Government party denoted with bullet (●) Party giving confidence and supply denoted by C.
Notes
^February 2016 column shows the state of parties after the 2016 general election.
^January 2020 column shows the state of the parties at the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil.
^Known as Anti-Austerity Alliance–People Before Profit until March 2017.
Graphical representation of the 32nd Dáil at its first sitting on 10 March 2016 (after Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Fianna Fáil) was elected as Ceann Comhairle). This was not the official seating plan.
This is a list of TDs elected to Dáil Éireann in the 2016 general election. The Changes table below records changes in membership and party affiliation.
In the wake of the 2016 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 technical group from seven TDs to five, and to allow multiple technical groups to exist in parallel. In January 2018, there were three groups; Independents 4 Change Group (7), Social Democrats–Green Party Group (5) and the Rural Independents Group (7).[3]
For the first time, two siblings were elected to Dáil Éireann from the same constituency: Michael and Danny Healy-Rae for Kerry.[5]
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, and later the first openly lesbian member of government.[6]
Carol Nolan was suspended from Sinn Féin for voting against legislation to allow for a referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment.[9] She resigned from Sinn Féin in June 2018.
^This includes 7 TDs in the Rural Technical Group, 3 of 7 TDs in the Independents for Change Technical Group and 6 members of the Independent Alliance, as well as Seamus Healy, Denis Naughten and Katherine Zappone.
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December 14, 2023
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The 32nd Dail was elected at the 2016 general election on 26 February and first met at 10 30 a m on 10 March 2016 1 The members of Dail Eireann the house of representatives of the Oireachtas legislature of Ireland are known as TDs The 32nd Dail was dissolved by President Michael D Higgins on 14 January 2020 at the request of the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar 2 The 32nd Dail lasted 1 406 days 32nd Dail 31st Dail 33rd Dail OverviewLegislative bodyDail EireannJurisdictionIrelandMeeting placeLeinster HouseTerm10 March 2016 14 January 2020Election2016 general electionGovernmentGovernment of the 32nd DailMembers158Ceann ComhairleSean o FearghailLeas Cheann ComhairlePat GallagherTaoiseachLeo Varadkar Enda Kennyuntil 14 June 2017TanaisteSimon Coveney Frances Fitzgeralduntil 28 November 2017Chief WhipSean KyneLeader of the OppositionMicheal MartinSessions1st10 March 2016 21 July 20162nd27 September 2016 14 July 20173rd20 September 2017 12 July 20184th18 September 2018 11 July 20195th17 September 2019 14 January 2020 Contents 1 Composition of the 32nd Dail 2 Leadership 2 1 Government 2 2 Opposition 2 3 Oireachtas Committees 3 List of TDs 4 Technical groups 4 1 Independents 4 Change Group 4 2 Social Democrats Green Party Group 4 3 Rural Independents Group 5 Outgoing Senators elected to Dail 6 Firsts 7 Changes 8 See also 9 Footnotes 10 ReferencesComposition of the 32nd Dail editParty Feb 2016 na 1 Jan 2020 na 2 Fine Gael 50 47C Fianna Fail 44 45Sinn Fein 23 22Labour 7 7Solidarity PBP na 3 6 6Independents 4 Change 4 1Social Democrats 3 2Green 2 3Aontu 1Independent nb 1 19 22Ceann Comhairle 1Vacant 1Total 158Government party denoted with bullet Party giving confidence and supply denoted by C Notes February 2016 column shows the state of parties after the 2016 general election January 2020 column shows the state of the parties at the dissolution of the 32nd Dail Known as Anti Austerity Alliance People Before Profit until March 2017 nbsp Graphical representation of the 32nd Dail at its first sitting on 10 March 2016 after Sean o Fearghail Fianna Fail was elected as Ceann Comhairle This was not the official seating plan Leadership edit nbsp Ceann Comhairle Sean o Fearghail at the first sitting