Members_of_the_32nd_Dáil

32nd Dáil

32nd Dáil

TDs from 2016 to 2020

The 32nd Dáil 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 Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. The 32nd Dáil was dissolved by President Michael D. Higgins on 14 January 2020, at the request of the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.[2] The 32nd Dáil lasted 1,406 days.

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Composition of the 32nd Dáil

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Government party denoted with bullet (●)
Party giving confidence and supply denoted by C.

Notes
  1. [N 1]
    February 2016 column shows the state of parties after the 2016 general election.
  2. [N 2]
    January 2020 column shows the state of the parties at the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil.
  3. [N 3]
    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.

Leadership

Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl at the first sitting of the 32nd Dáil

The first act of the 32nd Dáil was the election of the Ceann Comhairle. This was the first time the Ceann Comhairle was elected by secret ballot.

Government

Main article: Government of the 32nd Dáil

Opposition

Oireachtas Committees

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List of TDs

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.

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Technical groups

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]

Independents 4 Change Group

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Social Democrats–Green Party Group

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Rural Independents Group

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Outgoing Senators elected to Dáil

Further information: 24th Seanad

Senators elected to the Dáil left their Seanad seats vacant for the remaining weeks of the 24th Seanad.

Firsts

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]

Independents 4 Change, the Social Democrats and Aontú 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 Fáil TD.

Changes

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See also

Footnotes

  1. [N 1]
    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.
  2. [N 2]
    TD who was elected for the first time at the 2016 general election.
  3. [N 3]
    Campaigned under the banner of the Independent Alliance, but appeared as a normal Independent on the ballot paper.

References

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    "Election 2016: President Higgins dissolves 31st Dáil". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 3 February 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.
  2. [2]
    "General Election to take place in February after Dáil dissolved". RTÉ News. 14 January 2020. Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Three new technical groups to form for new Dáil term". The Irish Times. 27 May 2016. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Dáil and Seanad Chamber Seating Plans". Oireachtas.ie. Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
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    McGuill, Dan (28 February 2016). "Michael and Danny will be the first siblings elected to the same constituency". TheJournal.ie. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
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    "Ireland's first lesbian TD hopes to represent LGBT community in Dáil". 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
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    Armstrong, Kelly (2 June 2017). "'Significant step for equality'- the world reacts to Leo Varadkar becoming the new Fine Gael leader - Independent.ie". Independent.ie. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2018.
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    "Selection of Candidate and Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (32nd Dáil) – Thursday, 10 March 2016". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 14 September 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
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    Simpson, Claire (22 March 2018). "Sinn Féin TD Carol Nolan suspended from party over abortion vote". The Irish News. Archived from the original on 28 May 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2018.
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    "'Isolated' Peter Fitzpatrick resigns from Fine Gael". RTÉ News. 2 October 2018. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
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    Hennessy, Michelle (15 November 2018). "Peadar Tóibín resigns from Sinn Féin and hints about setting up a new party". thejournal.ie. Archived from the original on 15 November 2018. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
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    Lehane, Mícheál (28 January 2019). "Tóibín reveals name of new political party". RTÉ News. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
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    Loughlin, Elaine (27 June 2019). "New MEPs say goodbye to Dail politics; Billy Kelleher pays tribute to people of Cork North Central". Irish Examiner. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
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