Dáil Éireann

Dáil Éireann
Dáil Éireann
33rd Dáil
Type
Type	Lower house of the Oireachtas
Term limits	None
History
Established	29 December 1937 (Modern form)
Preceded by	Dáil Éireann (Irish Free State)
New session started	20 February 2020
Leadership
Ceann Comhairle	Seán Ó Fearghaíl ; since 10 March 2016
Leas-Cheann Comhairle	Catherine Connolly, Ind ; since 23 July 2020
Taoiseach	Simon Harris, FG ; since 9 April 2024
Tánaiste	Micheál Martin, FF ; since 17 December 2022
Government Chief Whip	Hildegarde Naughton, FG ; since 17 December 2022
Deputy Chief Whip	Cormac Devlin, FF ; since 15 July 2020
Leader of the Opposition	Mary Lou McDonald, SF ; since 27 June 2020
Opposition Chief Whip	Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, SF ; since 2 July 2020
Structure
Seats	160
Political groups	Government (80) Fianna Fáil (36) Fine Gael (33) Green Party (11) Opposition (79) Sinn Féin (36) Labour Party (7) Social Democrats (6) PBP–S (5) Independent Ireland (3) Aontú (1) RTOC (1) Independent (20) Ceann Comhairle (1)
Committees	5 Business ; Members' Interests of Dáil Éireann ; Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight (Dáil) ; Public Accounts ; Standing Orders and Dáil Reform ;
Joint committees	20 Agriculture, Food and the Marine ; Autism ; Children, Disability, Equality, Integration, and Youth ; Disability Matters ; Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science ; Enterprise, Trade and Employment ; Environment and Climate Action ; European Union Affairs ; Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach ; Foreign Affairs and Defence ; Gender Equality ; Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement ; Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Irish-speaking Community ; Health ; Housing, Local Government and Heritage ; Justice ; Public Petitions ; Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands ; Transport and Communications ; Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media ;
Length of term	No more than 5 years
Authority	Articles 16−17, Constitution of Ireland
Salary	€108,987 per year plus expenses
Elections
Voting system	PR (single transferable vote)
Last election	8 February 2020
Next election	By March 2025
Redistricting	Advisory recommendations made by the Electoral Commission
Meeting place
	Dáil Chamber; Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin
Website
	www.oireachtas.ie
Constitution
	Constitution of Ireland
Rules
	Dáil Éireann – Standing Orders Relative to Public Business 2020
Footnotes
	Under the Constitution, the President may dissolve the Dáil on the Taoiseach's discretional advice; they may refuse this advice if the Taoiseach has lost the Dáil's confidence.;

Dáil Éireann (/dɔɪl ˈɛərən/ ^ⓘ doyl AIR-ən, Irish: [ˌd̪ˠaːlʲ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ]; lit. 'Assembly of Ireland') is the lower house, and principal chamber, of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which also includes the president of Ireland and a senate called Seanad Éireann. It consists of 160 members, each known as a Teachta Dála (plural Teachtaí Dála, commonly abbreviated as TDs). TDs represent 39 constituencies and are directly elected for terms not exceeding five years, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). Its powers are similar to those of lower houses under many other bicameral parliamentary systems and it is by far the dominant branch of the Oireachtas. Subject to the limits imposed by the Constitution of Ireland, it has power to pass any law it wishes, and to nominate and remove the Taoiseach (head of government). Since 1922, it has met in Leinster House in Dublin.

The Dáil took its current form when the 1937 Constitution was adopted, but it maintains continuity with the First Dáil established in 1919.

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[2] Under the Constitution, the President may dissolve the Dáil on the Taoiseach's discretional advice; they may refuse this advice if the Taoiseach has lost the Dáil's confidence.