The current Dáil is the 33rd Dáil and held its first sitting on 20 February 2020. The current Seanad is the 26th Seanad, and it first met on 29 June 2020. Below are the dates of all the previous Dáileanna and Seanaid.
Dáil Éireann
|
First sitting |
Last sitting |
Dissolved |
21 January 1919 |
10 May 1921 |
10 May 1921 | |
16 August 1921 |
8 June 1922 |
16 June 1922 | |
9 September 1922 |
9 August 1923 |
9 August 1923 | |
19 September 1923 |
20 May 1927 |
23 May 1927 | |
23 June 1927 |
16 August 1927 |
25 August 1927 | |
11 October 1927 |
17 December 1931 |
29 January 1932 | |
9 March 1932 |
22 December 1932 |
2 January 1933 | |
8 February 1933 |
14 June 1937 |
14 June 1937 | |
21 July 1937 |
25 May 1938 |
27 May 1938 | |
30 June 1938 |
26 May 1943 |
31 May 1943 | |
1 July 1943 |
10 May 1944 |
10 May 1944 | |
9 June 1944 |
11 December 1947 |
12 January 1948 | |
18 February 1948 |
2 May 1951 |
7 May 1951 | |
13 June 1951 |
23 April 1954 |
24 April 1954 | |
2 June 1954 |
13 December 1956 |
12 February 1957 | |
20 March 1957 |
1 September 1961 |
15 September 1961 | |
11 October 1961 |
11 March 1965 |
18 March 1965 | |
21 April 1965 |
21 May 1969 |
22 May 1969 | |
2 July 1969 |
14 December 1972 |
5 February 1973 | |
19 March 1973 |
25 May 1977 |
25 May 1977 | |
5 July 1977 |
21 May 1981 |
21 May 1981 | |
30 June 1981 |
27 January 1982 |
27 January 1982 | |
9 March 1982 |
4 November 1982 |
4 November 1982 | |
14 December 1982 |
19 December 1986 |
21 January 1987 | |
10 March 1987 |
25 May 1989 |
25 May 1989 | |
29 June 1989 |
5 November 1992 |
5 November 1992 | |
14 December 1992 |
15 May 1997 |
15 May 1997 | |
26 June 1997 |
24 April 2002 |
25 April 2002 | |
6 June 2002 |
26 April 2007 |
29 April 2007 | |
14 June 2007 |
1 February 2011 |
1 February 2011 | |
9 March 2011 |
3 February 2016 |
3 February 2016 | |
10 March 2016 |
18 December 2019 |
14 January 2020 | |
20 February 2020 |
Seanad Éireann
|
First sitting |
Last sitting |
11 December 1922 |
19 May 1936 |
|
27 April 1938 |
22 July 1938 |
|
7 September 1938 |
14 July 1943 |
|
8 September 1943 |
5 July 1944 |
|
18 August 1944 |
12 March 1948 |
|
21 April 1948 |
25 July 1951 |
|
14 July 1951 |
7 July 1954 |
|
22 July 1954 |
28 March 1957 |
|
22 May 1957 |
1 September 1961 |
|
14 December 1961 |
28 July 1965 |
|
23 June 1965 |
24 July 1969 |
|
5 November 1969 |
30 March 1973 |
|
1 June 1973 |
16 August 1977 |
|
27 October 1977 |
16 July 1981 |
|
8 October 1981 |
16 April 1982 |
|
13 May 1982 |
21 December 1982 |
|
23 February 1983 |
3 April 1987 |
|
25 April 1987 |
5 July 1989 |
|
1 November 1989 |
17 December 1992 |
|
17 February 1993 |
10 July 1997 |
|
17 September 1997 |
26 June 2002 |
|
12 September 2002 |
4 July 2007 |
|
13 September 2007 |
20 April 2011 |
|
25 May 2011 |
24 April 2016 |
|
8 June 2016 |
29 March 2020 |
|
29 June 2020 |
Each Seanad ceases on the day before polling closes for the subsequent Seanad.
Last updated: 10 August 2020