| 33rd Dáil | |||||||||||
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| Legislative body | Dáil Éireann | ||||||||||
| Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||||||||
| Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||||||||
| Term | 20 February 2020 – | ||||||||||
| Election | 2020 general election | ||||||||||
| Government |
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| Members | 160 | ||||||||||
| Ceann Comhairle | Seán Ó Fearghaíl | ||||||||||
| Leas-Cheann Comhairle | Catherine Connolly | ||||||||||
| Taoiseach | Simon Harris | ||||||||||
| Tánaiste | Micheál Martin | ||||||||||
| Chief Whip | Hildegarde Naughton | ||||||||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Mary Lou McDonald | ||||||||||
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The 33rd Dáil was elected at the 2020 general election on 8 February 2020 and first met on 20 February 2020.[1][2] The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It is sitting with the 26th Seanad as the Houses of the Oireachtas. There are 160 TDs in the 33rd Dáil, an increase of 2. The 33rd Dáil has lasted 1,619 days to date.
| 2020 general election | ||||
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| Party | Feb. 2020[a] | July. 2024[b] | Change | |
| ● | Fianna Fáil | 38 | 35 |  3 |
| Sinn Féin | 37 | 35 | 2 | |
| ● | Fine Gael | 35 | 33 | 2 |
| ● | Green | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| Labour | 6 | 6 | 
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| Social Democrats | 6 | 6 |
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| Solidarity–PBP | 5 | 5 |
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| Aontú | 1 | 1 |
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| Inds. 4 Change | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Independent | 19 | 19 |
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| Independent Ireland | — | 3 |  3 | |
| Right to Change | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Ceann Comhairle | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Vacant | — | 4 | 4 | |
| Total | 160 |
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Government coalition parties denoted with bullets (●)
The Ceann Comhairle is automatically returned unless they state their intention to retire before the Dáil is dissolved.[3] The outgoing Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, did not retire. The first order of business of the new Dáil was to elect a new Ceann Comhairle. Ó Fearghaíl and Denis Naughten were both nominated, and Ó Fearghaíl was re-elected as Ceann Comhairle in a secret ballot.[4][5]
Of the 160 TDs, forty-eight were elected for the first time.[6] 36 are women (22.5%) and 124 are men.[7]
The Independents and some small parties formed three technical groups to facilitate Dáil speaking time.[8]
| Date | Constituency | Loss | Gain | Note | ||
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| 20 February 2020 | Kildare South | Fianna Fáil | Ceann Comhairle | Seán Ó Fearghaíl takes office as Ceann Comhairle[5] | ||
| 31 May 2020 | Dublin South-Central | Inds. 4 Change | Right to Change | Joan Collins resigns from Independents 4 Change and founds Right to Change[9] | ||
| 27 April 2021 | Dublin Bay South | Fine Gael | Eoghan Murphy resigns as a TD[10][11] | |||
| 9 July 2021 | Dublin Bay South | Labour | Ivana Bacik wins the 2021 Dublin Bay South by-election | |||
| 15 September 2021 | Sligo–Leitrim | Fianna Fáil | Independent | Marc MacSharry resigns the Fianna Fáil whip.[12] He left the party in November 2022.[13] | ||
| 25 February 2022 | Clare | Sinn Féin | Independent | Violet-Anne Wynne resigns from Sinn Féin[14] | ||
| 19 May 2022 | Dublin South-Central | Green | Independent | Patrick Costello suspended after breaking whip on motion on ownership of the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin | ||
| 19 May 2022 | Dublin Central | Green | Independent | Neasa Hourigan suspended after breaking whip on motion on ownership of the National Maternity Hospital | ||
| 6 July 2022 | Donegal | Fine Gael | Independent | Joe McHugh resigns whip to vote against Remediation of Dwellings Damaged By the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks Bill 2022[15] | ||
| 23 November 2022 | Dublin South-Central | Independent | Green | Patrick Costello regains party whip[16] | ||
| 23 November 2022 | Dublin Central | Independent | Green | Neasa Hourigan regains party whip[16] | ||
| 22 March 2023 | Dublin Central | Green | Independent | Neasa Hourigan suspended after breaking whip on motion on extension of eviction ban[17] | ||
| 10 November 2023 | Cork South-West | Independent | Independent Ireland | Michael Collins co-founds Independent Ireland | ||
| 10 November 2023 | Limerick County | Independent | Independent Ireland | Richard O'Donoghue co-founds Independent Ireland | ||
| 12 February 2024 | Roscommon-Galway | Independent | Independent Ireland | Michael Fitzmaurice joins Independent Ireland | ||
| 16 July 2024 | Dublin Bay North | Labour | ElectionofAodhán Ó Ríordáin to the European Parliament[18] | |||
| 16 July 2024 | Clare | Independent | Election of Michael McNamara to the European Parliament[18] | |||
| 16 July 2024 | Carlow–Kilkenny | Sinn Féin | Election of Kathleen Funchion to the European Parliament[18] | |||
| 16 July 2024 | Laois–Offaly | Fianna Fáil | Election of Barry Cowen to the European Parliament[18] | |||
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