Members of the 32nd Dáil
| 32nd Dáil Éireann | |||||||
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| Overview | |||||||
| Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||||
| Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||||
| Term | 10 March 2016 – | ||||||
| Election | 2016 general election | ||||||
| Government | Government of the 32nd Dáil | ||||||
| Members | 158 | ||||||
| Ceann Comhairle | Seán Ó Fearghaíl | ||||||
| Taoiseach | Leo Varadkar | ||||||
| Tánaiste | Frances Fitzgerald | ||||||
| Chief Whip | Joe McHugh | ||||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Micheál Martin | ||||||
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This is a list of the members elected to the 32nd Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These TDs (members of parliament) were elected at the 2016 general election on 26 February. That general election took place throughout the state to elect 158 members of Dáil Éireann, a reduction of 8 from the prior number of 166. This followed the passing of the Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013.
The 32nd Dáil convened for the first time at 10.30 am on 10 March 2016.[1] Its first act was to elect a Ceann Comhairle.
Composition of the 32nd Dáil
| Party | Feb. 2016[na 1] | Feb. 2017[na 2] | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ● | Fine Gael | 49[na 3] | 50 |
| Fianna Fáil | 44 | 44[na 4] | |
| Sinn Féin | 23 | 23 | |
| Labour Party | 7 | 7 | |
| Solidarity–People Before Profit | 6 | 6 | |
| Independents 4 Change | 4 | 4 | |
| Social Democrats | 3 | 2 | |
| Green Party | 2 | 2 | |
| Independent[nb 1] | 19 | 19 | |
| Ceann Comhairle | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 158 | ||
Government party denoted by "●".
- Notes
- ↑ February 2016 column shows the state of parties after the 2016 general election.
- ↑ February 2017 column shows the state of the parties after the joining of Stephen Donnelly to Fianna Fáil.
- ↑ Fine Gael's total at the 2016 general election does not include the outgoing Ceann Comhairle Seán Barrett, who was re-elected automatically.
- ↑ Seán Ó Fearghaíl was elected as Ceann Comhairle, and so is not counted as a member of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party.
Graphical representation of the 32nd Dáil at its first sitting on 10 March 2016 (after Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Fianna Fáil) had replaced Seán Barrett (Fine Gael) as Ceann Comhairle). Note that this is not the official seating plan.
Leadership
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- Ceann Comhairle: Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Fianna Fáil)
- Leas-Cheann Comhairle: Pat "the Cope" Gallagher (Fianna Fáil)
Government
- Taoiseach
- Enda Kenny until 14 June 2017
- Leo Varadkar from 14 June 2017
- Tánaiste: Frances Fitzgerald
Opposition
- Leader of the Opposition and Leader of Fianna Fáil: Micheál Martin
- Leader of Sinn Féin: Gerry Adams
- Leader of the Labour Party: Brendan Howlin
Committees
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pat Deering (Fine Gael)
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Budgetry Oversight: John Paul Phelan (Fine Gael)
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Jim Daly (Fine Gael)
- Chairwoman of the Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and the Environment: Hildegarde Naughton (Fine Gael)
- Chairwoman of the Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Fiona O'Loughlin (Fianna Fáil)
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Michael Healy-Rae (Rural Indepent Group)
- Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Terry Leyden (Fianna Fáil) - Senator
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: John McGuinness (Fianna Fáil)
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defense: Brendan Smith (Fianna Fáil)
- Vice Chairwoman of the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defense: Maureen O'Sullivan (politician) (Independents4Change)
- Chairwoman of the Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Healthcare: Róisín Shortall (Social Democrats)
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Health: Michael Harty (Rural Independent Group)
- Chairwoman of the Oireahtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government: Maria Bailey (Fine Gael)
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Housing and Homelessness: John Curran (Fianna Fáil)
- Chairwoman of the Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Kathleen Funchion (Sinn Féin)
- Chairwoman of the Oireachtas Committee on the Irish Language, the Gaeltacht and the Islands: Catherine Connolly (Independent)
- Chairwoman of the Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mary Butler (Fianna Fáil)
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice and Equality: Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Sinn Féin)
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Members' Interests of Dáil Éireann: TBC
- Chairman of the Oiraechtas Committee on Petitions: Seán Sherlock (Labour Party)
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Procedure and Privileges (Dáil): Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Fianna Fáil)
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Sub-Committee on Administration: TBC
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform: Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Fianna Fáil)
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee: Seán Fleming (Fianna Fáil)
- Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee: Alan Kelly (Labour Party)
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Rural Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and the Gaeltacht: Peadar Tóibín (Sinn Féin)
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection: John Curran (Fianna Fáil)
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Brendan Griffin (Fine Gael)
TDs by party
This is a list of TDs elected to Dáil Éireann in the 2016 general election, sorted by party, before Seán Barrett stood down as Ceann Comhairle.
