The 33rd Dáil was elected at the 2020 general election on 8 February 2020 and first met on 20 February 2020. The members of

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, the

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of the

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(legislature) of

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, 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. The 33rd Dáil was dissolved by

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on 8 November 2024, at the request of the

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. It lasted .

Composition of the 33rd Dáil

Government coalition parties denoted with bullets () ;Notes

Ceann Comhairle

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: Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Fianna Fáil) *

Leas-Cheann Comhairle The (; "Head of heCouncil"; plural usually ) is the Chair (officer), chairperson (or speaker (politics), speaker) of , the lower house of the (parliament) of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The person who holds the position is elected by m ...

: Catherine Connolly (Independent) The

is automatically returned unless they state their intention to retire before the Dáil is dissolved. 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 Denis Naughten (born 23 June 1973) is an Irish former independent politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Roscommon–Galway constituency from 2016 to 2024, and previously from 2007 to 2016 for the Roscommon–South Leitrim const ...

were both nominated, and Ó Fearghaíl was re-elected as Ceann Comhairle in a secret ballot. 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.

Political leadership

Government

Leo Varadkar Leo Eric Varadkar ( ; born 18 January 1979) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 2017 to 2020 and from 2022 to 2024, as Tánaiste from 2020 to 2022, and as leader of Fine Gael from 2017 to 2024. A Teachta Dála, ...

(14 June 2017 to 27 June 2020) **

Micheál Martin Micheál Martin (; born 16 August 1960) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician serving as Taoiseach since January 2025, having previously held the position from 2020 to 2022. Martin served as Tánaiste, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Min ...

(27 June 2020 to 17 December 2022) **

(17 December 2022 to 9 April 2024) **

(9 April 2024 to date) *

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(30 November 2017 to 27 June 2020) **

(27 June 2020 to 17 December 2022) **

(17 December 2022 to date) *

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(2 June 2017 to 20 March 2024) **

(20 March 2024 to date) *

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(26 January 2011 to date) * Leader of the Green Party ** Eamon Ryan (27 May 2011 to 18 June 2024) **

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(18 June 2024 to date)

Opposition

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(10 February 2018 to date) * Leader of the Labour Party **

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(20 May 2016 to 3 April 2020) ** Alan Kelly (3 April 2020 to 24 March 2022) **

Ivana Bacik Ivana Catherine Bacik () (born 25 May 1968) is an Irish politician who has been the Leader of the Labour Party (Ireland), Leader of the Labour Party (Ireland), Labour Party since 24 March 2022 and a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin Bay South ...

(24 March 2022 to date) * Leader of the Social Democrats **

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& Catherine Murphy (15 July 2015 to 1 March 2023) **

Holly Cairns Holly Cairns (born 4 November 1989), also known as Holly McKeever Cairns, is an Irish politician who has been leader of the Social Democrats party since March 2023. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork South-West since the 2020 general ...

(1 March 2023 to date) * Leader of Aontú **

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(28 January 2019 to date; founding leader) * Leader of Independent Ireland **

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(10 November 2023 to date; founding leader)

List of TDs

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

Technical groups

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

Regional Group

Rural Group

Independent Group

Changes

References

External links

Houses of the Oireachtas: Debates: 33rd Dáil33rd Dáil General Election Results
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L&RS Infographic: General Election 2020 – A Statistical Profile
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