33rd Dáil

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 sat with the 26th Seanad as the Houses of the Oireachtas. There were 160 TDs in the 33rd Dáil, an increase of 2.

33rd Dáil
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Overview
Legislative body	Dáil Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	20 February 2020 – 8 November 2024
Election	2020 general election
Government	32nd government of Ireland (2020–2022) 33rd government of Ireland (2022–2024) 34th government of Ireland (2024–2025)
Members	160
Ceann Comhairle	Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Leas-Cheann Comhairle	Catherine Connolly
Taoiseach	Simon Harris — Leo Varadkar 17 December 2022 to 9 April 2024 — Micheál Martin 27 June 2020 to 17 December 2022
Tánaiste	Micheál Martin — Leo Varadkar until 17 December 2022
Chief Whip	Hildegarde Naughton
Leader of the Opposition	Mary Lou McDonald
Sessions
1st 20 February 2020 – 30 July 2020 2nd 2 September 2020 – 15 July 2021 3rd 15 September 2021 – 14 July 2022 4th 14 September 2022 – 13 July 2023 5th 20 September 2023 – 11 July 2024 6th 18 September 2024 – 7 November 2024

The 33rd Dáil was dissolved by President Michael D. Higgins on 8 November 2024, at the request of the Taoiseach Simon Harris.^[3] It lasted 4 years, 262 days.

Composition of the 33rd Dáil

Party		Feb. 2020	Nov. 2024	Change
●	Fianna Fáil	38	35	3
	Sinn Féin	37	33	4
●	Fine Gael	35	32	3
●	Green	12	12
	Labour	6	6
	Social Democrats	6	6
	PBP–Solidarity[a]	5	5
	Aontú	1	1
	Inds. 4 Change	1	0	1
	Independent Ireland	—	3	3
	Right to Change	—	1	1
	Independent	19	20	1
	Ceann Comhairle	—	1	1
	Vacant	—	5	5
Total		160

Government coalition parties denoted with bullets (●)

Notes

1. Known as Solidarity–People Before Profit until December 2020.

Members of Dáil Éireann after the 2020 general election.

Ceann Comhairle

• Ceann Comhairle: Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Fianna Fáil)
• Leas-Cheann Comhairle: Catherine Connolly (Independent)

The Ceann Comhairle is automatically returned unless they state their intention to retire before the Dáil is dissolved.^[4] 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.^[5][6]

On 23 July 2020, Catherine Connolly and Fergus O'Dowd were nominated for the position of Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Connolly was elected in a secret ballot.^[7]

Political leadership

Government

Main article: Government of the 33rd Dáil

• Taoiseach
  • Leo Varadkar (14 June 2017 to 27 June 2020)
  • Micheál Martin (27 June 2020 to 17 December 2022)
  • Leo Varadkar (17 December 2022 to 9 April 2024)
  • Simon Harris (9 April 2024 to date)
• Tánaiste
  • Simon Coveney (30 November 2017 to 27 June 2020)
  • Leo Varadkar (27 June 2020 to 17 December 2022)
  • Micheál Martin (17 December 2022 to date)
• Leader of Fine Gael
  • Leo Varadkar (2 June 2017 to 20 March 2024)
  • Simon Harris (20 March 2024 to date)
• Leader of Fianna Fáil
  • Micheál Martin (26 January 2011 to date)
• Leader of the Green Party
  • Eamon Ryan (27 May 2011 to 18 June 2024)
  • Roderic O'Gorman (18 June 2024 to date)

Opposition

See also: Opposition Front Bench (Ireland) and Leader of the Opposition (Ireland)

• Leader of Sinn Féin
  • Mary Lou McDonald (10 February 2018 to date)
• Leader of the Labour Party
  • Brendan Howlin (20 May 2016 to 3 April 2020)
  • Alan Kelly (3 April 2020 to 24 March 2022)
  • Ivana Bacik (24 March 2022 to date)
• Leader of the Social Democrats
  • Róisín Shortall & Catherine Murphy (15 July 2015 to 1 March 2023)
  • 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)

List of TDs

Of the 160 TDs, forty-eight were elected for the first time.^[8] 36 are women (22.5%) and 124 are men.^[9]

^ +: Elected for the first time at the 2020 general election.
^ ‡: Previously served as member of the Dáil non-consecutively to the current consecutive terms of office.
^ #: Member of the 25th 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.

