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Under the Constitution, constituencies are to be revised at least once every twelve years in accordance with the census reports, which are compiled by the Central Statistics Office every five years. Under the Electoral Reform Act 2022 , the Electoral Commission conducted a review of all constituencies on the publication, by the Central ...
The list consists of 'index names' for the seat and to identify what is potentially to be covered in a single constituency article. The index name, which may vary from the official name or the name commonly used for a constituency in some respects, is constructed by putting the name of the geographical area first.
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The first order of business of the 34th Dáil was to elect a new Ceann Comhairle. Seán Ó Fearghaíl, who had held the office in the 32nd and 33rd Dáil, John McGuinness, Verona Murphy and Aengus Ó Snodaigh were nominated. Murphy was elected as Ceann Comhairle, the first woman to hold the role. [1] [2]
Constituencies which include all or part of two or more counties are attributed to the first county mentioned in the constituency name or (if none) the predominant county. Constituency names are based upon those used in the Oireachtas database of former members, except that borough division names in 1918 and 1977 are not placed in brackets.
This was the first review of constituencies carried out by the Commission established under the Electoral Reform Act 2022, where previously they had been carried out by a Constituency Commission. This would be the largest size of the Dáil in the history of the State, surpassing the previous number of 166 TDs from 1981 to 2016. [ 27 ]
Dublin Fingal East is a Dáil constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, since the 2024 general election.Established through the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023, the constituency elects three deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Ireland is a parliamentary, representative democratic republic and a member state of the European Union.While the head of state is the popularly elected President of Ireland, it is a largely ceremonial position, with real political power being vested in the Taoiseach, who is nominated by the Dáil and is the head of the government.