34th Dáil

34th Dáil
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Overview
Legislative body	Dáil Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	18 December 2024 – present
Election	2024 general election
Government	35th government of Ireland (2025–)
Members	174
Ceann Comhairle	Verona Murphy
Taoiseach	Micheál Martin
Tánaiste	Simon Harris
Chief Whip	Mary Butler
Leader of the Opposition	Mary Lou McDonald
Sessions
1st 18 December 2024 – present

The 34th Dáil was elected at the 2024 general election on 29 November 2024 and first met on 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.

The 34th Dáil must be dissolved by the president at the request of the taoiseach within five years of its first sitting. It has lasted 46 days to date.

Party		Nov. 2024[a]	Dec. 2024[b]	Change
●	Fianna Fáil	48	48
	Sinn Féin	39	39
●	Fine Gael	38	38
	Social Democrats	11	10	1
	Labour	11	11
	Independent Ireland	4	4
	PBP–Solidarity	3	3
	Aontú	2	2
	Green	1	1
	100% Redress	1	1
	Independent[c]	16	16
	Ceann Comhairle	—	1	1
Total		174

Government coalition parties denoted with bullets (●)

• Ceann Comhairle: Verona Murphy
• Leas-Cheann Comhairle: TBA

The first order of business of the 34th Dáil was to elect a new Ceann Comhairle. Seán Ó Fearghaíl, who had held the office in the 32nd and 33rd Dáil, John McGuinness, Verona Murphy and Aengus Ó Snodaigh were nominated. Murphy was elected as Ceann Comhairle, the first woman to hold the role.^[1][2]

• Taoiseach
  • Micheál Martin (23 January 2025 to date)
• Tánaiste
  • Simon Harris (23 January 2025)
• Leader of Fianna Fáil
  • Micheál Martin (26 January 2011 to date)
• Leader of Fine Gael
  • Simon Harris (20 March 2024 to date)

• Leader of Sinn Féin
  • Mary Lou McDonald (10 February 2018 to date)
• Leader of the Labour Party
  • Ivana Bacik (24 March 2022 to date)
• Leader of the Social Democrats
  • Holly Cairns (1 March 2023 to date)
• Leader of Aontú
  • Peadar Tóibín (28 January 2019 to date; founding leader)
• Leader of Independent Ireland
  • Michael Collins (10 November 2023 to date; founding leader)
• Leader of the Green Party
  • Roderic O'Gorman (18 June 2024 to date)

Of the 174 TDs, over sixty were elected for the first time;^[3] 44 are women (25%) and 130 are men.^[4]

^ +: 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.^[5]

Members of the 34th Dáil^[6]