Constituency	Name	Portrait	Party affiliation (Technical group)				Assumed office
			Start of Dáil term		End of Dáil term
Carlow–Kilkenny	Kathleen Funchion			Sinn Féin	Elected to European Parliament in 2024		10 March 2016
	John McGuinness			Fianna Fáil			26 June 1997
	Jennifer Murnane O'Connor[+][#]			Fianna Fáil			20 February 2020
	Malcolm Noonan[+]			Green Party			20 February 2020
	John Paul Phelan			Fine Gael			9 March 2011
Cavan–Monaghan	Matt Carthy[+]			Sinn Féin			20 February 2020
	Heather Humphreys			Fine Gael			9 March 2011
	Brendan Smith			Fianna Fáil			14 December 1992
	Niamh Smyth			Fianna Fáil			10 March 2016
	Pauline Tully[+]			Sinn Féin			20 February 2020
Clare	Joe Carey			Fine Gael	Resigned in 2024		14 June 2007
	Cathal Crowe[+]			Fianna Fáil			20 February 2020
	Michael McNamara			Independent (Independent Group)	Elected to European Parliament in 2024		20 February 2020[‡]
	Violet-Anne Wynne[+]			Sinn Féin		Independent	20 February 2020
Cork East	Pat Buckley			Sinn Féin			10 March 2016
	James O'Connor[+]			Fianna Fáil			20 February 2020
	Seán Sherlock			Labour			14 June 2007
	David Stanton			Fine Gael			26 June 1997
Cork North-Central	Mick Barry			People Before Profit–Solidarity			10 March 2016
	Colm Burke[+]			Fine Gael			20 February 2020
	Thomas Gould[+]			Sinn Féin			20 February 2020
	Pádraig O'Sullivan			Fianna Fáil			3 December 2019
Cork North-West	Michael Creed			Fine Gael			14 June 2007[‡]
	Aindrias Moynihan			Fianna Fáil			10 March 2016
	Michael Moynihan			Fianna Fáil			26 June 1997
Cork South-Central	Simon Coveney			Fine Gael			3 November 1998
	Micheál Martin			Fianna Fáil			29 June 1989
	Michael McGrath			Fianna Fáil			14 June 2007
	Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire			Sinn Féin			10 March 2016
Cork South-West	Holly Cairns[+]			Social Democrats			20 February 2020
	Michael Collins			Independent (Rural Group)		Independent Ireland	10 March 2016
	Christopher O'Sullivan[+]			Fianna Fáil			20 February 2020
Donegal	Pearse Doherty			Sinn Féin			30 November 2010
	Pádraig Mac Lochlainn[#]			Sinn Féin			20 February 2020[‡]
	Charlie McConalogue			Fianna Fáil			9 March 2011
	Joe McHugh			Fine Gael		Independent	14 June 2007
	Thomas Pringle			Independent (Independent Group)			9 March 2011
Dublin Bay North	Richard Bruton			Fine Gael			9 March 1982
	Seán Haughey			Fianna Fáil			10 March 2016[‡]
	Denise Mitchell			Sinn Féin			10 March 2016
	Cian O'Callaghan[+]			Social Democrats			20 February 2020
	Aodhán Ó Ríordáin[#]			Labour	Elected to European Parliament in 2024		20 February 2020[‡]
Dublin Bay South	Chris Andrews			Sinn Féin			20 February 2020[‡]
	Ivana Bacik		Elected in 2021 by-election			Labour	13 July 2021
	Eoghan Murphy			Fine Gael	Resigned in 2021		9 March 2011
	Jim O'Callaghan			Fianna Fáil			10 March 2016
	Eamon Ryan			Green Party			10 March 2016[‡]
Dublin Central	Paschal Donohoe			Fine Gael			9 March 2011
	Gary Gannon[+]			Social Democrats			20 February 2020
	Neasa Hourigan[+]			Green Party			20 February 2020
	Mary Lou McDonald			Sinn Féin			9 March 2011
Dublin Fingal	Alan Farrell			Fine Gael			9 March 2011
	Darragh O'Brien			Fianna Fáil			10 March 2016[‡]
	Joe O'Brien			Green Party			3 December 2019
	Louise O'Reilly			Sinn Féin			10 March 2016
	Duncan Smith[+]			Labour			20 February 2020
Dublin Mid-West	Emer Higgins[+]			Fine Gael			20 February 2020
	Gino Kenny			People Before Profit–Solidarity			10 March 2016
	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
	Paul McAuliffe[+]			Fianna Fáil			20 February 2020
	Róisín Shortall			Social Democrats			14 December 1992
Dublin Rathdown	Josepha Madigan			Fine Gael			10 March 2016
	Catherine Martin			Green Party			10 March 2016
	Neale Richmond[+][#]			Fine Gael			20 February 2020
Dublin South-Central	Joan Collins			Independents 4 Change (Independent Group)		Right to Change (Independent Group)	9 March 2011
	Patrick Costello[+]			Green Party			20 February 2020
	Aengus Ó Snodaigh			Sinn Féin			6 June 2002
	Bríd Smith			People Before Profit–Solidarity			10 March 2016
Dublin South-West	Colm Brophy			Fine Gael			10 March 2016
	Seán Crowe			Sinn Féin			9 March 2011[‡]
	Francis Noel Duffy[+]			Green Party			20 February 2020
	John Lahart			Fianna Fáil			10 March 2016
	Paul Murphy			People Before Profit–Solidarity			14 October 2014
Dublin West	Jack Chambers			Fianna Fáil			10 March 2016
	Paul Donnelly[+]			Sinn Féin			20 February 2020
