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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 number of TDs and constituencies will both increase for the 2024 election after a 2023 review. There are now 43 Dáil constituencies (up from 39 in 2020) which will elect between three and ...
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]
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).
Wicklow–Wexford is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from the 2024 general election.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).
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.
The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2005 when the previous 5-seat Meath constituency was divided into two 3-seat constituencies of Meath East and Meath West. [1] It was first used at the 2007 general election to the 30th Dáil .