Constituency	Name	Portrait	Party affiliation (Technical group)		Assumed office
Carlow–Kilkenny	Catherine Callaghan[+]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
	Peter "Chap" Cleere[+]			Fianna Fáil	18 December 2024
	John McGuinness			Fianna Fáil	26 June 1997
	Jennifer Murnane O'Connor			Fianna Fáil	20 February 2020
	Natasha Newsome Drennan[+]			Sinn Féin	18 December 2024
Cavan–Monaghan	Cathy Bennett[+]			Sinn Féin	18 December 2024
	Matt Carthy			Sinn Féin	20 February 2020
	David Maxwell[+]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
	Brendan Smith			Fianna Fáil	14 December 1992
	Niamh Smyth			Fianna Fáil	10 March 2016
Clare	Joe Cooney[+]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
	Cathal Crowe			Fianna Fáil	20 February 2020
	Timmy Dooley[#]			Fianna Fáil	18 December 2024[‡]
	Donna McGettigan[+]			Sinn Féin	18 December 2024
Cork East	Pat Buckley			Sinn Féin	10 March 2016
	Noel McCarthy[+]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
	James O'Connor			Fianna Fáil	20 February 2020
	Liam Quaide[+]			Social Democrats	18 December 2024
Cork North-Central	Colm Burke			Fine Gael	20 February 2020
	Thomas Gould			Sinn Féin	20 February 2020
	Eoghan Kenny[+]			Labour	18 December 2024
	Ken O'Flynn[+]			Independent Ireland (Independent Group)	18 December 2024
	Pádraig O'Sullivan			Fianna Fáil	3 December 2019
Cork North-West	Aindrias Moynihan			Fianna Fáil	10 March 2016
	Michael Moynihan			Fianna Fáil	26 June 1997
	John Paul O'Shea[+]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
Cork South-Central	Jerry Buttimer[#]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024[‡]
	Micheál Martin			Fianna Fáil	29 June 1989
	Séamus McGrath[+]			Fianna Fáil	18 December 2024
	Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire			Sinn Féin	10 March 2016
	Pádraig Rice[+]			Social Democrats	18 December 2024
Cork South-West	Holly Cairns			Social Democrats	20 February 2020
	Michael Collins			Independent Ireland (Independent Group)	10 March 2016
	Christopher O'Sullivan			Fianna Fáil	20 February 2020
Donegal	Pearse Doherty			Sinn Féin	30 November 2010
	Pat "the Cope" Gallagher			Fianna Fáil	18 December 2024[‡]
	Pádraig Mac Lochlainn			Sinn Féin	20 February 2020[‡]
	Charlie McConalogue			Fianna Fáil	9 March 2011
	Charles Ward[+]			100% Redress (Independents & Smaller Parties Group)	18 December 2024
Dublin Bay North	Tom Brabazon[+]			Fianna Fáil	18 December 2024
	Barry Heneghan[+]			Independent (Regional Independent Group)	18 December 2024
	Denise Mitchell			Sinn Féin	10 March 2016
	Cian O'Callaghan			Social Democrats	20 February 2020
	Naoise Ó Muirí[+]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
Dublin Bay South	Ivana Bacik			Labour	13 July 2021
	James Geoghegan[+]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
	Eoin Hayes[+]			Social Democrats (2024 election)	18 December 2024
				Independent (10 Dec. 2024–)
	Jim O'Callaghan			Fianna Fáil	10 March 2016
Dublin Central	Paschal Donohoe			Fine Gael	9 March 2011
	Gary Gannon			Social Democrats	20 February 2020
	Mary Lou McDonald			Sinn Féin	9 March 2011
	Marie Sherlock[+][#]			Labour	18 December 2024
Dublin Fingal East	Ann Graves[+]			Sinn Féin	18 December 2024
	Darragh O'Brien			Fianna Fáil	10 March 2016[‡]
	Duncan Smith			Labour	20 February 2020
Dublin Fingal West	Grace Boland[+]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
	Robert O'Donoghue[+]			Labour	18 December 2024
	Louise O'Reilly			Sinn Féin	10 March 2016
Dublin Mid-West	Paul Gogarty			Independent (Independent Group)	18 December 2024[‡]
	Emer Higgins			Fine Gael	20 February 2020
	Shane Moynihan[+]			Fianna Fáil	18 December 2024
	Eoin Ó Broin			Sinn Féin	10 March 2016
	Mark Ward			Sinn Féin	3 December 2019
Dublin North-West	Dessie Ellis			Sinn Féin	9 March 2011
	Rory Hearne[+]			Social Democrats	18 December 2024
