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Comhairle</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Ceann_Comhairle-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Powers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Powers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Powers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Powers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Activities" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Activities"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>Activities</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Activities-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Activities subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Activities-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Standards_of_conduct" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a 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<span>Standing committees</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Standing_committees-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Select_committees" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Select_committees"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Select committees</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Select_committees-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Special_committees" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Special_committees"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Special committees</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Special_committees-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Voting_procedure" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Voting_procedure"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Voting 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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Revolutionary_Dáil_(1919–1922)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Revolutionary Dáil (1919–1922)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Revolutionary_Dáil_(1919–1922)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Irish_Free_State_(1922–1937)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Irish_Free_State_(1922–1937)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3</span> <span>Irish Free State (1922–1937)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Irish_Free_State_(1922–1937)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Constitution_of_Ireland_(since_1937)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Constitution_of_Ireland_(since_1937)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.4</span> <span>Constitution of Ireland (since 1937)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Constitution_of_Ireland_(since_1937)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Historical_composition" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Historical_composition"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Historical composition</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Historical_composition-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Historical composition subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Historical_composition-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Irish_Republic_(1916/1919–1922)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Irish_Republic_(1916/1919–1922)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.1</span> <span>Irish Republic (1916/1919–1922)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Irish_Republic_(1916/1919–1922)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Irish_Free_State_(1922–1937)_2" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Irish_Free_State_(1922–1937)_2"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Irish Free State (1922–1937)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Irish_Free_State_(1922–1937)_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Republic_of_Ireland_(since_1937)" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Republic_of_Ireland_(since_1937)"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3</span> <span>Republic of Ireland (since 1937)</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Republic_of_Ireland_(since_1937)-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A3%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%86" title="دويل أيرن – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="دويل أيرن" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Dáil Éireann" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%B9%D0%BB_%D0%AD%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%BD" title="Дойл Эрэн – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Дойл Эрэн" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Dáil Éireann" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Dáil Éireann" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Dáil Éireann" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Dáil Éireann" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Dáil Éireann" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Dáil Éireann" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Dáil Éireann" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%89_%CE%92%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%AE_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%99%CF%81%CE%BB%CE%B1%CE%BD%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Κάτω Βουλή της Ιρλανδίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κάτω Βουλή της Ιρλανδίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Dáil Éireann" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Dáil Éireann" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Dáil Éireann" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%84_%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86" title="دایل ایرین – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="دایل ایرین" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Dáil Éireann" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Dáil Éireann" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Dáil Éireann" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Dáil Éireann" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8B%AC_%EC%97%90%EB%9F%B0" title="달 에런 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="달 에런" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Dáil Éireann" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Dáil Éireann" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%9F" title="דאל אירן – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="דאל אירן" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airijos_Atstov%C5%B3_r%C5%ABmai" title="Airijos Atstovų rūmai – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Airijos Atstovų rūmai" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Dáil Éireann" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil Éireann – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Dáil Éireann" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Dáil 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of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the current Irish body. For the historical legislatures, see <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann_(Irish_Republic)" title="Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic)">Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic)</a> and <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann_(Irish_Free_State)" title="Dáil Éireann (Irish Free State)">Dáil Éireann (Irish Free State)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 125%; border-top: 2px solid #08a04b; border-bottom: 2px solid #08a04b"><div style="display:inline" class="fn org">Dáil Éireann</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><a href="/wiki/34th_D%C3%A1il" title="34th Dáil">34th Dáil</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dail_Eireann_logo_1.png" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Coat of arms or logo" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Dail_Eireann_logo_1.png/330px-Dail_Eireann_logo_1.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="130" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/Dail_Eireann_logo_1.png/390px-Dail_Eireann_logo_1.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Dail_Eireann_logo_1.png 2x" data-file-width="396" data-file-height="198" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #08a04b; border-bottom: 2px solid #08a04b">Type</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="padding:0.1em 0;line-height:1.3em;"><div style="display:inline" class="category"><a href="/wiki/Lower_house" title="Lower house">Lower house</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a></div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Term limits</div></th><td class="infobox-data">None</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #08a04b; border-bottom: 2px solid #08a04b">History</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">29 December 1937 (<a href="/wiki/Adoption_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Adoption of the Constitution of Ireland">Modern form</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann_(Irish_Free_State)" title="Dáil Éireann (Irish Free State)">Dáil Éireann (Irish Free State)</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #08a04b; border-bottom: 2px solid #08a04b">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Ceann_Comhairle" title="Ceann Comhairle">Ceann Comhairle</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Verona_Murphy" title="Verona Murphy">Verona Murphy</a> <br />since <a href="/wiki/2024_Ceann_Comhairle_election" title="2024 Ceann Comhairle election">18 December 2024</a> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Leas-Cheann_Comhairle" class="mw-redirect" title="Leas-Cheann Comhairle">Leas-Cheann Comhairle</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/John_McGuinness_(politician)" title="John McGuinness (politician)">John McGuinness</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">FF</a> <br />since <a href="/wiki/2024_Ceann_Comhairle_election#Leas-Cheann_Comhairle_election" title="2024 Ceann Comhairle election">19 February 2025</a> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Taoiseach" title="Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Miche%C3%A1l_Martin" title="Micheál Martin">Micheál Martin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">FF</a> <br />since <a href="/wiki/35th_government_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="35th government of Ireland">23 January 2025</a> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/T%C3%A1naiste" title="Tánaiste">Tánaiste</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Simon_Harris" title="Simon Harris">Simon Harris</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">FG</a> <br />since 23 January 2025 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_at_the_Department_of_the_Taoiseach" title="Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach">Government Chief Whip</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Butler_(politician)" title="Mary Butler (politician)">Mary Butler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">FF</a> <br />since 23 January 2025 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State_at_the_Department_of_the_Taoiseach" title="Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach">Deputy Chief Whip</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Hildegarde_Naughton" title="Hildegarde Naughton">Hildegarde Naughton</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">FG</a> <br />since 23 January 2025 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Leader_of_the_Opposition_(Ireland)" title="Leader of the Opposition (Ireland)">Leader of the Opposition</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Mary_Lou_McDonald" title="Mary Lou McDonald">Mary Lou McDonald</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">SF</a> <br />since 23 January 2025 </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #08a04b; border-bottom: 2px solid #08a04b">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data">174<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>d<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:34th_D%C3%A1il_Seating_Plan.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/34th_D%C3%A1il_Seating_Plan.svg/250px-34th_D%C3%A1il_Seating_Plan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/34th_D%C3%A1il_Seating_Plan.svg/375px-34th_D%C3%A1il_Seating_Plan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/34th_D%C3%A1il_Seating_Plan.svg/500px-34th_D%C3%A1il_Seating_Plan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="450" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Government_of_the_34th_D%C3%A1il" title="Government of the 34th Dáil">Government</a> (91)</b> <dl><dd><span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid darkgray;background-color:#66BB66"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a></span> (48)</dd> <dd><span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid darkgray;background-color:#6699FF"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a></span> (38)</dd> <dd><span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid darkgray;background-color:#DDDDDD"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Independent</a></span> (5)</dd></dl> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Confidence_and_supply" title="Confidence and supply">Supported by</a> (4)</b> </p> <dl><dd><span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid darkgray;background-color:#DDDDDD"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Independent</a></span> (4)<sup id="cite_ref-IT20250207_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IT20250207-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <p><b>Opposition (78)</b> </p> <dl><dd><span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid darkgray;background-color:#326760"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a></span> (39)</dd> <dd><span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid darkgray;background-color:#CC0000"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour</a></span> (11)</dd> <dd><span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid darkgray;background-color:#752F8B"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Social_Democrats_(Ireland)" title="Social Democrats (Ireland)">Social Democrats</a></span> (10)</dd> <dd><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F997BC; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/34th_D%C3%A1il#Independents_and_Smaller_Parties_Group" title="34th Dáil"><i>Inds. and Smaller Parties Group</i></a> (8)<sup id="cite_ref-fn1_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fn1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <dl><dd><span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid darkgray;background-color:#FF0090"> </span> <a href="/wiki/People_Before_Profit%E2%80%93Solidarity" title="People Before Profit–Solidarity">PBP–Solidarity</a></span> (3)</dd> <dd><span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid darkgray;background-color:#22AC6F"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Green_Party_(Ireland)" title="Green Party (Ireland)">Green</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/Roderic_O%27Gorman" title="Roderic O'Gorman">1</a>)</dd> <dd><span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid darkgray;background-color:#f90606"> </span> <a href="/wiki/100%25_Redress" title="100% Redress">100% Redress</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/Charles_Ward_(Irish_politician)" title="Charles Ward (Irish politician)">1</a>)</dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#D3D3D3; color:black;border:1px solid