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The 33rd Dáil has been dissolved. The first sitting of the 34th Dáil is scheduled for Wednesday, 18 December 2024 at 10.30 a.m.

The 33rd Dáil has been dissolved. The first sitting of the 34th Dáil is scheduled for Wednesday, 18 December 2024 at 10.30 a.m.

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There are 160 Members (called Deputies or TDs) of Dáil Éireann.

There are 60 Members (called Senators) in Seanad Éireann.

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Around the Houses | October

The Houses concentrated on budgetary matters in October, beginning with the Budget Statement in the Dáil.

The Seanad, meanwhile, heard an address from Mr. Kazumi Matsui, mayor of Hiroshima and president of Mayors for Peace.

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Know your constituency

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Know your constituency

The election of Members of the 34th Dáil will take place on 29 November. After the election there will be 174 TDs representing 43 constituencies.

See how you will be represented by your TDs when the next Dáil meets for the first time on 18 December.

Press releases

8 Nov 2024, 15:09

Ceann Comhairle presents The National Bravery Awards

6 Nov 2024, 17:15

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport & Media publishes its Report on the State’s response to online disinformation and media/digital literacy, including social media and fake news

6 Nov 2024, 16:45

Good Friday Committee publishes report on Women and Constitutional Change

6 Nov 2024, 16:30

Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community (2023) publishes Report on Travellers’ Experience of the Justice System

6 Nov 2024, 10:19

Joint Committee on Transport and Communications meet to discuss the Public Service Performance Report (PSPR) 2023

Recently considered Bills and Acts

7 Nov 2024

Before Seanad Éireann

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024

No. 51 of 2024

7 Nov 2024

Before Seanad Éireann

Family Courts Bill 2022

No. 113 of 2022

7 Nov 2024

Before Seanad Éireann

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2024

No. 96 of 2024

7 Nov 2024

Before Seanad Éireann

Appropriation Bill 2024

No. 97 of 2024

Ireland: a parliamentary democracy

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Ireland: a parliamentary democracy

Ireland is a parliamentary democracy. The National Parliament (Oireachtas) consists of the President and two Houses: Dáil Éireann (House of Representatives) and Seanad Éireann (the Senate) whose functions and powers derive from the Constitution of Ireland enacted by the people on 1 July 1937. The Houses of the Oireachtas are situated at Leinster House, Dublin.

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