	Roderic O'Gorman[+]			Green Party			20 February 2020
	Leo Varadkar			Fine Gael			14 June 2007
Dún Laoghaire	Richard Boyd Barrett			People Before Profit–Solidarity			9 March 2011
	Cormac Devlin[+]			Fianna Fáil			20 February 2020
	Jennifer Carroll MacNeill[+]			Fine Gael			20 February 2020
	Ossian Smyth[+]			Green Party			20 February 2020
Galway East	Seán Canney			Independent (Regional Group)			10 March 2016
	Ciarán Cannon			Fine Gael			9 March 2011
	Anne Rabbitte			Fianna Fáil			10 March 2016
Galway West	Catherine Connolly			Independent (Independent Group)			10 March 2016
	Mairéad Farrell[+]			Sinn Féin			20 February 2020
	Noel Grealish			Independent (Regional Group)			6 June 2002
	Hildegarde Naughton			Fine Gael			10 March 2016
	Éamon Ó Cuív			Fianna Fáil			14 December 1992
Kerry	Pa Daly[+]			Sinn Féin			20 February 2020
	Norma Foley[+]			Fianna Fáil			20 February 2020
	Brendan Griffin			Fine Gael			9 March 2011
	Danny Healy-Rae			Independent (Rural Group)			10 March 2016
	Michael Healy-Rae			Independent (Rural Group)			9 March 2011
Kildare North	Réada Cronin[+]			Sinn Féin			20 February 2020
	Bernard Durkan			Fine Gael			14 December 1982[‡]
	James Lawless			Fianna Fáil			10 March 2016
	Catherine Murphy			Social Democrats			9 March 2011[‡]
Kildare South	Cathal Berry[+]			Independent (Regional Group)			20 February 2020
	Martin Heydon			Fine Gael			9 March 2011
	Seán Ó Fearghaíl[§]			Fianna Fáil		Ceann Comhairle	6 June 2002
	Patricia Ryan[+]			Sinn Féin		Independent	20 February 2020
Laois–Offaly	Barry Cowen			Fianna Fáil	Elected to European Parliament in 2024		9 March 2011
	Charles Flanagan			Fine Gael			14 June 2007[‡]
	Seán Fleming			Fianna Fáil			26 June 1997
	Carol Nolan			Independent (Rural Group)			10 March 2016
	Brian Stanley			Sinn Féin		Independent	9 March 2011
Limerick City	Brian Leddin[+]			Green Party			20 February 2020
	Willie O'Dea			Fianna Fáil			9 March 1982
	Kieran O'Donnell[#]			Fine Gael			20 February 2020[‡]
	Maurice Quinlivan			Sinn Féin			10 March 2016
Limerick County	Niall Collins			Fianna Fáil			14 June 2007
	Richard O'Donoghue[+]			Independent (Rural Group)		Independent Ireland	20 February 2020
	Patrick O'Donovan			Fine Gael			9 March 2011
Longford–Westmeath	Peter Burke			Fine Gael			10 March 2016
	Sorca Clarke[+]			Sinn Féin			20 February 2020
	Joe Flaherty[+]			Fianna Fáil			20 February 2020
	Robert Troy			Fianna Fáil			9 March 2011
Louth	Peter Fitzpatrick			Independent (Regional Group)			9 March 2011
	Imelda Munster			Sinn Féin			10 March 2016
	Ged Nash[#]			Labour			20 February 2020[‡]
	Fergus O'Dowd			Fine Gael			6 June 2002
	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
	Michael Ring			Fine Gael			14 June 1994
Meath East	Thomas Byrne			Fianna Fáil			10 March 2016[‡]
	Helen McEntee			Fine Gael			16 April 2013
	Darren O'Rourke[+]			Sinn Féin			20 February 2020
Meath West	Damien English			Fine Gael			6 June 2002
	Johnny Guirke[+]			Sinn Féin			20 February 2020
	Peadar Tóibín			Aontú (Regional Group)			9 March 2011
Roscommon–Galway	Michael Fitzmaurice			Independent (Independent Group)		Independent Ireland	14 October 2014
	Claire Kerrane[+]			Sinn Féin			20 February 2020
	Denis Naughten			Independent (Regional Group)			26 June 1997
Sligo–Leitrim	Frank Feighan[#]			Fine Gael			20 February 2020[‡]
	Marian Harkin			Independent (Independent Group)			20 February 2020[‡]
	Martin Kenny			Sinn Féin			10 March 2016
	Marc MacSharry			Fianna Fáil		Independent	10 March 2016
Tipperary	Martin Browne[+]			Sinn Féin			20 February 2020
	Jackie Cahill			Fianna Fáil			10 March 2016
	Alan Kelly			Labour			9 March 2011
	Michael Lowry			Independent (Regional Group)			10 March 1987
	Mattie McGrath			Independent (Rural Group)			14 June 2007
Waterford	Mary Butler			Fianna Fáil			10 March 2016
	David Cullinane			Sinn Féin			10 March 2016
	Marc Ó Cathasaigh[+]			Green Party			20 February 2020
	Matt Shanahan[+]			Independent (Regional Group)			20 February 2020
Wexford	James Browne			Fianna Fáil			10 March 2016
	Brendan Howlin			Labour			10 March 1987
	Paul Kehoe			Fine Gael			6 June 2002
	Verona Murphy[+]			Independent (Regional Group)			20 February 2020
	Johnny Mythen[+]			Sinn Féin			20 February 2020
Wicklow	John Brady			Sinn Féin			10 March 2016
	Stephen Donnelly			Fianna Fáil			9 March 2011
	Simon Harris			Fine Gael			9 March 2011
	Steven Matthews[+]			Green Party			20 February 2020
	Jennifer Whitmore[+]			Social Democrats			20 February 2020