darkgray;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Independents</a> (3)<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl></dd> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#7DA5DD; color:black;border:1px solid silver;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/34th_D%C3%A1il#Independent_Group" title="34th Dáil"><i>Independent Group</i></a> (7)<sup id="cite_ref-fn1_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fn1-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <dl><dd><span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid darkgray;background-color:#3BEE56"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_Ireland" title="Independent Ireland">Independent Ireland</a></span> (4)</dd> <dd><span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid darkgray;background-color:#44532A"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Aont%C3%BA" title="Aontú">Aontú</a></span> (2)</dd> <dd><span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid darkgray;background-color:#DDDDDD"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Independent</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/Paul_Gogarty" title="Paul Gogarty">1</a>)</dd></dl></dd> <dd><span class="legend nowrap" style="page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column"><span class="legend-color" style="display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;border:1px solid darkgray;background-color:#DDDDDD"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Independent</a></span> (3)</dd> <dt><a href="/wiki/Ceann_Comhairle" title="Ceann Comhairle">Ceann Comhairle</a></dt> <dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:Black; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Ceann_Comhairle" title="Ceann Comhairle">Ceann Comhairle</a> (1)</dd></dl> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Committees</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left; background: transparent; border: 0; padding: 0; text-align: right; font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background: transparent; border: 0; padding: 0; text-align: left; font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap;"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_Oireachtas" title="Committees of the Oireachtas">5</a></b></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Business </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Members' Interests of Dáil Éireann </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight (Dáil) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Public Accounts </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Standing Orders and Dáil Reform </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Joint committees</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left; background: transparent; border: 0; padding: 0; text-align: right; font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background: transparent; border: 0; padding: 0; text-align: left; font-weight: normal; white-space: nowrap;"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_Oireachtas" title="Committees of the Oireachtas">20</a></b></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Agriculture, Food and the Marine </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Autism </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Children, Disability, Equality, Integration, and Youth </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Disability Matters </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0">Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Enterprise, Trade and Employment </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Environment and Climate Action </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> European Union Affairs </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Foreign Affairs and Defence </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Gender Equality </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Irish-speaking Community </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Health </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Housing, Local Government and Heritage </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Justice </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Public Petitions </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Transport and Communications </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Length of term</div></th><td class="infobox-data">No more than 5 years<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>c<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Authority</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/cons/en/html#article16.">Articles 16−17, Constitution of Ireland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Salary</th><td class="infobox-data">€113,679 per year<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> plus expenses<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #08a04b; border-bottom: 2px solid #08a04b">Elections</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">Voting system</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">Proportional representation</a> (<a href="/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" title="Single transferable vote">single transferable vote</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Last election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/2024_Irish_general_election" title="2024 Irish general election">29 November 2024</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Next election</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Next_Irish_general_election" title="Next Irish general election">By January 2030</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Redistricting</th><td class="infobox-data">Advisory recommendations made by the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_(Ireland)" title="Electoral Commission (Ireland)">Electoral Commission</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #08a04b; border-bottom: 2px solid #08a04b">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:DailChamber_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/DailChamber_2020.jpg/290px-DailChamber_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="290" height="193" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/DailChamber_2020.jpg/435px-DailChamber_2020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/DailChamber_2020.jpg/580px-DailChamber_2020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3200" data-file-height="2133" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label">Dáil Chamber<br /><a href="/wiki/Leinster_House" title="Leinster House">Leinster House</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kildare_Street" title="Kildare Street">Kildare Street</a>, Dublin</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #08a04b; border-bottom: 2px solid #08a04b">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.oireachtas.ie/">www<wbr />.oireachtas<wbr />.ie</a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #08a04b; border-bottom: 2px solid #08a04b">Constitution</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Constitution of Ireland">Constitution of Ireland</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #08a04b; border-bottom: 2px solid #08a04b">Rules</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/standingOrders/dail/2021/2021-01-27_consolidated-dail-eireann-standing-orders-january-2021_en.pdf.">Dáil Éireann – Standing Orders Relative to Public Business 2020</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 2px solid #08a04b; border-bottom: 2px solid #08a04b">Footnotes</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><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 reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-fn1-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-fn1_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-fn1_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Technical group formed for parliamentary speaking rights. This is not a political alliance, but a parliamentary group.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Includes <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_Healy" title="Séamus Healy">Séamus Healy</a> who is a member of the <a href="/wiki/Workers_and_Unemployed_Action" title="Workers and Unemployed Action">Workers and Unemployed Action</a> party but was elected as an independent candidate.</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">Under the Constitution, the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ireland" title="President of Ireland">President</a> may dissolve the Dáil on the Taoiseach's discretional advice; they may refuse this advice if the Taoiseach has lost the Dáil's confidence.</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">Previously 160, changed by <a href="/wiki/Electoral_(Amendment)_Act_2023" title="Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023">Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Dáil Éireann</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span></span><span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɛər/: 'are' in 'bare'">ɛər</span><span title="/ən/: 'on' in 'button'">ən</span></span>/</a></span> <span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/4\/48\/Ga-D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann.ogg\/Ga-D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann.ogg.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"Ga-D\u00e1il \u00c9ireann.ogg"},"classes":["noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/48/Ga-D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann.ogg/Ga-D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann.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-D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann.ogg" title="File:Ga-Dáil Éireann.ogg">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">dahl <span style="font-size:90%">AIR</span>-ən</i></a>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">Irish:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ga-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Irish" title="Help:IPA/Irish">[ˌd̪ˠaːlʲ<span class="wrap"> </span>ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ]</a></span>; <abbr style="font-size:85%" title="literal translation">lit.</abbr><span style="white-space: nowrap;"> </span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span><span class="gloss-text">Assembly of Ireland</span><span class="gloss-quot">'</span>) is the <a href="/wiki/Lower_house" title="Lower house">lower house</a> and principal chamber of the <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a> (Irish legislature), which also includes the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ireland" title="President of Ireland">president of Ireland</a> and a <a href="/wiki/Senate" title="Senate">senate</a> called <a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann">Seanad Éireann</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Article_15_1_2_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Article_15_1_2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It consists of 174 members, each known as a <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">Teachta Dála</a></i></span> (plural <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Teachtaí Dála</i></span>, commonly abbreviated as TDs). TDs represent 43 <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_constituencies" title="Dáil constituencies">constituencies</a> and are directly elected for terms not exceeding five years, on the system of <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a> using the <a href="/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" title="Single transferable vote">single transferable vote</a> (PR-STV). Its powers are similar to those of lower houses under many other <a href="/wiki/Bicameralism" title="Bicameralism">bicameral</a> <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_system" title="Parliamentary system">parliamentary systems</a> and it is by far the dominant branch of the Oireachtas. Subject to the limits imposed by the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Constitution of Ireland">Constitution of Ireland</a>, it has the power to pass any law it wishes, and to nominate and remove the <a href="/wiki/Taoiseach" title="Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a> (<a href="/wiki/Head_of_government" title="Head of government">head of government</a>). Since 1922, it has met in <a href="/wiki/Leinster_House" title="Leinster House">Leinster House</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>. </p><p>The Dáil took its current form when the <a href="/wiki/Adoption_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Adoption of the Constitution of Ireland">1937 Constitution was adopted</a>, but it maintains continuity with the <a href="/wiki/First_D%C3%A1il" title="First Dáil">First Dáil</a> established in 1919. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Composition">Composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Dáil has 174 members.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The number is set within the limits of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Constitution of Ireland">Constitution of Ireland</a>, which sets a minimum ratio of one member per 20,000 of the population, and a maximum of one per 30,000. Under current legislation, members are directly elected for terms not exceeding five years by the people of <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a> under a system of <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a> known as the <a href="/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" title="Single transferable vote">single transferable vote</a>. Currently every <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Dáil constituency">Dáil constituency</a> elects three, four or five TDs. </p><p>Membership of the Dáil is open to Irish citizens who are 21 or older.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A member of the Dáil is a <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">Teachta Dála</a></i></span> and is known generally as a TD or Deputy. </p><p>The Dáil electorate consists of Irish and British citizens over 18 years of age who are registered to vote in Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the Constitution a general election for Dáil Éireann must occur once in every seven years, but an earlier maximum of five years is set by the Electoral Act 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-1992ActS33_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1992ActS33-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Taoiseach" title="Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a> (head of government or prime minister) can, at any time, make a request to the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ireland" title="President of Ireland">president</a> to dissolve the Dáil, in which case a general election must occur within thirty days. The President may refuse to grant the dissolution to a Taoiseach who has ceased to retain the support of a majority in the Dáil; to date, no request for a dissolution has been refused. