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Members of the 32nd Dáil

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Jurisdiction
  
Ireland

Term
  
2016 – 2021

Members
  
158

Meeting place
  
Leinster House

Election
  
2016 general election

Members of the 32nd Dáil

Government
  
Government of the 32nd Dáil

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.

Contents

The 32nd Dáil convened for the first time at 10.30 am on 10 March 2016. Its first act was to elect a Ceann Comhairle.

Composition of the 32nd Dáil

Government party denoted with bullet ()

Notes

Leadership

  • Ceann Comhairle: Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Fianna Fáil)
  • Leas-Cheann Comhairle: Pat "the Cope" Gallagher (Fianna Fáil)
  • Government

  • Taoiseach and Leader of Fine Gael: Enda Kenny
  • Government Chief Whip and Fine Gael Chief whip: Regina Doherty
  • Tánaiste: Frances Fitzgerald
  • Opposition

  • Leader of the Opposition and Leader of Fianna Fáil: Micheál Martin
  • Fianna Fáil Chief whip: Michael Moynihan
  • Leader of Sinn Féin: Gerry Adams
  • Sinn Féin Chief Whip: Aengus Ó Snodaigh
  • 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.

    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.

    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.

    Independents 4 Change and the Social Democrats had their first TD's.

    References

    Members of the 32nd Dáil Wikipedia