	Paul McAuliffe			Fianna Fáil	20 February 2020
Dublin Rathdown	Shay Brennan[+]			Fianna Fáil	18 December 2024
	Sinéad Gibney[+]			Social Democrats	18 December 2024
	Maeve O'Connell[+]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
	Neale Richmond			Fine Gael	20 February 2020
Dublin South-Central	Catherine Ardagh[+][#]			Fianna Fáil	18 December 2024
	Jen Cummins[+]			Social Democrats	18 December 2024
	Máire Devine[+]			Sinn Féin	18 December 2024
	Aengus Ó Snodaigh			Sinn Féin	6 June 2002
Dublin South-West	Ciarán Ahern[+]			Labour	18 December 2024
	Colm Brophy			Fine Gael	10 March 2016
	Seán Crowe			Sinn Féin	9 March 2011[‡]
	John Lahart			Fianna Fáil	10 March 2016
	Paul Murphy			People Before Profit–Solidarity (Independents & Smaller Parties Group)	14 October 2014
Dublin West	Jack Chambers			Fianna Fáil	10 March 2016
	Ruth Coppinger			People Before Profit–Solidarity (Independents & Smaller Parties Group)	18 December 2024[‡]
	Emer Currie[+][#]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
	Paul Donnelly			Sinn Féin	20 February 2020
	Roderic O'Gorman			Green Party (Independents & Smaller Parties Group)	20 February 2020
Dún Laoghaire	Richard Boyd Barrett			People Before Profit–Solidarity (Independents & Smaller Parties Group)	9 March 2011
	Jennifer Carroll MacNeill			Fine Gael	20 February 2020
	Cormac Devlin			Fianna Fáil	20 February 2020
	Barry Ward[+][#]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
Galway East	Seán Canney			Independent (Regional Independent Group)	10 March 2016
	Albert Dolan[+]			Fianna Fáil	18 December 2024
	Louis O'Hara[+]			Sinn Féin	18 December 2024
	Peter Roche[+]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
Galway West	Catherine Connolly			Independent (Independents & Smaller Parties Group)	10 March 2016
	John Connolly[+]			Fianna Fáil	18 December 2024
	Mairéad Farrell			Sinn Féin	20 February 2020
	Noel Grealish			Independent (Regional Independent Group)	6 June 2002
	Hildegarde Naughton			Fine Gael	10 March 2016
Kerry	Michael Cahill[+]			Fianna Fáil	18 December 2024
	Pa Daly			Sinn Féin	20 February 2020
	Norma Foley			Fianna Fáil	20 February 2020
	Danny Healy-Rae			Independent (Regional Independent Group)	10 March 2016
	Michael Healy-Rae			Independent (Regional Independent Group)	9 March 2011
Kildare North	Réada Cronin			Sinn Féin	20 February 2020
	Aidan Farrelly[+]			Social Democrats	18 December 2024
	James Lawless			Fianna Fáil	10 March 2016
	Joe Neville[+]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
	Naoise Ó Cearúil[+]			Fianna Fáil	18 December 2024
Kildare South	Martin Heydon			Fine Gael	9 March 2011
	Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh[+]			Sinn Féin	18 December 2024
	Seán Ó Fearghaíl[§]			Fianna Fáil	6 June 2002
	Mark Wall[+][#]			Labour	18 December 2024
Laois	William Aird[+]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
	Seán Fleming			Fianna Fáil	26 June 1997
	Brian Stanley			Independent (Independents & Smaller Parties Group)	9 March 2011
Limerick City	Willie O'Dea			Fianna Fáil	9 March 1982
	Kieran O'Donnell			Fine Gael	20 February 2020[‡]
	Maurice Quinlivan			Sinn Féin	10 March 2016
	Conor Sheehan[+]			Labour	18 December 2024
Limerick County	Niall Collins			Fianna Fáil	14 June 2007
	Richard O'Donoghue			Independent Ireland (Independent Group)	20 February 2020
	Patrick O'Donovan			Fine Gael	9 March 2011
Longford–Westmeath	Peter Burke			Fine Gael	10 March 2016
	Micheál Carrigy[+][#]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
	Sorca Clarke			Sinn Féin	20 February 2020
	Kevin "Boxer" Moran			Independent (Regional Independent Group)	18 December 2024[‡]
	Robert Troy			Fianna Fáil	9 March 2011
Louth	Paula Butterly[+]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
	Joanna Byrne[+]			Sinn Féin	18 December 2024