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The STV electoral system broadly produces proportional representation in the Dáil. The low <a href="/wiki/District_magnitude" class="mw-redirect" title="District magnitude">district magnitude</a> of the constituencies used, however, usually gives a small advantage to the larger parties and under-represents smaller parties. Since the 1990s the norm has been coalition governments. Prior to 1989, single-party governments by <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> were common. The multi-seat constituencies required by STV mean that candidates must often compete for election with others from the same party. This system offers wide voter choice but is accused by some of producing TDs who are excessively parochial. By-elections occur under the <a href="/wiki/Instant-runoff_voting" title="Instant-runoff voting">alternative vote</a> system. Proposals to <a href="/wiki/Amendments_to_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Amendments to the Constitution of Ireland">amend the constitution</a> to change to the <a href="/wiki/First-past-the-post" class="mw-redirect" title="First-past-the-post">first-past-the-post</a> system were rejected in referendums <a href="/wiki/Third_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_1958" title="Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1958">in 1959</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fourth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_1968" class="mw-redirect" title="Fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1968">in 1968</a>. </p><p>Currently every <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Dáil constituency">Dáil constituency</a> elects three, four or five TDs. The constitution specifies that no constituency may return fewer than three TDs but does not specify any upper limit to constituency magnitude. However, statute specifies a maximum of five seats per constituency.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The constitution requires that constituency boundaries be reviewed at least once in every twelve years, so that boundaries may be redrawn to accommodate changes in population. Boundary changes are drafted by the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_(Ireland)" title="Electoral Commission (Ireland)">Electoral Commission</a> − which from 2023 replaced a judge-led <a href="/wiki/Constituency_Commission" title="Constituency Commission">Constituency Commission</a> appointed for each review − and its recommendations are implemented by law. <a href="/wiki/Malapportionment" class="mw-redirect" title="Malapportionment">Malapportionment</a> is forbidden by the constitution. Under the Constitution, the commission is required to refer to the most recent Census when considering boundary changes. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Number_of_members">Number of members</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Number of members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable floatright collapsible collapsed"> <caption>Number of members </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Dáil </th> <th>Election </th> <th>TDs </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_1st_D%C3%A1il" title="Members of the 1st Dáil">1st</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1918_Irish_general_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1918 Irish general election">1918</a> </td> <td>105 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_2nd_D%C3%A1il" title="Members of the 2nd Dáil">2nd</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1921_Irish_elections" title="1921 Irish elections">1921</a> </td> <td>180 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_3rd_D%C3%A1il" title="Members of the 3rd Dáil">3rd</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1922_Irish_general_election" title="1922 Irish general election">1922</a> </td> <td>128 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/4th_D%C3%A1il" title="4th Dáil">4th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1923_Irish_general_election" title="1923 Irish general election">1923</a> </td> <td>153 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/5th_D%C3%A1il" title="5th Dáil">5th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/June_1927_Irish_general_election" title="June 1927 Irish general election">Jun. 1927</a> </td> <td>153 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/6th_D%C3%A1il" title="6th Dáil">6th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/September_1927_Irish_general_election" title="September 1927 Irish general election">Sep. 1927</a> </td> <td>153 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/7th_D%C3%A1il" title="7th Dáil">7th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1932_Irish_general_election" title="1932 Irish general election">1932</a> </td> <td>153 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/8th_D%C3%A1il" title="8th Dáil">8th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1933_Irish_general_election" title="1933 Irish general election">1933</a> </td> <td>153 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/9th_D%C3%A1il" title="9th Dáil">9th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1937_Irish_general_election" title="1937 Irish general election">1937</a> </td> <td>138 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/10th_D%C3%A1il" title="10th Dáil">10th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1938_Irish_general_election" title="1938 Irish general election">1938</a> </td> <td>138 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/11th_D%C3%A1il" title="11th Dáil">11th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1943_Irish_general_election" title="1943 Irish general election">1943</a> </td> <td>138 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/12th_D%C3%A1il" title="12th Dáil">12th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1944_Irish_general_election" title="1944 Irish general election">1944</a> </td> <td>138 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/13th_D%C3%A1il" title="13th Dáil">13th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1948_Irish_general_election" title="1948 Irish general election">1948</a> </td> <td>147 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/14th_D%C3%A1il" title="14th Dáil">14th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1951_Irish_general_election" title="1951 Irish general election">1951</a> </td> <td>147 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/15th_D%C3%A1il" title="15th Dáil">15th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1954_Irish_general_election" title="1954 Irish general election">1954</a> </td> <td>147 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/16th_D%C3%A1il" title="16th Dáil">16th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1957_Irish_general_election" title="1957 Irish general election">1957</a> </td> <td>147 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/17th_D%C3%A1il" title="17th Dáil">17th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1961_Irish_general_election" title="1961 Irish general election">1961</a> </td> <td>144 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/18th_D%C3%A1il" title="18th Dáil">18th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1965_Irish_general_election" title="1965 Irish general election">1965</a> </td> <td>144 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/19th_D%C3%A1il" title="19th Dáil">19th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1969_Irish_general_election" title="1969 Irish general election">1969</a> </td> <td>144 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/20th_D%C3%A1il" title="20th Dáil">20th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1973_Irish_general_election" title="1973 Irish general election">1973</a> </td> <td>144 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/21st_D%C3%A1il" title="21st Dáil">21st</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1977_Irish_general_election" title="1977 Irish general election">1977</a> </td> <td>148 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/22nd_D%C3%A1il" title="22nd Dáil">22nd</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1981_Irish_general_election" title="1981 Irish general election">1981</a> </td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/23rd_D%C3%A1il" title="23rd Dáil">23rd</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/February_1982_Irish_general_election" title="February 1982 Irish general election">Feb. 1982</a> </td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/24th_D%C3%A1il" title="24th Dáil">24th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/November_1982_Irish_general_election" title="November 1982 Irish general election">Nov. 1982</a> </td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/25th_D%C3%A1il" title="25th Dáil">25th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1987_Irish_general_election" title="1987 Irish general election">1987</a> </td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/26th_D%C3%A1il" title="26th Dáil">26th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1989_Irish_general_election" title="1989 Irish general election">1989</a> </td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/27th_D%C3%A1il" title="27th Dáil">27th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1992_Irish_general_election" title="1992 Irish general election">1992</a> </td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/28th_D%C3%A1il" title="28th Dáil">28th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1997_Irish_general_election" title="1997 Irish general election">1997</a> </td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/29th_D%C3%A1il" title="29th Dáil">29th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2002_Irish_general_election" title="2002 Irish general election">2002</a> </td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/30th_D%C3%A1il" title="30th Dáil">30th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Irish_general_election" title="2007 Irish general election">2007</a> </td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/31st_D%C3%A1il" title="31st Dáil">31st</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Irish_general_election" title="2011 Irish general election">2011</a> </td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/32nd_D%C3%A1il" title="32nd Dáil">32nd</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Irish_general_election" title="2016 Irish general election">2016</a> </td> <td>158 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/33rd_D%C3%A1il" title="33rd Dáil">33rd</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_Irish_general_election" title="2020 Irish general election">2020</a> </td> <td>160 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/34th_D%C3%A1il" title="34th Dáil">34th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Irish_general_election" title="2024 Irish general election">2024</a> </td> <td>174 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>There are currently 174 TDs in the Dáil. This figure was provided by the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_(Amendment)_Act_2023" title="Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023">Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023</a> and has been in place since the <a href="/wiki/2024_Irish_general_election" title="2024 Irish general election">2024 general election</a>. This follows a recommendation of the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_Commission_(Ireland)" title="Electoral Commission (Ireland)">Electoral Commission</a> in August 2023. This gives an average representation of 29,593 people per TD, based on the 2022 census.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Layout">Layout</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Layout"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Dáil chamber has confrontational benches but the end segment is curved to create a partial <a href="/wiki/Hemicycle" title="Hemicycle">hemicycle</a>. The government TDs sit on the left of the <a href="/wiki/Ceann_Comhairle" title="Ceann Comhairle">Ceann Comhairle</a>, with the main opposition party on their right. The Chamber was adapted for use as a Parliament from its former use as a lecture theatre. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Duration">Duration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Duration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/First_D%C3%A1il" title="First Dáil">First Dáil</a> was established on 21 January 1919 as the single-chamber parliament of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Republic" title="Irish Republic">Irish Republic</a>. One of the first actions of the Dáil was to ratify a constitution, commonly known as the <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_Constitution" title="Dáil Constitution">Dáil Constitution</a>. As a provisional constitution it made no reference to the length of the term of each Dáil. The first and second Dáil existed under the provisions of this constitution. Neither was recognised by the British government or the governments of other countries as the lawful parliament of Ireland. </p><p>On 6 December 1922, following the signing of the 1921 <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Irish_Treaty" title="Anglo-Irish Treaty">Anglo-Irish Treaty</a> which brought the Irish War of Independence to an end, the single chamber Dáil became the lower house of a new bicameral Oireachtas, the parliament of the newly established <a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a>. </p><p>Article 28 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Irish_Free_State" title="Constitution of the Irish Free State">Constitution of the Irish Free State</a> (1922) set the maximum term for the Dáil at four years. This was <a href="/wiki/Constitution_(Amendment_No._4)_Act_1927" title="Constitution (Amendment No. 4) Act 1927">amended in 1927</a> from four years to six years "or such shorter period as may be fixed by legislation".<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that same year, this period was fixed in law as a duration of "five years reckoned from the date of the first meeting of Dáil Éireann after the last previous dissolution".<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 29 December 1937, on the coming into force of the new <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Constitution of Ireland">Constitution of Ireland</a>, the Irish Free State ceased to exist and was replaced by a new state called Ireland. Article 16.5 of the 1937 Constitution states, "Dáil Éireann shall not continue for a longer period than seven years from the date of its first meeting: a shorter period may be fixed by law". The period in law remained at five years. Since the coming into force of the 1937 constitution, no Irish government has proposed changing the maximum term of the Dáil, which still remains five years and was reconfirmed by legislation in 1992, which stated, "The same Dáil shall not continue for a longer period than five years from the date of its first meeting".<sup id="cite_ref-1992ActS33_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1992ActS33-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Consequently, the maximum term for the Dáil is five years from the date it first met following the last general election. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Dissolution">Dissolution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Dissolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Article 16.3.2° of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Constitution of Ireland">Constitution of Ireland</a> (1937) provides that an election for the membership of Dáil Éireann must take place no later than 30 days after a dissolution of the current Dáil. Article 16.4.2° requires that the newly elected Dáil Éireann must convene no later than 30 days after the election. As such, the maximum period of time between a dissolution of Dáil Éireann before a general election and the meeting of the new Dáil after a general election is 60 days. </p><p>The procedure and timetable for the dissolution of Dáil Éireann, pursuant to a general election, and the date for the reassembly of the newly elected Dáil, after the election, is set out in the Constitution of Ireland. Article 13.2.1° states that "Dáil Éireann shall be summoned and dissolved by the President on the advice of the Taoiseach". Therefore, the timing of a general election rests with the Taoiseach of the day. </p><p>Once so advised by the Taoiseach, the President issues a proclamation which specifies the date on which the current Dáil is dissolved, and the date on which the newly elected Dáil must first meet. </p><p>The timing for polling day in a general election is decided on by the Taoiseach. However, this is governed within a specified statutory framework. Once the presidential proclamation is issued, the <a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Housing,_Local_Government_and_Heritage" title="Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage">Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage</a> sets, by way of a ministerial order, the date and time of polling day in the election. </p><p>Section 39(1) of the Electoral Act 1992 states:<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd>"Where the Dáil is dissolved, the Clerk of the Dáil shall, immediately upon the issue of the Proclamation dissolving the Dáil, issue a writ to each returning officer for a constituency directing him to cause an election to be held of the full number of members of the Dáil to serve in the Dáil for that constituency."</dd></dl> <p>Section 96 of the Electoral Act 1992 (as amended) states:<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dd>"(1) A poll at a Dáil election— <dl><dd>(a) shall be taken on such day as shall be appointed by the Minister by order, being a day which (disregarding any excluded day) is not earlier than the eighteenth day or later than the twenty-fifth day next following the day on which the writ or writs for the election is or are issued,</dd> <dd>(b) shall continue for such period, not being less than twelve hours, between the hours of 7 a.m. and 10.30 p.m. as may be fixed by the Minister by order, subject to the restriction that, in the case of a general election, he shall fix the same period for all constituencies.</dd></dl></dd> <dd>(2) An order under this section shall be published in the <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/Iris_Oifigi%C3%BAil" title="Iris Oifigiúil">Iris Oifigiúil</a></i></span> as soon as may be after it is made."</dd></dl> <p>For the purposes of the Act an "excluded day" means a day which is a Sunday, Good Friday or a day which is declared to be a public holiday by the Holidays (Employees) Act 1973, or a day which by virtue of a statute or proclamation is a public holiday.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Therefore, if the Dáil were dissolved on a Tuesday 1 February (in a non-leap year), and the writs for elections issued by the Clerk of the Dáil on that day, then the earliest date for polling day would be Tuesday 22 February (18 days later, excluding Sundays) and the latest date for polling would be Wednesday 2 March (25 days after, excluding Sundays), with polling stations being open for a minimum 12-hour period between the hours of 7am and 10.30pm on polling day (as set out in the ministerial order). In such a scenario, the latest date by which the newly elected Dáil must assemble would be Thursday 24 March (for a 22 February polling date), or Friday 1 April (for a 2 March polling date). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Title">Title</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Title"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Dáil Éireann</i></span> is taken from the <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish language</a> but is the official title of the body in both English and Irish, including in both language versions of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Constitution of Ireland">Irish constitution</a>. Since the Dáil was first established in 1919, it has also been described variously as a "<a href="/wiki/National_Assembly" title="National Assembly">National Assembly</a>", a "<a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Deputies" title="Chamber of Deputies">Chamber of Deputies</a>" <sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a "<a href="/wiki/House_of_Representatives" title="House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a>". </p><p>A <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">dáil</i></span> means a "meeting, tryst or encounter of any kind".<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Article 15 of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Constitution of Ireland">1937 Constitution</a> describes the body as "a House of Representatives to be called Dáil Éireann" (<span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Teach Ionadóirí ar a dtugtar Dáil Éireann</i></span>).<sup id="cite_ref-Article_15_1_2_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Article_15_1_2-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-isbcons_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-isbcons-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The word <i>Dáil</i> is accompanied by the definite article, but <i>Dáil Éireann</i> is not; one speaks of "the Dáil" but not "the Dáil Éireann".<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The plural of <i>Dáil</i> in the English language is most commonly <i>Dáils</i>, although the Irish-language plural <i>Dálaí</i><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is sometimes encountered in English. As there is only ever one Dáil in existence at any one time, the plural is used when referring to the Dáil after different elections; for example, when referring to the <a href="/wiki/First_D%C3%A1il" title="First Dáil">First</a> and <a href="/wiki/Second_D%C3%A1il" title="Second Dáil">Second</a> Dáils.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ceann_Comhairle">Ceann Comhairle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Ceann Comhairle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ceann_Comhairle" title="Ceann Comhairle">Ceann Comhairle</a></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ceann_Comhairle" title="Ceann Comhairle">Ceann Comhairle</a> is the chairperson, or presiding member, of the Dáil. The Ceann Comhairle is chosen from among TDs but is required to observe strict impartiality. Despite this, the government will usually try to select one of its own for the position, if its numbers allow. To protect the neutrality of the chair, an incumbent Ceann Comhairle does not seek re-election as a TD but rather is deemed automatically to have been re-elected by their constituency at a general election, unless they are retiring. The Ceann Comhairle does not vote except in the event of a tie. The current Ceann Comhairle is independent TD <a href="/wiki/Verona_Murphy" title="Verona Murphy">Verona Murphy</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Powers">Powers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Powers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>While the Dáil is one of three components of the Oireachtas, the other two being the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ireland" title="President of Ireland">President of Ireland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann">Seanad Éireann</a>, the powers the constitution grants to the Dáil render it by far the dominant branch, meaning that most bills passed by the Dáil will ultimately become law. The president, upon consultation with the <a href="/wiki/Council_of_State_(Ireland)" title="Council of State (Ireland)">Council of State</a>, may refer a bill to the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Ireland" title="Supreme Court of Ireland">Supreme Court of Ireland</a> to test its constitutionality. If the Court finds that the bill is inconsistent with the Constitution, the president may not sign the bill. </p><p>In addition to its legislative role, it is the Dáil that approves the nomination the <a href="/wiki/Taoiseach" title="Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a> for appointment by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Ireland" title="President of Ireland">President</a>. The Dáil may also pass a <a href="/wiki/Confidence_motions_in_D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" class="mw-redirect" title="Confidence motions in Dáil Éireann">motion of no confidence</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Government" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Government">Government</a>, in which case the <a href="/wiki/Taoiseach" title="Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a> must either seek a <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_parliament" title="Dissolution of parliament">parliamentary dissolution</a> or resign. It has happened only once that the loss of confidence of the Dáil did not result in a general election: in 1994 <a href="/wiki/John_Bruton" title="John Bruton">John Bruton</a> of <a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> became <a href="/wiki/Taoiseach" title="Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a> when the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour Party</a> left the <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> coalition government led by <a href="/wiki/Albert_Reynolds" title="Albert Reynolds">Albert Reynolds</a>. </p><p>The Dáil has exclusive power to: </p> <ul><li>Nominate the <a href="/wiki/Taoiseach" title="Taoiseach">Taoiseach</a> for appointment by the president;</li> <li>Approve the Taoiseach's nominees <span title="French-language text"><i lang="fr">en bloc</i></span> to serve as <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland" title="Government of Ireland">Government ministers</a> on their appointment by the president;</li> <li>Approve the budget;</li> <li>Initiate bills to <a href="/wiki/Amendments_to_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Amendments to the Constitution of Ireland">amend the Constitution</a>;</li> <li>Ratify treaties which include financial provisions (Provided they do not conflict with the Constitution of Ireland);</li> <li>Approve a declaration of war;</li> <li>Initiate 'money bills' or bills which incur a charge on the public finances (on the recommendation of the Government only);</li> <li>Nominate the <a href="/wiki/Comptroller_and_Auditor_General_(Ireland)" title="Comptroller and Auditor General (Ireland)">Comptroller and Auditor General</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Activities">Activities</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Activities"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Committees"></span> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:20130810_dublin214_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/20130810_dublin214_%28cropped%29.JPG/300px-20130810_dublin214_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="300" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/20130810_dublin214_%28cropped%29.JPG/450px-20130810_dublin214_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/20130810_dublin214_%28cropped%29.JPG/600px-20130810_dublin214_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3666" data-file-height="1832" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Leinster_House" title="Leinster House">Leinster House</a> in Dublin, seat of Dáil Éireann.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Dáil determines its own <a href="/wiki/Rules_of_order" class="mw-redirect" title="Rules of order">standing orders</a> and its members are protected by certain rights arising from <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_privilege" title="Parliamentary privilege">parliamentary privilege</a>. In line with other modern parliamentary systems, TDs do not generally vote in accordance with their consciences or the wishes of their constituents, but must follow the instructions of <a href="/wiki/Whip_(politics)" title="Whip (politics)">party whips</a>, a practice that originated in the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary Party</a>. Except in exceptional circumstances, the Dáil meets in public. The Dáil currently has three <a href="/wiki/Standing_Committee_(D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann)" class="mw-redirect" title="Standing Committee (Dáil Éireann)">standing committees</a> and thirteen <a href="/wiki/Select_committee_(D%C3%A1il_Eireann)" class="mw-redirect" title="Select committee (Dáil Eireann)">select committees</a>. </p><p>As of 2019, the Dáil sits on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays when the Oireachtas is sitting. On Tuesdays the Dáil normally sits from 2pm until 11pm, on Wednesdays from 9.12am until around 11.30pm and on Thursdays from 9am until around 8pm<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>. </p><p>A typical day consists of questions to various cabinet ministers, Leaders’ questions whereby opposition Leaders ask the Taoiseach questions and routine debates on Bills. Every Tuesday and Wednesday three hours over the two days are given to the debate of opposition motions. These normally try to embarrass the government and are widely covered in the media. The government and its majority normally amends these suitably and the amended version is passed by the Government. </p><p>Debate and speeches are generally in English, but TDs may switch between Irish and English. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Standards_of_conduct">Standards of conduct</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Standards of conduct"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Ceann_Comhairle" title="Ceann Comhairle">Ceann Comhairle</a> has ruled that it is disorderly for one deputy to describe another as a brat, <a href="/wiki/Buffoon" class="mw-redirect" title="Buffoon">buffoon</a>, chancer, communist, corner boy, coward, fascist, <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gurrier" class="extiw" title="wikt:gurrier">gurrier</a>, <a href="/wiki/Guttersnipe" class="mw-redirect" title="Guttersnipe">guttersnipe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hypocrite" class="mw-redirect" title="Hypocrite">hypocrite</a>, rat, scumbag, scurrilous speaker or <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yahoo" class="extiw" title="wikt:yahoo">yahoo</a>; or to insinuate that a TD is lying or drunk; or has violated the secrets of cabinet, or doctored an official report.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also, the reference to "handbagging", particularly with reference to a female member of the House, has been deemed to be unparliamentary.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Dáil maintains a document, <i>Salient Rulings of the Chair</i> which covers behaviour in and out of the House by TDs; section 428 of this lists unparliamentary speech.