of the 32nd DailThe first act of the 32nd Dail was the election of the Ceann Comhairle This was the first time the Ceann Comhairle was elected by secret ballot Ceann Comhairle Sean o Fearghail Fianna Fail Leas Cheann Comhairle Pat the Cope Gallagher Fianna Fail Government edit Main article Government of the 32nd Dail Taoiseach Enda Kenny 6 May 2016 14 June 2017 Leo Varadkar 14 June 2017 14 January 2020 Tanaiste Frances Fitzgerald 6 May 2016 28 November 2017 Simon Coveney 30 November 2017 14 January 2020 Opposition edit Opposition Front Bench Leader of the Opposition and Leader of Fianna Fail Micheal Martin Fianna Fail Chief whip Michael Moynihan Leader of Sinn Fein Gerry Adams 2016 2018 Mary Lou McDonald 2018 2020 Sinn Fein Chief Whip Aengus o Snodaigh Leader of the Labour Party Brendan Howlin Leader of the Green Party Eamon Ryan Leader of the Social Democrats Catherine Murphy amp Roisin ShortallOireachtas Committees edit Committee Position Name PartyAgriculture Food and the Marine Chair Pat Deering Fine GaelBudgetary Oversight Chair John Paul Phelan Fine GaelChildren and Youth Affairs Chair Alan Farrell Fine GaelCommunications Climate Action and the Environment Chair Hildegarde Naughton Fine GaelEducation and Social Protection Chair Fiona O Loughlin Fianna FailEuropean Union Affairs Chair Michael Healy Rae IndependentVice Chair Terry Leyden Fianna FailFinance Public Expenditure and Reform and Taoiseach Chair John McGuinness Fianna FailForeign Affairs and Trade and Defense Chair Brendan Smith Fianna FailVice Chair Maureen O Sullivan IndependentFuture of Healthcare Chair Roisin Shortall Social DemocratsHealth Chair Michael Harty IndependentHousing Planning and Local Government Chair Noel Rock Fine GaelHousing and Homelessness Chair John Curran Fianna FailImplementation of the Good Friday Agreement Chair Kathleen Funchion Sinn FeinIrish Language the Gaeltacht and the Islands Chair Catherine Connolly IndependentJobs Enterprise and Innovation Chair Mary Butler Fianna FailJustice and Equality Chair Caoimhghin o Caolain Sinn FeinMembers Interests of Dail Eireann Chair Maria Bailey Fine GaelPetitions Chair Sean Sherlock Labour PartyProcedure and Privileges Dail Chair Sean o Fearghail Fianna Fail Sub Committee on Dail Reform Chair Sean o Fearghail Fianna FailPublic Accounts Committee Chair Sean Fleming Fianna FailVice Chair Alan Kelly Labour PartyRural Development Rural Affairs Arts and the Gaeltacht Chair Peadar Toibin Sinn FeinSocial Protection Chair John Curran Fianna FailTransport Tourism and Sport Chair Brendan Griffin Fine GaelList of TDs editThis is a list of TDs elected to Dail Eireann in the 2016 general election The Changes table below records changes in membership and party affiliation Party Name ConstituencyFine Gael 50 Maria Bailey nb 2 Dun LaoghaireSean Barrett Dun LaoghairePat Breen ClareColm Brophy nb 2 Dublin South WestRichard Bruton Dublin Bay NorthPeter Burke nb 2 Longford WestmeathCatherine Byrne Dublin South CentralCiaran Cannon Galway EastJoe Carey ClareMarcella Corcoran Kennedy OffalySimon Coveney Cork South CentralMichael Creed Cork North WestJim Daly Cork South WestMichael W D Arcy WexfordJohn Deasy WaterfordPat Deering Carlow KilkennyRegina Doherty Meath EastPaschal Donohoe Dublin CentralAndrew Doyle WicklowBernard Durkan Kildare NorthDamien English Meath WestAlan Farrell Dublin FingalFrances Fitzgerald Dublin Mid WestPeter Fitzpatrick LouthCharles Flanagan LaoisBrendan Griffin KerrySimon Harris WicklowMartin Heydon Kildare SouthHeather Humphreys Cavan MonaghanPaul Kehoe WexfordEnda Kenny MayoSean Kyne Galway WestJosepha Madigan nb 2 Dublin RathdownHelen McEntee Meath EastJoe McHugh DonegalTony McLoughlin Sligo LeitrimMary Mitchell O Connor Dun LaoghaireDara Murphy Cork North CentralEoghan Murphy Dublin Bay SouthHildegarde Naughton nb 2 Galway WestTom Neville nb 2 Limerick CountyMichael Noonan Limerick CityKate O Connell nb 2 Dublin Bay SouthPatrick O Donovan Limerick CountyFergus O Dowd LouthJohn Paul Phelan Carlow KilkennyMichael Ring MayoNoel Rock nb 2 Dublin North WestDavid Stanton Cork EastLeo Varadkar