cite_ref-ind28943963_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ind28943963-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teachta_D%C3%A1la&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_1st_D%C3%A1il" title="Members of the 1st Dáil">Members of the 1st Dáil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Records_of_members_of_the_Oireachtas" title="Records of members of the Oireachtas">Records of members of the Oireachtas</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Teachta_D%C3%A1la&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Pron-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Pron_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220902031203/https://www.dictionary.com/">"Teachta Dála"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Lexico" title="Lexico">Lexico</a> UK English Dictionary</i>. <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University_Press" title="Oxford University Press">Oxford University Press</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lexico.com/definition/Teachta+D%C3%A1la">the original</a> on 2 September 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Teachta+D%C3%A1la&rft.btitle=Lexico+UK+English+Dictionary&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lexico.com%2Fdefinition%2FTeachta%2BD%25C3%25A1la&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATeachta+D%C3%A1la" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">See e.g.<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130328080731/http://www.president.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/The-Take-Charge-of-Change-declaration-English-Gaeilge.pdf">"Take Charge of Change"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (in English and Irish). Dublin: Office of the President. 2012. pp. 3, 7. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.president.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/The-Take-Charge-of-Change-declaration-English-Gaeilge.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 28 March 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">14 August</span> 2013</span>. <q>Empower local Government so that our national representatives TDs don't engage in parochial politics./Cumhacht a thabhairt don Rialtas áitiúil ionas nach mbeidh ár gcuid ionadaithe náisiúnta, na TDanna, i mbun na polaitíochta paróistí.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Take+Charge+of+Change&rft.place=Dublin&rft.pages=3%2C+7&rft.pub=Office+of+the+President&rft.date=2012&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.president.ie%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2012%2F11%2FThe-Take-Charge-of-Change-declaration-English-Gaeilge.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATeachta+D%C3%A1la" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-deputy-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-deputy_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-deputy_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/visit-and-learn/how-parliament-works/dail-eireann/">"Dáil Éireann"</a>. <i>Houses of the Oireachtas</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 February</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Houses+of+the+Oireachtas&rft.atitle=D%C3%A1il+%C3%89ireann&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oireachtas.ie%2Fen%2Fvisit-and-learn%2Fhow-parliament-works%2Fdail-eireann%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATeachta+D%C3%A1la" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.dail100.ie/en/long-reads/the-inaugural-public-meeting-of-dail-eireann/">"The inaugural public meeting of Dáil Éireann"</a>. <i>Dáil 100</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">28 February</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=D%C3%A1il+100&rft.atitle=The+inaugural+public+meeting+of+D%C3%A1il+%C3%89ireann&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dail100.ie%2Fen%2Flong-reads%2Fthe-inaugural-public-meeting-of-dail-eireann%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATeachta+D%C3%A1la" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Electoral_Act_1992-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Electoral_Act_1992_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Electoral Act 1992, s. 41: Disqualification for membership of Dáil (<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1992/act/23/section/41/enacted/en/html">No. 23 of 1992, s. 41</a>). Enacted on 5 November 1992. Act of the <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a>. Retrieved from <a href="/wiki/Irish_Statute_Book" title="Irish Statute Book">Irish Statute Book</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">73 out of 105 seats won in Ireland at the 1918 general election were by <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> members. <a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Alliance" title="Irish Unionist Alliance">Unionist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary Party</a> members refused to recognise the Dáil, and so did not attend.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">e.g. <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPhillips1922" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Walter_Alison_Phillips" title="Walter Alison Phillips">Phillips, Walter Alison</a> (1922). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/encyclopaediabri31chisrich#page/574/mode/1up">"Ireland"</a>. <i>Encyclopædia Britannica</i>. Vol. 31 (12th ed.). p. 573<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 October</span> 2016</span>. <q>The victorious group assumed the title of the Irish Republican party, and styled themselves not M.P., but F.D.E. (<span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Feisire Dail Eireann</i></span>, i.e. members of the Assembly of Ireland).</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Ireland&rft.btitle=Encyclop%C3%A6dia+Britannica&rft.pages=573&rft.edition=12th&rft.date=1922&rft.aulast=Phillips&rft.aufirst=Walter+Alison&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fencyclopaediabri31chisrich%23page%2F574%2Fmode%2F1up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATeachta+D%C3%A1la" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Cork_Examiner" class="mw-redirect" title="Cork Examiner">Cork Examiner</a></i>, 21 January 1919, "The M.P.s, or F.D.Es (Feisire Dáil Eireann) as they will be known in future, [etc.]" (cited in <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFerris2008" class="citation thesis cs1">Ferris, Lisa (September 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://othes.univie.ac.at/1195/1/2008-09-03_8305662.pdf#page=694"><i>Irish Views on Old Austria and Austrian Views on the Irish Question, 1848–1918</i></a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (Thesis). 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">21 October</span> 2016</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adissertation&rft.title=Irish+Views+on+Old+Austria+and+Austrian+Views+on+the+Irish+Question%2C+1848%E2%80%931918&rft.inst=University+of+Vienna&rft.date=2008-09&rft.aulast=Ferris&rft.aufirst=Lisa&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fothes.univie.ac.at%2F1195%2F1%2F2008-09-03_8305662.pdf%23page%3D694&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ATeachta+D%C3%A1la" class="Z3988"></span>)</li></ul> </span></li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://oireachtasdebates.oireachtas.ie/debates%20authoring/debateswebpack.nsf/takes/dail1919012100002">"Prelude"</a>. <i>First Dáil proceedings</i> (in Irish). 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