TDs by constituency
The list is given in alphabetical order by constituency.
Technical Groups
In the wake of the 2016 Irish general election, which saw a significant increase in the number of TDs elected as independents or from small parties in the 32nd Dáil, the Dáil standing orders were extensively revised to reduce the minimum number for formation of a parliamentary group from seven TDs to five, and to allow multiple technical groups to exist in parallel. The following are the groups and their members as of 15 June 2017.
Independents 4 Change Group (7)
Social Democrats-Green Party Group (5)
Rural Independents Group (7)[2]
Outgoing Senators elected to Dáil
Senators elected to the Dáil left their Seanad seats vacant for the remaining weeks of the 24th Seanad.
- Thomas Byrne (FF) (previously a TD from 2007 to 2011)
- David Cullinane (SF)
- Michael W. D'Arcy (FG) (previously a TD from 2007 to 2011)
- Marc MacSharry (FF)
- Hildegarde Naughton (FG)
- Darragh O'Brien (FF) (previously a TD from 2007 to 2011)
- Katherine Zappone (Ind)
Firsts
For the first time, two siblings were elected to Dáil Éireann from the same constituency: Michael and Danny Healy-Rae for Kerry.[3]
Having become the first openly lesbian member of the Oireachtas and the first member in a recognised same-sex relationship with her Seanad nomination in 2011, Katherine Zappone also became the first openly lesbian Teachta Dála (TD) after being elected to the Dáil in 2016.[4]
Independents 4 Change and the Social Democrats had their first TD's.
Changes
| Date | Constituency | Gain | Loss | Note | ||
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| 10 March 2016 | Dún Laoghaire | Fine Gael | Ceann Comhairle | Seán Barrett stands down as Ceann Comhairle. | ||
| 10 March 2016 | Kildare South | Ceann Comhairle | Fianna Fáil | Seán Ó Fearghaíl is elected as Ceann Comhairle. | ||
| 5 September 2016 | Wicklow | Independent | Social Democrats | Stephen Donnelly leaves the Social Democrats. | ||
| 2 February 2017 | Wicklow | Fianna Fáil | Independent | Stephen Donnelly joins Fianna Fáil. |
See also
Footnotes
- ↑ This includes 7 TDs in the rural technical group, 3 of 7 TDs in the independents for change technical group and 5 members of the independent alliance and Seamus Healy.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 TD who was elected for the first time at the 2016 general election.
- 1 2 Séamus Healy was elected as a non-party candidate, but was entered onto the Dáil register from the outset as a Workers and Unemployed Action TD, the same party he was registered under in the 31st Dáil.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Campaigned under the banner of the Independent Alliance, but appeared as a normal Independent on the ballot paper.
- ↑ In accordance with Article 16.6 of the Constitution of Ireland as the outgoing Ceann Comhairle Séan Barrett is deemed to be automatically returned
References
- ↑ "Election 2016: President Higgins dissolves 31st Dáil". Retrieved 3 February 2016.
- ↑ http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/tdssenators/seatingplans/
- ↑ McGuill, Dan (28 February 2016). "Michael and Danny will be the first siblings elected to the same constituency". TheJournal.ie.
- ↑ Ireland's first lesbian TD hopes to represent LGBT community in Dáil