Dublin WestFianna Fail 44 Bobby Aylward Carlow KilkennyJohn Brassil nb 2 KerryDeclan Breathnach nb 2 LouthJames Browne nb 2 WexfordMary Butler nb 2 WaterfordThomas Byrne Meath EastJackie Cahill nb 2 TipperaryDara Calleary MayoPat Casey nb 2 WicklowShane Cassells nb 2 Meath WestJack Chambers nb 2 Dublin WestLisa Chambers nb 2 MayoNiall Collins Limerick CountyBarry Cowen OffalyJohn Curran Dublin Mid WestTimmy Dooley ClareSean Fleming LaoisPat the Cope Gallagher DonegalSean Haughey Dublin Bay NorthBilly Kelleher Cork North CentralJohn Lahart nb 2 Dublin South WestJames Lawless nb 2 Kildare NorthMarc MacSharry nb 2 Sligo LeitrimMicheal Martin Cork South CentralCharlie McConalogue DonegalMichael McGrath Cork South CentralJohn McGuinness Carlow KilkennyAindrias Moynihan nb 2 Cork North WestMichael Moynihan Cork North WestEugene Murphy nb 2 Roscommon GalwayMargaret Murphy O Mahony nb 2 Cork South WestDarragh O Brien Dublin FingalJim O Callaghan nb 2 Dublin Bay SouthEamon o Cuiv Galway WestWillie O Dea Limerick CitySean o Fearghail Kildare SouthKevin O Keeffe nb 2 Cork EastFiona O Loughlin nb 2 Kildare SouthFrank O Rourke nb 2 Kildare NorthAnne Rabbitte nb 2 Galway EastEamon Scanlon Sligo LeitrimBrendan Smith Cavan MonaghanNiamh Smyth nb 2 Cavan MonaghanRobert Troy Longford WestmeathSinn Fein 23 Gerry Adams LouthJohn Brady nb 2 WicklowPat Buckley nb 2 Cork EastSean Crowe Dublin South WestDavid Cullinane nb 2 WaterfordPearse Doherty DonegalDessie Ellis Dublin North WestMartin Ferris KerryKathleen Funchion nb 2 Carlow KilkennyMartin Kenny nb 2 Sligo LeitrimMary Lou McDonald Dublin CentralDenise Mitchell nb 2 Dublin Bay NorthImelda Munster nb 2 LouthCarol Nolan nb 2 OffalyCaoimhghin o Caolain Cavan MonaghanJonathan O Brien Cork North CentralEoin o Broin nb 2 Dublin Mid WestDonnchadh o Laoghaire nb 2 Cork South CentralLouise O Reilly nb 2 Dublin FingalAengus o Snodaigh Dublin South CentralMaurice Quinlivan nb 2 Limerick CityBrian Stanley LaoisPeadar Toibin Meath WestLabour Party 7 Joan Burton Dublin WestBrendan Howlin WexfordAlan Kelly TipperaryJan O Sullivan Limerick CityWillie Penrose Longford WestmeathBrendan Ryan Dublin FingalSean Sherlock Cork EastAAA PBP 6 Richard Boyd Barrett Dun LaoghaireMick Barry nb 2 Cork North CentralRuth Coppinger Dublin WestGino Kenny nb 2 Dublin Mid WestPaul Murphy Dublin South WestBrid Smith nb 2 Dublin South CentralIndependents 4 Change 4 Tommy Broughan Dublin Bay NorthJoan Collins Dublin South CentralClare Daly Dublin FingalMick Wallace WexfordSocial Democrats 3 Stephen Donnelly WicklowCatherine Murphy Kildare NorthRoisin Shortall Dublin North WestGreen Party 2 Catherine Martin nb 2 Dublin RathdownEamon Ryan Dublin Bay SouthIndependent 19 Sean Canney nb 2 nb 3 Galway EastSeamus Healy TipperaryMichael Collins nb 2 Cork South WestCatherine Connolly nb 2 Galway WestMichael Fitzmaurice nb 3 Roscommon GalwayNoel Grealish Galway WestJohn Halligan nb 3 WaterfordDanny Healy Rae nb 2 KerryMichael Healy Rae KerryMichael Harty nb 2 ClareMichael Lowry TipperaryFinian McGrath nb 3 Dublin Bay NorthMattie McGrath TipperaryKevin Boxer Moran nb 2 nb 3 Longford WestmeathDenis Naughten Roscommon GalwayMaureen O Sullivan Dublin CentralThomas Pringle DonegalShane Ross nb 3 Dublin RathdownKatherine Zappone nb 2 Dublin South WestTechnical groups editIn the wake of the 2016 general election which saw a significant increase in the number of TDs elected as independents or from small parties in the 32nd Dail the Dail standing orders were extensively revised to reduce the minimum number for formation of a technical group from seven TDs to five and to allow multiple technical groups to exist in parallel In January 2018 there were three groups Independents 4 Change Group 7 Social Democrats Green Party Group 5 and the Rural Independents Group 7 3 Independents 4 Change Group edit Party Name ConstituencyIndependents 4 Change 3 Joan Collins Dublin South CentralClare Daly Dublin FingalMick Wallace WexfordIndependent 4 Tommy Broughan Dublin Bay NorthCatherine Connolly Galway WestMaureen O Sullivan Dublin CentralThomas Pringle DonegalSocial