Technical groups

The Independents and some small parties formed three technical groups to facilitate Dáil speaking time.^[10]

Regional Group

Party		Name	Constituency
	Independent (8)	Cathal Berry	Kildare South
		Seán Canney	Galway East
		Peter Fitzpatrick	Louth
		Noel Grealish	Galway West
		Michael Lowry	Tipperary
		Verona Murphy	Wexford
		Denis Naughten	Roscommon–Galway
		Matt Shanahan	Waterford
	Aontú (1)	Peadar Tóibín	Meath West

Rural Group

Party		Name	Constituency
	Independent (4)	Danny Healy-Rae	Kerry
		Michael Healy-Rae	Kerry
		Mattie McGrath	Tipperary
		Carol Nolan	Laois–Offaly
	Independent Ireland (2)	Michael Collins	Cork South-West
		Richard O'Donoghue	Limerick County

Independent Group

Party		Name	Constituency
	Independent (4)	Catherine Connolly	Galway West
		Marian Harkin	Sligo–Leitrim
		Michael McNamara	Clare
		Thomas Pringle	Donegal
	Right to Change (1)	Joan Collins	Dublin South-Central
	Independent Ireland (1)	Michael Fitzmaurice	Roscommon–Galway

Changes

Date	Constituency	Loss		Gain		Note
20 February 2020	Kildare South		Fianna Fáil		Ceann Comhairle	Seán Ó Fearghaíl takes office as Ceann Comhairle[6]
31 May 2020	Dublin South-Central		Inds. 4 Change		Right to Change	Joan Collins resigns from Independents 4 Change and founds Right to Change[11]
27 April 2021	Dublin Bay South		Fine Gael			Eoghan Murphy resigns as a TD[12][13]
9 July 2021	Dublin Bay South				Labour	Ivana Bacik wins the 2021 Dublin Bay South by-election[14][15]
15 September 2021	Sligo–Leitrim		Fianna Fáil		Independent	Marc MacSharry resigns the Fianna Fáil whip.[16] He left the party in November 2022.[17]
25 February 2022	Clare		Sinn Féin		Independent	Violet-Anne Wynne resigns from Sinn Féin[18]
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[19]
23 November 2022	Dublin South-Central		Independent		Green	Patrick Costello regains party whip[20]
23 November 2022	Dublin Central		Independent		Green	Neasa Hourigan regains party whip[20]
22 March 2023	Dublin Central		Green		Independent	Neasa Hourigan suspended after breaking whip on motion on extension of eviction ban[21]
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			Election of Aodhán Ó Ríordáin to the European Parliament[22]
16 July 2024	Clare		Independent			Election of Michael McNamara to the European Parliament[22]
16 July 2024	Carlow–Kilkenny		Sinn Féin			Election of Kathleen Funchion to the European Parliament[22]
16 July 2024	Laois–Offaly		Fianna Fáil			Election of Barry Cowen to the European Parliament[22]
July 2024	Dublin Central		Independent		Green	Neasa Hourigan regains party whip
27 August 2024	Clare		Fine Gael			Resignation of Joe Carey on medical grounds[23][24]
9 October 2024	Kildare South		Sinn Féin		Independent	Resignation of Patricia Ryan from Sinn Féin[25]
12 October 2024	Laois–Offaly		Sinn Féin		Independent	Resignation of Brian Stanley from Sinn Féin[26][27]