	Erin McGreehan[+][#]			Fianna Fáil	18 December 2024
	Ged Nash			Labour	20 February 2020[‡]
	Ruairí Ó Murchú			Sinn Féin	20 February 2020
Mayo	Dara Calleary			Fianna Fáil	14 June 2007
	Rose Conway-Walsh			Sinn Féin	20 February 2020
	Alan Dillon			Fine Gael	20 February 2020
	Keira Keogh[+]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
	Paul Lawless[+]			Aontú (Independent Group)	18 December 2024
Meath East	Thomas Byrne			Fianna Fáil	10 March 2016[‡]
	Helen McEntee			Fine Gael	16 April 2013
	Darren O'Rourke			Sinn Féin	20 February 2020
	Gillian Toole[+]			Independent (Regional Independent Group)	18 December 2024
Meath West	Aisling Dempsey[+]			Fianna Fáil	18 December 2024
	Johnny Guirke			Sinn Féin	20 February 2020
	Peadar Tóibín			Aontú (Independent Group)	9 March 2011
Offaly	John Clendennen[+]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
	Tony McCormack[+]			Fianna Fáil	18 December 2024
	Carol Nolan			Independent (Regional Independent Group)	10 March 2016
Roscommon–Galway	Martin Daly[+]			Fianna Fáil	18 December 2024
	Michael Fitzmaurice			Independent Ireland (Independent Group)	14 October 2014
	Claire Kerrane			Sinn Féin	20 February 2020
Sligo–Leitrim	Frank Feighan			Fine Gael	20 February 2020[‡]
	Marian Harkin			Independent (Regional Independent Group)	20 February 2020[‡]
	Martin Kenny			Sinn Féin	10 March 2016
	Eamon Scanlon			Fianna Fáil	18 December 2024[‡]
Tipperary North	Alan Kelly			Labour	9 March 2011
	Michael Lowry			Independent (Regional Independent Group)	10 March 1987
	Ryan O'Meara[+]			Fianna Fáil	18 December 2024
Tipperary South	Séamus Healy			Independent (Independents & Smaller Parties Group)	18 December 2024[‡]
	Mattie McGrath			Independent	14 June 2007
	Michael Murphy[+]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
Waterford	Mary Butler			Fianna Fáil	10 March 2016
	David Cullinane			Sinn Féin	10 March 2016
	John Cummins[+][#]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
	Conor D. McGuinness[+]			Sinn Féin	18 December 2024
Wexford	James Browne			Fianna Fáil	10 March 2016
	George Lawlor[+]			Labour	18 December 2024
	Verona Murphy			Independent (2024 election)	20 February 2020
				Ceann Comhairle (18 Dec. 2024–)
	Johnny Mythen			Sinn Féin	20 February 2020
Wicklow–Wexford	Brian Brennan[+]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
	Malcolm Byrne[#]			Fianna Fáil	18 December 2024[‡]
	Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin[+]			Sinn Féin	18 December 2024
Wicklow	John Brady			Sinn Féin	10 March 2016
	Simon Harris			Fine Gael	9 March 2011
	Edward Timmins[+]			Fine Gael	18 December 2024
	Jennifer Whitmore			Social Democrats	20 February 2020

On 7 December, three independent TDs formed a technical group with Independent Ireland TDs called the Independent Group.^[7] On 22 January 2025, after leaving the Regional Independent Group due to a disagreement over speaking rights, Aontú stated that they had joined the Independent group.^[8]

On 11 December, a technical group was created between three independent TDs, People Before Profit–Solidarity, and 100% Redress.^[9][10] The Green Party's leader and sole TD Roderic O'Gorman joined the group on 23 January 2025 after leaving his ministerial post.^[11]

On 4 December, eight TDs formed a technical group called the Regional Independent Group.^[12] Both Aontú TDs and Carol Nolan later joined the group.^[13][14] Verona Murphy was originally a member of the group, but as Ceann Comhairle she cannot be a member of a technical group. Mattie McGrath joined the group in January 2025. On 22 January 2025, Aontú left the group amid a disagreement over speaking rights.^[8] On 23 January 2025, Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy confirmed that she would not recognise the group in the Dáil at a sitting to elect a new Taoiseach.^[15]