Democrats Green Party Group edit Party Name ConstituencySocial Democrats 2 Catherine Murphy Kildare NorthRoisin Shortall Dublin North WestGreen Party 2 Catherine Martin Dublin RathdownEamon Ryan Dublin Bay SouthIndependent 1 Seamus Healy TipperaryRural Independents Group edit Party Name 4 ConstituencyIndependent 7 Michael Collins Cork South WestNoel Grealish Galway WestDanny Healy Rae KerryMichael Healy Rae KerryMichael Harty ClareMichael Lowry TipperaryMattie McGrath TipperaryOutgoing Senators elected to Dail editFurther information Members of the 24th Seanad Senators elected to the Dail 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 editFor the first time two siblings were elected to Dail Eireann from the same constituency Michael and Danny Healy Rae for Kerry 5 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 Dala TD after being elected to the Dail in 2016 and later the first openly lesbian member of government 6 Independents 4 Change the Social Democrats and Aontu had their first TDs On 14 June 2017 Leo Varadkar became the first openly gay Taoiseach 7 Malcolm Byrne became the first openly gay man to win a by election and the first openly gay Fianna Fail TD Changes editDate Constituency Loss Gain Note10 March 2016 Kildare South Fianna Fail Ceann Comhairle Sean o Fearghail is elected as Ceann Comhairle 8 26 July 2016 Dublin Bay North Inds 4 Change Independent Tommy Broughan leaves Independents 4 Change 5 September 2016 Wicklow Social Democrats Independent Stephen Donnelly leaves the Social Democrats 2 February 2017 Wicklow Independent Fianna Fail Stephen Donnelly joins Fianna Fail 22 March 2018 Offaly Sinn Fein Independent Carol Nolan was suspended from Sinn Fein for voting against legislation to allow for a referendum on repealing the Eighth Amendment 9 She resigned from Sinn Fein in June 2018 2 October 2018 Louth Fine Gael Independent Peter Fitzpatrick resigns from Fine Gael 10 15 November 2018 Meath West Sinn Fein Independent Peadar Toibin resigns from Sinn Fein 11 28 January 2019 Meath West Independent Aontu Peadar Toibin founds a new political party called Aontu 12 1 July 2019 Dublin Fingal Inds 4 Change Resignation of Clare Daly after her election to the European Parliament 13 1 July 2019 Dublin Mid West Fine Gael Resignation of Frances Fitzgerald after her election to the European Parliament 13 1 July 2019 Cork North Central Fianna Fail Resignation of Billy Kelleher after his election to the European Parliament 13 1 July 2019 Wexford Inds 4 Change Resignation of Mick Wallace after his election to the European Parliament 13 30 November 2019 Dublin Mid West Sinn Fein Mark Ward wins the Dublin Mid West by election taking the seat vacated by the resignation of Frances Fitzgerald 30 November 2019 Cork North Central Fianna Fail Padraig O Sullivan wins the Cork North Central by election taking the seat vacated by the resignation of Billy Kelleher 30 November 2019 Wexford Fianna Fail Malcolm Byrne wins the Wexford by election taking the seat vacated by the resignation of Mick Wallace 30 November 2019 Dublin Fingal Green Joe O Brien wins the Dublin Fingal by election taking the seat vacated by the resignation of Clare Daly 3 December 2019 Cork North Central Fine Gael Resignation of Dara Murphy See also editGovernment of the 32nd Dail Members of the 25th Seanad Dail constituenciesFootnotes edit This includes 7 TDs in the Rural Technical Group 3 of 7 TDs in the Independents for Change Technical Group and 6 members of the Independent Alliance as well as Seamus Healy Denis Naughten and Katherine Zappone a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az TD who was elected for the first time at the 2016 general election a b c d e f Campaigned under the banner of the Independent Alliance but appeared as a normal Independent on the ballot paper References edit Election 2016 President Higgins dissolves 31st Dail The Irish Times Archived from the original on 3 February 2016 Retrieved 3 February 2016 General Election to take place in February after Dail dissolved RTE 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