34th Dáil

34th Dáil
33rd Dáil
Overview
Legislative bodyDáil Éireann
JurisdictionIreland
Meeting placeLeinster House
Term18 December 2024 – present
Election2024 general election
Members174

The 34th Dáil was elected at the 2024 general election on Friday, 29 November 2024, and is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, 18 December 2024. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It will sit with the 27th Seanad as the Houses of the Oireachtas. There are 174 TDs in the 34th Dáil, an increase of 14 from the 33rd Dáil.

Composition

Party Nov. 2024
Fianna Fáil 48
Sinn Féin 39
Fine Gael 38
Social Democrats 11
Labour 11
Independent Ireland 4
PBP–Solidarity 3
Aontú 2
Green 1
100% Redress 1
Independent 16
Total 174
Members of Dáil Éireann after the 2024 general election.

List of TDs

Of the 174 TDs, over sixty were elected for the first time;[1] 44 are women (25%) and 130 are men.[2]

^ +: Elected for the first time at the 2024 general election.
^ ‡: Previously served as member of the Dáil non-consecutively to the current consecutive terms of office.
^ #: Member of the 26th Seanad at time of election.
^ §: Returned automatically without standing for election as outgoing Ceann Comhairle, in accordance with Article 16.6 of the Constitution of Ireland.[3]