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Committees">Committees</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Committees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Committees_of_the_Oireachtas" title="Committees of the Oireachtas">Committees of the Oireachtas</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Standing_committees">Standing committees</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Standing committees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Committee on Administration</li> <li>Committee on Consolidation Bills</li> <li>Committee on Members' Interests of Dáil Éireann</li> <li>Committee on Procedure and Privileges <ul><li>Sub-committee on Compellability</li> <li>Sub-committee on Dáil Reform</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Public_Accounts_Committee_(Ireland)" title="Public Accounts Committee (Ireland)">Committee of Public Accounts</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Select_committees">Select committees</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Select committees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid 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Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht</li></ul></li> <li>Select committee on European Union Affairs</li> <li>Select committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade</li> <li>Select committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform <ul><li>Select sub-committee on Finance</li> <li>Select sub-committee on Public Expenditure and Reform</li></ul></li> <li>Select committee on Health and Children <ul><li>Select sub-committee on Health</li> <li>Select Sub-committee on Children and Youth Affairs</li></ul></li> <li>Select committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement</li> <li>Select committee on Investigations, Oversight and Petitions</li> <li>Select committee on Jobs, Social Protection and Education <ul><li>Select sub-committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation</li> <li>Select sub-committee on Social Protection</li> <li>Select sub-committee on Education and Skills</li></ul></li> <li>Select committee on Justice, Defence and Equality</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Special_committees">Special committees</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Special committees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Special Committee on <a href="/wiki/COVID-19" title="COVID-19">COVID-19</a> Response</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Voting_procedure">Voting procedure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Voting procedure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ceann Comhairle (or Leas-Cheann Comhairle) first puts the question in Irish, asking the TDs present to say <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Tá</i></span> (Yes) or <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Níl</i></span> (No) if they agree or disagree with the question before them. The Ceann Comhairle then gives his opinion as to the outcome of the voice vote. Deputies can challenge the Ceann Comhairle and demand a recorded vote by shouting <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Vótáil!</i></span> (Vote!) The Ceann Comhairle then shouts <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Vótáil!</i></span> again which starts the voting process. Division bells sound around Leinster House and in some of its adjoining buildings calling deputies to the chamber to vote. The bells ring for six minutes and the doors to the chamber are locked after a further four minutes. </p><p>The Ceann Comhairle then appoints two tellers for each side and deputies are given one minute to vote. The vote is taken by electronic means whereby Deputies press either the Tá or Níl button on their desks to vote for or against a motion. After the voting time has concluded a sheet (Division Paper) containing the result and each TDs vote is signed by the four tellers and given to the Ceann Comhairle who declares the result. </p><p>While electronic voting has become the norm the Dáil votes manually through the lobbies at the back of the chamber on a number of occasions, for example, motions of no confidence. A teller in an electronic vote can call a manual vote if they so wish. This has become an opposition tactic during important votes which are widely covered in the media. </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=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Precursors">Precursors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Precursors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first legislature to exist in Ireland was the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Ireland" title="Parliament of Ireland">Parliament of Ireland</a> from 1297 to 1800, and its house of representatives was the <a href="/wiki/Irish_House_of_Commons" title="Irish House of Commons">House of Commons</a>. However the Parliament of Ireland was abolished under the <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Union_1800" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Union 1800">Act of Union</a> of 1800, with MPs elected for Ireland sitting in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons of the United Kingdom</a> until 1922. Irish nationalists first convened Dáil Éireann as a revolutionary parliament in 1919 and while it successfully took over most functions of government it was not recognised under <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_law" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom law">United Kingdom law</a>. </p><p>In 1921 the United Kingdom government established a legislature called the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Southern_Ireland" title="Parliament of Southern Ireland">Parliament of Southern Ireland</a> in an effort to appease nationalists by granting Ireland limited <a href="/wiki/Home_rule" title="Home rule">home rule</a>. However this body was rejected and boycotted by nationalists whose allegiance remained with the Dáil. Nonetheless, because the First Dáil was illegal under the United Kingdom constitution, the lower house of the Parliament of Southern Ireland, the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_Southern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="House of Commons of Southern Ireland">House of Commons of Southern Ireland</a>, is considered in British legal theory as the precursor to the Dáil. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Revolutionary_Dáil_(1919–1922)"><span id="Revolutionary_D.C3.A1il_.281919.E2.80.931922.29"></span>Revolutionary Dáil (1919–1922)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Revolutionary Dáil (1919–1922)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann_(Irish_Republic)" title="Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic)">Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic)</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Special:EditPage/Dáil Éireann">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2025</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The current Dáil derives from the 1937 Constitution of Ireland, but a continuity from the <a href="/wiki/First_D%C3%A1il" title="First Dáil">First Dáil</a> of 1919 is considered to exist. That Dáil was an assembly established by <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)" title="Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)">MPs</a> elected to the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="House of Commons of the United Kingdom">House of Commons of the United Kingdom</a> in the <a href="/wiki/1918_Irish_general_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1918 Irish general election">1918 United Kingdom general election</a>. They had contested the election on a <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in_Manifesto_1918" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinn Féin Manifesto 1918">manifesto</a> commitment of "[establishing] a constituent assembly comprising persons chosen by Irish constituencies as the supreme national authority to speak and act in the name of the Irish people". Upon winning 73 of the 105 Irish seats in the election, Sinn Féin MPs refused to recognise the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom parliament">United Kingdom parliament</a> and instead convened as Dáil Éireann (translated as "Assembly of Ireland"): the unicameral legislature of a unilaterally declared <a href="/wiki/Irish_Republic" title="Irish Republic">Irish Republic</a>, and the first Irish parliament to exist since 1801. The Dáil of the Irish Republic, however, was only recognised internationally by the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic" title="Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic">Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic</a>. The first meeting of the Dáil occurred in Dublin on 21 January 1919, in the <a href="/wiki/Mansion_House,_Dublin" title="Mansion House, Dublin">Mansion House</a>, attended by <a href="/wiki/Members_of_the_1st_D%C3%A1il" title="Members of the 1st Dáil">27 members</a>. The body was prohibited in the following September, and was forced underground, meeting in several locations thereafter. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Irish_Free_State_(1922–1937)"><span id="Irish_Free_State_.281922.E2.80.931937.29"></span>Irish Free State (1922–1937)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Irish Free State (1922–1937)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann_(Irish_Free_State)" title="Dáil Éireann (Irish Free State)">Dáil Éireann (Irish Free State)</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444" /><table class="box-Unreferenced_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Unreferenced" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>does not <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources">cite</a> any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">sources</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann" title="Special:EditPage/Dáil Éireann">improve this section</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a>. Unsourced material may be challenged and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability#Burden_of_evidence" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">removed</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2025</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Dáil of the Irish Republic was succeeded on 6 December 1922 by the Dáil of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a>. The Irish Free State, comprising the twenty-six southern and western counties of Ireland, was established under the 1921 <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Irish_Treaty" title="Anglo-Irish Treaty">Anglo-Irish Treaty</a>. Dáil Éireann was the house of representatives, described in the new constitution as a "<a href="/wiki/Chamber_of_Deputies" title="Chamber of Deputies">Chamber of Deputies</a>, of a bicameral legislature called the <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas_of_the_Irish_Free_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Oireachtas of the Irish Free State">Oireachtas of the Irish Free State</a>." The first Dáil to exist under the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_the_Irish_Free_State" title="Constitution of the Irish Free State">Constitution of the Irish Free State</a> succeeded the <a href="/wiki/Second_D%C3%A1il" title="Second Dáil">Second Dáil</a> of the Irish Republic and so was styled the <a href="/wiki/Third_D%C3%A1il" title="Third Dáil">Third Dáil</a>. The Third Dáil, and every subsequent Dáil, has met in Leinster House. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Constitution_of_Ireland_(since_1937)"><span id="Constitution_of_Ireland_.28since_1937.29"></span>Constitution of Ireland (since 1937)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Constitution of Ireland (since 1937)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Constitution of Ireland">Constitution of Ireland</a>, adopted in 1937, established the modern Irish state, referred to as Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-isbcons_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-isbcons-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the constitution a new legislature retained the title <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Oireachtas</i></span>, and its lower house remained <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Dáil Éireann</i></span>. The first Dáil to meet under the Constitution of Ireland was described as the Ninth Dáil. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> and the necessity for <a href="/wiki/Social_distancing" title="Social distancing">social distancing</a>, the Dáil temporarily sat at the <a href="/wiki/Convention_Centre_Dublin" title="Convention Centre Dublin">Convention Centre Dublin</a> from June 2020 to July 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From September 2021, the Dáil returned to sitting in Leinster House. </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_composition">Historical composition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Historical composition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Irish_Republic_(1916/1919–1922)"><span id="Irish_Republic_.281916.2F1919.E2.80.931922.29"></span><a href="/wiki/Irish_Republic" title="Irish Republic">Irish Republic</a> (1916/1919–1922)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Irish Republic (1916/1919–1922)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="100%" style="border:solid #000000 1px;font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2"> <table width="100%" style="font-size:90%;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="40"> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#CC0000; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour</a></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#326760; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in_(Anti-Treaty)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)">SF (Anti-Treaty)</a></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#326760; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">SF</a></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#326760; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in_(Pro-Treaty)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)">SF (Pro-Treaty)</a></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#9999FF; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Unionist_Labour_Association" title="Ulster Unionist Labour Association">Labour Unionist</a></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#99FF66; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Irish_Parliamentary_Party" title="Irish Parliamentary Party">Irish Parliamentary</a></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#808080; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Others</div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Independent</div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#B8860B; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Farmers%27_Party_(Ireland)" title="Farmers' Party (Ireland)">Farmers' Party</a></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#aadfff; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_Unionist" title="Independent Unionist">Ind. Unionist</a></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#9999FF; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Irish_Unionist_Alliance" title="Irish Unionist Alliance">Irish Unionist</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td width="70">Total seats </td></tr> <tr> <td width="40"><a href="/wiki/1918_United_Kingdom_general_election_in_Ireland" title="1918 United Kingdom general election in Ireland">1918</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 69.52%">73 </td> <td style="background-color: #9999FF; width: 2.86%">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #99FF66; width: 5.71%">6 </td> <td style="background-color: #aadfff; width: 0.95%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #9999FF; width: 20.95%">22 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>105 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1921_Irish_elections" title="1921 Irish elections">1921</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 96.88%">124 </td> <td style="background-color: #aadfff; width: 3.13%">4 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>128 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1922_Irish_general_election" title="1922 Irish general election">1922</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 13.28%">17 </td> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 28.13%">36 </td> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 45.31%">58 </td> <td style="background-color: #808080; width: 0.78%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 