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The Irish Free State, comprising the twenty-six southern and western counties of Ireland, was established under the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty. Dáil Éireann was the house of representatives, described in the new constitution as a "Chamber of Deputies, of a bicameral legislature called the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State.
The Oireachtas (/ ˈ ɛr ə k t ə s / EH-rək-təs, [1] Irish: [ˈɛɾʲaxt̪ˠəsˠ]), sometimes referred to as Oireachtas Éireann, is the bicameral parliament of Ireland. [2] The Oireachtas consists of the president of Ireland and the two houses of the Oireachtas (Irish: Tithe an Oireachtais): [3] a house of representatives called Dáil Éireann and a senate called Seanad Éireann.
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.
There are 43 multi-member electoral districts, known as Dáil constituencies, to elect 174 TDs to Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas, Ireland's parliament, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV), to a maximum term of five years.
This was recognised in Irish law as a civil partnership from 2010 and as marriage from 2015. First serving member of the Oireachtas to enter into a same-sex marriage – Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael senator) in December 2017. First serving member of the Oireachtas to come out as bisexual – Annie Hoey, (Labour Party senator) in 2020.
This is a list of public-representative office-holders in Ireland.It includes both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, as well as offices within the Lordship of Ireland (1171–1542), the Kingdom of Ireland (1542–1800) and for Ireland within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922).
The 31st Dáil was elected at the 2011 general election on 25 February 2011 and first met at midday on 9 March 2011 in Leinster House. [1] The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 24th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
Seanad Éireann (/ ˈ ʃ æ n ə d ˈ ɛər ən, ˈ ʃ æ n ə ð / ⓘ SHAN-əd(h) AIR-ən, [3] Irish: [ˈʃan̪ˠəd̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ]; "Senate of Ireland") is the senate of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature), which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann (defined as the house of representat