Members of the 34th Dáil[4]
Constituency Name Party
Carlow–Kilkenny John McGuinness Fianna Fáil
Catherine Callaghan[+] Fine Gael
Peter Cleere[+] Fianna Fáil
Jennifer Murnane O'Connor Fianna Fáil
Natasha Newsome Drennan[+] Sinn Féin
Cavan–Monaghan David Maxwell[+] Fine Gael
Matt Carthy Sinn Féin
Cathy Bennett[+] Sinn Féin
Niamh Smyth Fianna Fáil
Brendan Smith Fianna Fáil
Clare Timmy Dooley[‡][#] Fianna Fáil
Cathal Crowe Fianna Fáil
Donna McGettigan[+] Sinn Féin
Joe Cooney[+] Fine Gael
Cork East James O'Connor Fianna Fáil
Noel McCarthy[+] Fine Gael
Pat Buckley Sinn Féin
Liam Quaide[+] Social Democrats
Cork North-Central Thomas Gould Sinn Féin
Pádraig O'Sullivan Fianna Fáil
Colm Burke Fine Gael
Ken O'Flynn[+] Independent Ireland
Eoghan Kenny[+] Labour
Cork North-West Aindrias Moynihan Fianna Fáil
John Paul O'Shea[+] Fine Gael
Michael Moynihan Fianna Fáil
Cork South-Central Micheál Martin Fianna Fáil
Séamus McGrath[+] Fianna Fáil
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Sinn Féin
Jerry Buttimer[‡][#] Fine Gael
Pádraig Rice[+] Social Democrats
Cork South-West Michael Collins Independent Ireland
Holly Cairns Social Democrats
Christopher O'Sullivan Fianna Fáil
Donegal Pearse Doherty Sinn Féin
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Sinn Féin
Pat "the Cope" Gallagher[‡] Fianna Fáil
Charles Ward[+] 100% Redress
Charlie McConalogue Fianna Fáil
Dublin Bay North Cian O'Callaghan Social Democrats
Denise Mitchell Sinn Féin
Naoise Ó Muirí[+] Fine Gael
Barry Heneghan[+] Independent
Tom Brabazon[+] Fianna Fáil
Dublin Bay South James Geoghegan[+] Fine Gael
Ivana Bacik Labour
Jim O'Callaghan Fianna Fáil
Eoin Hayes[+] Social Democrats
Dublin Central Mary Lou McDonald Sinn Féin
Gary Gannon Social Democrats
Paschal Donohoe Fine Gael
Marie Sherlock[+][#] Labour
Dublin Fingal East Darragh O'Brien Fianna Fáil
Duncan Smith Labour
Ann Graves[+] Sinn Féin
Dublin Fingal West Louise O'Reilly Sinn Féin
Robert O'Donoghue[+] Labour
Grace Boland[+] Fine Gael
Dublin Mid-West Eoin Ó Broin Sinn Féin
Mark Ward Sinn Féin
Emer Higgins Fine Gael
Shane Moynihan[+] Fianna Fáil
Paul Gogarty[‡] Independent
Dublin North-West Rory Hearne[+] Social Democrats
Paul McAuliffe Fianna Fáil
Dessie Ellis Sinn Féin
Dublin Rathdown Neale Richmond Fine Gael
Sinéad Gibney[+] Social Democrats
Maeve O'Connell[+] Fine Gael
Shay Brennan[+] Fianna Fáil
Dublin South-Central Catherine Ardagh[+][#] Fianna Fáil
Jen Cummins[+][#] Social Democrats
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Sinn Féin
Máire Devine[+] Sinn Féin
Dublin South-West Seán Crowe Sinn Féin
Colm Brophy Fine Gael
John Lahart Fianna Fáil
Ciarán Ahern[+] Labour
Paul Murphy People Before Profit–Solidarity
Dublin West Jack Chambers Fianna Fáil
Paul Donnelly Sinn Féin
Emer Currie[+][#] Fine Gael
Ruth Coppinger[‡] People Before Profit–Solidarity
Roderic O'Gorman Green Party
Dún Laoghaire Jennifer Carroll MacNeill Fine Gael
Richard Boyd Barrett People Before Profit–Solidarity
Cormac Devlin Fianna Fáil
Barry Ward[+][#] Fine Gael
Galway East Seán Canney Independent
Albert Dolan[+] Fianna Fáil
Peter Roche[+] Fine Gael
Louis O'Hara[+] Sinn Féin
Galway West Mairéad Farrell Sinn Féin
Catherine Connolly Independent
John Connolly[+] Fianna Fáil
Hildegarde Naughton Fine Gael
Noel Grealish Independent
Kerry Michael Healy-Rae Independent
Pa Daly Sinn Féin
Danny Healy-Rae Independent
Norma Foley Fianna Fáil
Michael Cahill[+] Fianna Fáil
Kildare North James Lawless Fianna Fáil
Aidan Farrelly[+] Social Democrats
Réada Cronin Sinn Féin
Joe Neville Fine Gael
Naoise Ó Cearúil[+] Fianna Fáil
Kildare South Martin Heydon Fine Gael
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh[+] Sinn Féin
Seán Ó Fearghaíl[§] Fianna Fáil
Mark Wall[+][#] Labour
Laois William Aird[+] Fine Gael
Seán Fleming Fianna Fáil
Brian Stanley Independent
Limerick City Willie O'Dea Fianna Fáil
Kieran O'Donnell Fine Gael
Maurice Quinlivan Sinn Féin
Conor Sheehan[+] Labour
Limerick County Patrick O'Donovan Fine Gael
Richard O'Donoghue Independent Ireland
Niall Collins Fianna Fáil
Longford–Westmeath Peter Burke Fine Gael
Sorca Clarke Sinn Féin
Kevin "Boxer" Moran[‡] Independent
Robert Troy Fianna Fáil
Micheál Carrigy[+][#] Fine Gael
Louth Ruairí Ó Murchú Sinn Féin
Joanna Byrne[+] Sinn Féin
Ged Nash Labour
Paula Butterly[+] Fine Gael
Erin McGreehan[+][#] Fianna Fáil
Mayo Rose Conway-Walsh Sinn Féin
Alan Dillon Fine Gael
Dara Calleary Fianna Fáil
Keira Keogh[+] Fine Gael
Paul Lawless[+] Aontú
Meath East Helen McEntee Fine Gael
Darren O'Rourke Sinn Féin
Thomas Byrne Fianna Fáil
Gillian Toole[+] Independent
Meath West Johnny Guirke Sinn Féin
Peadar Tóibín Aontú
Aisling Dempsey[+] Fianna Fáil
Offaly Carol Nolan Independent
Tony McCormack[+] Fianna Fáil
John Clendennen[+] Fine Gael
Roscommon–Galway Michael Fitzmaurice Independent Ireland
Claire Kerrane Sinn Féin
Martin Daly[+] Fianna Fáil
Sligo–Leitrim Frank Feighan Fine Gael
Martin Kenny Sinn Féin
Eamon Scanlon Fianna Fáil
Marian Harkin Independent
Tipperary North Michael Lowry Independent
Alan Kelly Labour
Ryan O'Meara[+] Fianna Fáil
Tipperary South Mattie McGrath Independent
Michael Murphy[+] Fine Gael
Séamus Healy[‡] Independent
Waterford David Cullinane Sinn Féin
John Cummins[+] Fine Gael
Mary Butler Fianna Fáil
Conor D. McGuinness[+] Sinn Féin
Wexford Verona Murphy Independent
James Browne Fianna Fáil
Johnny Mythen Sinn Féin
George Lawlor[+] Labour
Wicklow–Wexford Brian Brennan[+] Fine Gael
Malcolm Byrne[‡][#] Fianna Fáil
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin[+] Sinn Féin
Wicklow Simon Harris Fine Gael
Jennifer Whitmore Social Democrats
John Brady Sinn Féin
Edward Timmins[+] Fine Gael

Technical Groups

Regional Group

On 4 December, eight TDs formed a technical group called the Regional Group.[5]

Party Name Constituency
Independent (8) Seán Canney Galway East
Noel Grealish Galway West
Marian Harkin Sligo-Leitrim
Barry Heneghan Dublin Bay North
Michael Lowry Tipperary
Kevin "Boxer" Moran Longford-Westmeath
Verona Murphy Wexford
Gillian Toole Meath East

References

  1. ^ "More than 60 first-time TDs elected to the Dáil". RTÉ News. 3 December 2024. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  2. ^ Loughlin, Elaine (2 December 2024). "With just one female TD, why are women not getting elected in Cork?". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  3. ^ Electoral Act 1992, s. 36: Re-election of outgoing Chairman of Dáil (No. 23 of 1992, s. 36). Enacted on 5 November 1992. Act of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 16 June 2020.
  4. ^ "General Election 2024 Live Results". RTÉ News. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  5. ^ Boland, Lauren (4 December 2024). "Eight independent TDs form 'Regional Group' amid government formation talks". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 4 December 2024.