7.03%">9 </td> <td style="background-color: #B8860B; width: 5.47%">7 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>128 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Irish_Free_State_(1922–1937)_2"><span id="Irish_Free_State_.281922.E2.80.931937.29_2"></span><a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a> (1922–1937)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Irish Free State (1922–1937)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="100%" style="border:solid #000000 1px;font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2"> <table width="100%" style="font-size:90%;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="40"> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#CC0000; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour</a></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#326760; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">SF</a> / <a href="/wiki/Republican_(Ireland,_1923)" class="mw-redirect" title="Republican (Ireland, 1923)">Republican</a></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#66BB66; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">FF</a></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#808080; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Others</div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#DCDCDC; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> Independent</div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#87CEFA; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Cumann_na_nGaedheal" title="Cumann na nGaedheal">Cumann na nGaedheal</a></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#6699FF; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">FG</a></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#B8860B; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Farmers%27_Party_(Ireland)" title="Farmers' Party (Ireland)">Farmers' Party</a></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#0000FF; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/National_Centre_Party_(Ireland)" title="National Centre Party (Ireland)">National Centre</a></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#9932CC; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/National_League_Party" title="National League Party">National League</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td width="70">Total seats </td></tr> <tr> <td width="60"><a href="/wiki/1923_Irish_general_election" title="1923 Irish general election">1923</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 9.15%">14 </td> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 28.76%">44 </td> <td style="background-color: #808080; width: 2.61%">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 8.50%">13 </td> <td style="background-color: #87CEFA; width: 41.18%">63 </td> <td style="background-color: #B8860B; width: 9.80%">15 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>153 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/June_1927_Irish_general_election" title="June 1927 Irish general election">Jun 1927</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 14.38%">22 </td> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 3.27%">5 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 28.76%">44 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 10.46%">16 </td> <td style="background-color: #87CEFA; width: 30.72%">47 </td> <td style="background-color: #B8860B; width: 7.19%">11 </td> <td style="background-color: #9932CC; width: 5.23%">8 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>153 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/September_1927_Irish_general_election" title="September 1927 Irish general election">Sep 1927</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 8.50%">13 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 37.25%">57 </td> <td style="background-color: #808080; width: 0.65%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 7.84%">12 </td> <td style="background-color: #87CEFA; width: 40.52%">62 </td> <td style="background-color: #B8860B; width: 3.92%">6 </td> <td style="background-color: #9932CC; width: 1.31%">2 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>153 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1932_Irish_general_election" title="1932 Irish general election">1932</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 4.58%">7 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 47.06%">72 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 9.15%">14 </td> <td style="background-color: #87CEFA; width: 37.25%">57 </td> <td style="background-color: #B8860B; width: 1.96%">3 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>153 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1933_Irish_general_election" title="1933 Irish general election">1933</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 5.23%">8 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 50.33%">77 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5.88%">9 </td> <td style="background-color: #87CEFA; width: 31.37%">48 </td> <td style="background-color: #0000FF; width: 7.19%">11 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>153 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1937_Irish_general_election" title="1937 Irish general election">1937</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 9.42%">13 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 50.00%">69 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5.80%">8 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 34.78%">48 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>138 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Republic_of_Ireland_(since_1937)"><span id="Republic_of_Ireland_.28since_1937.29"></span>Republic of Ireland (since 1937)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Republic of Ireland (since 1937)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" width="100%" style="border:solid #000000 1px;font-size:95%;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2"> <table width="100%" style="font-size:90%;"> <tbody><tr> <td width="40"> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#930C1A; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Workers%27_Party_(Ireland)" title="Workers' Party (Ireland)">Workers' Party</a></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF3300; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party_(Ireland)" title="Socialist Party (Ireland)">Socialist Party</a></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" 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exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Progressive_Democrats" title="Progressive Democrats">PDs</a></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#6699FF; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">FG</a></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#3BEE56; color:black;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_Ireland" title="Independent Ireland">II</a></div> </td> <td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959" /><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#44532A; color:white;-webkit-print-color-adjust: exact; print-color-adjust: exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Aont%C3%BA" title="Aontú">Aontú</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td width="70">Total seats </td></tr> <tr> <td width="60"><a href="/wiki/1938_Irish_general_election" title="1938 Irish general election">1938</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 6.52%">9 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 55.80%">77 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 5.07%">7 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 32.61%">45 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>138 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1943_Irish_general_election" title="1943 Irish general election">1943</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 12.32%">17 </td> <td style="background-color: #BDB76B; width: 7.25%">10 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 48.55%">67 </td> <td style="background-color: #808080; width: 0.72%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 7.97%">11 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 23.19%">32 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>138 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1944_Irish_general_election" title="1944 Irish general election">1944</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 5.80%">8 </td> <td style="background-color: #FF7F50; width: 2.90%">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #BDB76B; width: 6.52%">9 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 55.07%">76 </td> <td style="background-color: #808080; width: 0.72%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 7.25%">10 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 21.74%">30 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>138 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1948_Irish_general_election" title="1948 Irish general election">1948</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 9.52%">14 </td> <td style="background-color: #FF7F50; width: 3.40%">5 </td> <td style="background-color: #DDFFDD; width: 6.80%">10 </td> <td style="background-color: #BDB76B; width: 4.76%">7 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 46.26%">68 </td> <td style="background-color: #808080; width: 0.68%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 7.48%">11 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 21.09%">31 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>147 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1951_Irish_general_election" title="1951 Irish general election">1951</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 10.88%">16 </td> <td style="background-color: #DDFFDD; width: 1.36%">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #BDB76B; width: 4.08%">6 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 46.94%">69 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 9.52%">14 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 27.21%">40 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>147 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1954_Irish_general_election" title="1954 Irish general election">1954</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 12.93%">19 </td> <td style="background-color: #DDFFDD; width: 2.04%">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #BDB76B; width: 3.40%">5 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 44.22%">65 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 3.40%">5 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 34.01%">50 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>147 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1957_Irish_general_election" title="1957 Irish general election">1957</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 2.72%">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 8.16%">12 </td> <td style="background-color: #DDFFDD; width: 0.68%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #BDB76B; width: 2.04%">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 53.06%">78 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 6.12%">9 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 27.21%">40 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>147 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1961_Irish_general_election" title="1961 Irish general election">1961</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 11.11%">16 </td> <td style="background-color: #DDFFDD; width: 0.69%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #BDB76B; width: 1.39%">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 48.61%">70 </td> <td style="background-color: #808080; width: 1.39%">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 4.17%">6 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 32.64%">47 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>144 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1965_Irish_general_election" title="1965 Irish general election">1965</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 15.28%">22 </td> <td style="background-color: #DDFFDD; width: 0.69%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 50.00%">72 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 1.39%">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 32.64%">47 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>144 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1969_Irish_general_election" title="1969 Irish general election">1969</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 12.50%">18 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 52.08%">75 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 0.69%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 34.72%">50 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>144 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1973_Irish_general_election" title="1973 Irish general election">1973</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 13.19%">19 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 47.92%">69 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 1.39%">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 37.50%">54 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>144 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1977_Irish_general_election" title="1977 Irish general election">1977</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 11.49%">17 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 58.33%">84 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 2.78%">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 29.86%">43 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>148 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1981_Irish_general_election" title="1981 Irish general election">1981</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #930C1A; width: 0.60%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 9.04%">15 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 46.99%">78 </td> <td style="background-color: #808080; width: 1.81%">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 2.41%">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 39.16%">65 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/February_1982_Irish_general_election" title="February 1982 Irish general election">Feb 1982</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #930C1A; width: 1.81%">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 9.04%">15 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 48.80%">81 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 2.41%">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 37.95%">63 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/November_1982_Irish_general_election" title="November 1982 Irish general election">Nov 1982</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #930C1A; width: 1.20%">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 9.64%">16 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 45.18%">75 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 1.81%">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 42.17%">70 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1987_Irish_general_election" title="1987 Irish general election">1987</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #930C1A; width: 2.41%">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 7.23%">12 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 48.80%">81 </td> <td style="background-color: #808080; width: 0.60%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 1.81%">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #1251A2; width: 8.43%">14 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 