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32nd Dáil
TDs from 2016 to 2020 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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. It sat with the 25th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
The 32nd Dáil was dissolved by President Michael D. Higgins on 14 January 2020, at the request of the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.[2][3] The 32nd Dáil lasted 3 years, 310 days.
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Composition of the 32nd Dáil
Government party denoted with bullet (●)
Party giving confidence and supply denoted by C.
- Notes
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Ceann Comhairle
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- Ceann Comhairle: Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Fianna Fáil)
- Leas-Cheann Comhairle: Pat "the Cope" Gallagher (Fianna Fáil)
The first act of the 32nd Dáil was the election of the Ceann Comhairle.[4] This was the first time the Ceann Comhairle was elected by secret ballot.
On 2 June 2016, Seán Crowe, Mattie McGrath, Pat "the Cope" Gallagher and Bernard Durkan were nominated for the position of Leas-Cheann Comhairle. No candidate was elected by resolution.[5] On 6 July, the Dáil proceeded to an election by secret ballot using the single transferable vote. On 7 July, Gallagher was declared elected and approved by resolution.[6]
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Political leadership
Government
- Taoiseach
- Enda Kenny (6 May 2016 – 14 June 2017)
- Leo Varadkar (14 June 2017 – 14 January 2020)
- Tánaiste
- Frances Fitzgerald (6 May 2016 – 28 November 2017)
- Simon Coveney (30 November 2017 – 14 January 2020)
Opposition
Oireachtas Committees
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List of TDs
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^ +: Elected for the first time at the 2016 general election.
^ ‡: Previously served as member of the Dáil non-consecutively to the current consecutive terms of office.
^ #: Member of the 24th 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.
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.
- Campaigned under the banner of the Independent Alliance, but appeared as a normal Independent on the ballot paper.
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Technical groups
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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 the 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).[7]
Independents 4 Change Group
Social Democrats–Green Party Group
Rural Independents Group
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Firsts
For the first time, two siblings were elected to Dáil Éireann from the same constituency: Michael and Danny Healy-Rae for Kerry.[9]
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.[10]
Independents 4 Change, the Social Democrats and Aontú had their first TDs.
On 14 June 2017 Leo Varadkar became the first openly gay Taoiseach.[11]
Malcolm Byrne became the first openly gay man to win a by-election, and the first openly gay Fianna Fáil TD.
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Changes
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References
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