30.72%">51 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1989_Irish_general_election" title="1989 Irish general election">1989</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #930C1A; width: 4.22%">7 </td> <td style="background-color: #22AC6F; width: 0.60%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 9.04%">15 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 46.39%">77 </td> <td style="background-color: #808080; width: 0.60%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 2.41%">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #1251A2; width: 3.61%">6 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 33.13%">55 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1992_Irish_general_election" title="1992 Irish general election">1992</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #C700C7; width: 2.41%">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #22AC6F; width: 0.60%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 19.88%">33 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 40.96%">68 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 3.01%">5 </td> <td style="background-color: #1251A2; width: 6.02%">10 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 27.11%">45 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1997_Irish_general_election" title="1997 Irish general election">1997</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #FF3300; width: 0.60%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #C700C7; width: 2.41%">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 0.60%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #22AC6F; width: 1.20%">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 10.24%">17 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 46.39%">77 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 3.61%">6 </td> <td style="background-color: #1251A2; width: 2.41%">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 32.53%">54 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2002_Irish_general_election" title="2002 Irish general election">2002</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #FF3300; width: 0.60%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 3.01%">5 </td> <td style="background-color: #22AC6F; width: 3.61%">6 </td> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 12.65%">21 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 48.80%">81 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 7.83%">13 </td> <td style="background-color: #1251A2; width: 4.82%">8 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 18.67%">31 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2007_Irish_general_election" title="2007 Irish general election">2007</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 2.41%">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #22AC6F; width: 3.61%">6 </td> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 12.05%">20 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 46.99%">78 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 3.01%">5 </td> <td style="background-color: #1251A2; width: 1.20%">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 30.72%">51 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Irish_general_election" title="2011 Irish general election">2011</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #FF3300; width: 1.20%">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #E91D50; width: 1.20%">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 8.43%">14 </td> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 22.29%">37 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 12.05%">20 </td> <td style="background-color: #808080; width: 0.60%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 8.43%">14 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 45.78%">76 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>166 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Irish_general_election" title="2016 Irish general election">2016</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #FF0090; width: 3.80%">6 </td> <td style="background-color: #FFC0CB; width: 2.53%">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 14.56%">23 </td> <td style="background-color: #752F8B; width: 1.90%">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #22AC6F; width: 1.27%">2 </td> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 4.43%">7 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 12.03%">19 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 27.85%">44 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 31.65%">50 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>158 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_Irish_general_election" title="2020 Irish general election">2020</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #FF0090; width: 3.13%">5 </td> <td style="background-color: #FFC0CB; width: 0.63%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 23.13%">37 </td> <td style="background-color: #752F8B; width: 3.75%">6 </td> <td style="background-color: #22AC6F; width: 7.50%">12 </td> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 3.75%">6 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 11.88%">19 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 23.75%">38 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 21.88%">35 </td> <td style="background-color: #44532A; width: 0.63%">1 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>160 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Irish_general_election" title="2024 Irish general election">2024</a> </td> <td> <table style="width:100%; text-align:center; font-weight:bold; color:white; text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #000000;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color: #FF0090; width: 1.72%">3 </td> <td style="background-color: #326760; width: 22.41%">39 </td> <td style="background-color: #752F8B; width: 6.32%">11 </td> <td style="background-color: #22AC6F; width: 0.57%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #CC0000; width: 6.32%">11 </td> <td style="background-color: #808080; width: 0.57%">1 </td> <td style="background-color: #DCDCDC; width: 9.20%">16 </td> <td style="background-color: #66BB66; width: 27.59%">48 </td> <td style="background-color: #6699FF; width: 21.84%">38 </td> <td style="background-color: #3BEE56; width: 2.30%">4 </td> <td style="background-color: #44532A; width: 1.15%">2 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td>174 </td></tr></tbody></table> <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=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bicameralism" title="Bicameralism">Bicameralism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_election_results" title="Dáil election results">Dáil election results</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Elections in the Republic of Ireland">Elections in the Republic of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="History of the Republic of Ireland">History of the Republic of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Politics of the Republic of Ireland">Politics of the Republic of Ireland</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="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=D%C3%A1il_%C3%89ireann&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Ireland">Courts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Supreme_Court_of_Ireland" title="Supreme Court of Ireland">Supreme Court</a> <ul><li><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></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Court_of_Appeal_(Ireland)" title="Court of Appeal (Ireland)">Court of Appeal</a> <ul><li>President: <a href="/wiki/Caroline_Costello" title="Caroline Costello">Caroline Costello</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Court_(Ireland)" title="High Court (Ireland)">High Court</a> <ul><li>President: <a href="/wiki/David_Barniville" title="David Barniville">David Barniville</a></li></ul></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> <ul><li>President: <a href="/wiki/Patricia_Ryan_(judge)" title="Patricia Ryan (judge)">Patricia Ryan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/District_Court_(Ireland)" title="District Court (Ireland)">District Court</a> <ul><li>President: <a href="/wiki/District_Court_(Ireland)#President_of_District_Court" title="District Court (Ireland)">Paul Kelly</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Elections in the Republic of Ireland">Elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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Irish general election">2024</a></li></ul></div> <div class="hlist"><ul><li>Presidential: <a href="/wiki/2011_Irish_presidential_election" title="2011 Irish presidential election">2011</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2018_Irish_presidential_election" title="2018 Irish presidential election">2018</a></li><li><i><a href="/wiki/2025_Irish_presidential_election" title="2025 Irish presidential election">2025</a></i></li></ul></div> <div class="hlist"><ul><li>Local: <a href="/wiki/2014_Irish_local_elections" title="2014 Irish local elections">2014</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2019_Irish_local_elections" title="2019 Irish local elections">2019</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/2024_Irish_local_elections" title="2024 Irish local elections">2024</a></li></ul></div> <div class="hlist"><ul><li>European: <a href="/wiki/2014_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="2014 European 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></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Administrative geography</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <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></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Ireland" title="Foreign relations of Ireland">Foreign relations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div class="excerpt-block"><div class="excerpt"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Foreign_Affairs_(Ireland)" title="Department of Foreign Affairs (Ireland)">Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade</a> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs_(Ireland)" title="Minister for Foreign Affairs (Ireland)">Minister</a>: <a href="/wiki/Simon_Harris" title="Simon Harris">Simon Harris</a></dd></dl></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_neutrality" title="Irish neutrality">Irish neutrality</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_of_Ireland" title="List of diplomatic missions of Ireland">Diplomatic missions of</a> / <a href="/wiki/List_of_diplomatic_missions_in_Ireland" title="List of diplomatic missions in Ireland">in Ireland</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_nationality_law" title="Irish nationality law">Nationality law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_passport" title="Irish passport">Passport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_requirements_for_Irish_citizens" title="Visa requirements for Irish citizens">Visa requirements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visa_policy_of_Ireland" title="Visa policy of Ireland">Visa policy</a></li></ul> <hr /> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ireland%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_relations" title="Ireland–United Kingdom relations">Ireland–United Kingdom relations</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Politics of Northern Ireland">Politics of Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Good_Friday_Agreement" title="Good Friday Agreement">Good Friday Agreement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_border" title="Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border">Ireland–UK border</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brexit_and_the_Irish_border" title="Brexit and the Irish border">Brexit and the Irish border</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/British%E2%80%93Irish_Council" title="British–Irish Council">British–Irish Council</a></li></ul></li></ul> <hr 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title="Seanad Éireann (Irish Free State)">Seanad Éireann</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Oireachtas_(1937–present)31" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:23em"><a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a> (1937–present)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Dáil Éireann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann">Seanad Éireann</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align:left;">Northern Ireland post-1972</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_Assembly_(1973)" title="Northern Ireland 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title="Prehistoric Ireland">Prehistory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Protohistory_of_Ireland" title="Protohistory of Ireland">Protohistory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(400%E2%80%93800)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Ireland (400–800)">Early history</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Ireland" title="Gaelic Ireland">Gaelic Ireland</a> / <a href="/wiki/Lordship_of_Ireland" title="Lordship of Ireland">Lordship of Ireland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(800%E2%80%931169)" class="mw-redirect" title="History of Ireland (800–1169)">800–1169</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(1169%E2%80%931536)" title="History of Ireland (1169–1536)">1169–1536</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Ireland" title="Kingdom of Ireland">Kingdom of Ireland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(1536%E2%80%931691)" title="History of Ireland (1536–1691)">1536–1691</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(1691%E2%80%931800)" title="History of Ireland (1691–1800)">1691–1800</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland" title="United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland">United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Ireland_(1801%E2%80%931923)" title="History of Ireland (1801–1923)">1801–1923</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Republic" title="Irish Republic">Irish Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Ireland_(1921%E2%80%931922)" title="Southern Ireland (1921–1922)">Southern Ireland (1921–1922)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> (1921–present)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_Northern_Ireland" title="History of Northern Ireland">since 1922</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State (1922–1937)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="History of the Republic of Ireland">Ireland (since 1922)</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tara_(Ireland)" title="Battle of Tara (Ireland)">Battles of Tara</a> / <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Glenmama" title="Battle of Glenmama">Glenmama</a> / <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Clontarf" title="Battle of Clontarf">Clontarf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Norman_invasion_of_Ireland" title="Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland">Norman invasion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_campaign_in_Ireland" title="Bruce campaign in Ireland">Bruce campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Death" title="Black Death">Black Death</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tudor_conquest_of_Ireland" title="Tudor conquest of Ireland">Tudor conquest</a></li> <li><a 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title="Williamite War in Ireland">Williamite War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Penal_laws_(Ireland)" title="Penal laws (Ireland)">Penal Laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Famine_(1740%E2%80%931741)" title="Irish Famine (1740–1741)">First Great Famine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Rebellion_of_1798" title="Irish Rebellion of 1798">1798 Rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1800" title="Acts of Union 1800">Act of Union (1800)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_rebellion_of_1803" title="Irish rebellion of 1803">1803 Rebellion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tithe_War" title="Tithe War">Tithe War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)" title="Great Famine (Ireland)">Second Great Famine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_War" title="Land War">Land War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fenian_Rising" title="Fenian Rising">Fenian Rising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dublin_lock-out" title="Dublin lock-out">Dublin lock-out</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland_Act_1914" title="Government of Ireland Act 1914">Home Rule crisis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Easter_Rising" title="Easter Rising">Easter Rising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_War_of_Independence" title="Irish War of Independence">War of Independence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anglo-Irish_Treaty" title="Anglo-Irish Treaty">Anglo-Irish Treaty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Civil_War" title="Irish Civil War">Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Emergency_(Ireland)" title="The Emergency (Ireland)">The Emergency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_campaign_(Irish_Republican_Army)" title="Northern campaign (Irish Republican Army)">IRA Northern Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Border_campaign_(Irish_Republican_Army)" title="Border campaign (Irish Republican Army)">IRA Border Campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland_peace_process" title="Northern Ireland peace process">Peace process</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Economy of the Republic of Ireland">Economy of the Republic of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Celtic_Tiger" title="Celtic Tiger">Celtic Tiger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-2008_Irish_economic_downturn" title="Post-2008 Irish economic downturn">Post-2008 Irish economic downturn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Post-2008_Irish_banking_crisis" title="Post-2008 Irish banking crisis">Post-2008 Irish banking crisis</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Other topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_conflicts_in_Ireland" title="List of conflicts in Ireland">List of conflicts in Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ancient_Celtic_peoples_and_tribes#Goidels_/_Gaels_/_Hibernians" title="List of ancient Celtic peoples and tribes">List of Irish tribes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_kingdoms" title="List of Irish kingdoms">List of Irish kingdoms</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_High_Kings_of_Ireland" title="List of High Kings of Ireland">List of High Kings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Ireland#Dress" title="Gaelic Ireland">Gaelic clothing and fashion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="List of World Heritage Sites in the Republic of Ireland">List of World Heritage Sites in the Republic of Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Geography491" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Geography_of_Ireland" title="Geography of Ireland">Geography</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Natural</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Climate_of_Ireland" title="Climate of Ireland">Climate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Climate_change_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Climate change in the Republic of Ireland">Climate change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coastal_landforms_of_Ireland" title="Coastal landforms of Ireland">Coastline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Extreme_points_of_Ireland" title="Extreme points of Ireland">Extreme points</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Ireland" title="Fauna of Ireland">Fauna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Ireland" title="List of islands of Ireland">Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_loughs_of_Ireland" title="List of loughs of Ireland">Loughs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_mountains_in_Ireland" title="Lists of mountains in Ireland">Mountains</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rivers_of_Ireland" title="Rivers of Ireland">Rivers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_rivers_of_Ireland" title="List of rivers of Ireland">list</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="List of national parks of the Republic of Ireland">List of national parks of the Republic of Ireland</a> / <a href="/wiki/National_parks_of_the_United_Kingdom#National_parks_in_Northern_Ireland" title="National parks of the United Kingdom">in Northern Ireland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Human</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Architecture_of_Ireland" title="Architecture of Ireland">Architecture</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_buildings_in_Ireland" title="List of buildings in Ireland">Notable buildings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tallest_structures_in_Ireland" title="List of tallest structures in Ireland">Tallest buildings and structures</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_status_in_Ireland" title="City status in Ireland">Cities</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Ireland" title="Counties of Ireland">Counties</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Demographics of the Republic of Ireland">Demographics of the Republic of Ireland</a> / <a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Demographics of Northern Ireland">of Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_ports_in_Ireland" title="List of ports in Ireland">Ports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Ireland" title="Provinces of Ireland">Provinces</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland%E2%80%93United_Kingdom_border" title="Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border">ROI–UK border</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lists_of_towns_in_Ireland" title="Lists of towns in Ireland">Towns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tourism_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Tourism in the Republic of Ireland">Tourism in the Republic of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_tourist_attractions_in_Ireland" title="List of tourist attractions in Ireland">Tourist attractions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Ireland" title="Transport in Ireland">Transport</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Politics491" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Politics of the Republic of Ireland">Politics</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Ideologies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_nationalism" title="Irish nationalism">Nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_republicanism" title="Irish republicanism">Republicanism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_loyalism" title="Ulster loyalism">Ulster loyalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Unionism_in_Ireland" title="Unionism in Ireland">Unionism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Politics of the Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Constitution of Ireland">Constitution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Economy_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Economy of the Republic of Ireland">Economy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Education_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Education in the Republic of Ireland">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foreign_relations_of_Ireland" title="Foreign relations of Ireland">Foreign relations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland" title="Government of Ireland">Government</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Local government in the Republic of Ireland">local</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Law_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Law of the Republic of Ireland">Law</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LGBT_rights_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="LGBT rights in the Republic of Ireland">LGBT rights</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas"><i>Oireachtas</i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">parliament</span></a> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Dáil Éireann</i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(lower house)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seanad_%C3%89ireann" title="Seanad Éireann"><i>Seanad Éireann</i> <span style="font-size: 85%;">(upper house)</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_Ireland" title="President of Ireland">President</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taxation_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Taxation in the Republic of Ireland">Taxation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Politics_of_Northern_Ireland" title="Politics of Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></th><td 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</div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Culture491" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Culture_of_Ireland" title="Culture of Ireland">Culture</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Irish_cuisine" title="Irish cuisine">Cuisine</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Food</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_dishes" title="List of Irish dishes">List of dishes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barmbrack" title="Barmbrack">Barmbrack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bacon_and_cabbage" title="Bacon and cabbage">Bacon and cabbage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boxty" title="Boxty">Boxty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Champ_(food)" title="Champ (food)">Champ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coddle" title="Coddle">Coddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colcannon" title="Colcannon">Colcannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drisheen" title="Drisheen">Drisheen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Full_breakfast#Ireland" title="Full breakfast">Irish fry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skirts_and_kidneys" title="Skirts and kidneys">Skirts and kidneys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soda_bread" title="Soda bread">Soda bread</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spice_bag" title="Spice bag">Spice Bag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_stew" title="Irish stew">Stew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/3-in-1_(fast_food_dish)" title="3-in-1 (fast food dish)">Three-in-One</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;">Drinks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_coffee" title="Irish coffee">Coffee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_cream" title="Irish cream">Cream</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guinness" title="Guinness">Guinness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_Mist" title="Irish Mist">Mist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poit%C3%ADn" title="Poitín">Poitín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_breakfast_tea" title="Irish breakfast tea">Tea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_whiskey" title="Irish whiskey">Whiskey</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Irish_dance" title="Irish dance">Dance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jig" title="Jig">Jig</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sean-n%C3%B3s_dance" title="Sean-nós dance">Sean-nós</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_set_dancing" title="Irish set dancing">Set dancing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_stepdance" title="Irish stepdance">Stepdance</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em">Festivals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Imbolc" title="Imbolc">Imbolc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Patrick%27s_Day" title="Saint Patrick's Day">Saint Patrick's Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beltane" title="Beltane">Bealtaine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Twelfth" title="The Twelfth">The Twelfth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lughnasadh" title="Lughnasadh">Lúnasa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rose_of_Tralee_(festival)" title="Rose of Tralee (festival)">Rose of Tralee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samhain" title="Samhain">Samhain</a> / <a href="/wiki/Halloween" title="Halloween">Halloween</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wren_Day" title="Wren Day">Wren Day</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Languages_of_Ireland" title="Languages of Ireland">Languages</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hiberno-English" title="Hiberno-English">Hiberno-English</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shelta" title="Shelta">Shelta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ulster_Scots_dialect" title="Ulster Scots dialect">Ulster Scots</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Irish_literature" title="Irish literature">Literature</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Irish_annals" title="Irish annals">Annals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_prose_fiction" title="Irish prose fiction">Fiction</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Modern_literature_in_Irish" title="Modern literature in Irish">Gaeilge</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_poetry" title="Irish poetry">Poetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irish_theatre" title="Irish theatre">Theatre</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Triads_of_Ireland" title="Triads of Ireland">Triads</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9.25em"><a href="/wiki/Music_of_Ireland" title="Music of Ireland">Music</a></th><td 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title="Filipinos in Ireland">Filipinos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lithuanians_in_Ireland" title="Lithuanians in Ireland">Lithuanians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerians_in_Ireland" title="Nigerians in Ireland">Nigerians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Asian_people_in_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="South Asian people in Ireland">South Asians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Polish_minority_in_Ireland" title="Polish minority in Ireland">Poles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Romani_people_in_Ireland" title="Romani people in Ireland">Romani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Turks_in_Ireland" title="Turks in Ireland">Turks</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related topics</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Demographics_of_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Demographics of the Republic of Ireland">Demographics of the Republic of 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