Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann
The Members of Dáil Éireann, the Lower House of the Houses of the Oireachtas, are elected by the people of Ireland. The Thirty-fourth Dáil has 174 Members representing 43 constituencies. A Member of the Dáil is commonly referred to as a Teachta Dála (TD) or Deputy.
There are 60 Members of Seanad Éireann, the Upper House, and they are elected to five vocational panels and from two university constituencies, or they are nominated by the Taoiseach. A Member of the Seanad is referred to as a Seanadóir or Senator.
Find a Senator
- Taoiseach's nominees
- University constituencies
- Vocational panels
Visualising the Thirty-fourth Dáil and Twenty-seventh Seanad
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Dáil constituencies
Our 174 TDs represent 43 geographical areas known as constituencies, as defined by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023.
Register of Members' Interests
Members of the Houses of the Oireachtas are required to make an annual statement of interests. This outlines any company directorships they hold, properties they own and gifts they have received.
Salaries and allowances
Contacting a current Member
The postal and email addresses for current TDs and Senators are as follows:
<Member's name>
Houses of the Oireachtas
Leinster House, Kildare St
Dublin 2
D02 XR20
<firstname>.<surname>@oireachtas.ie
Register of political parties
Political parties must be registered in order for their party names to be added to ballot papers in elections.
Responsibility for maintaining the register of political parties is now held by An Coimisiún Toghcháin, the Electoral Commission. It can be contacted at info@electoralcommission.ie
Chamber seating plans
Women's Caucus
The Irish Women's Parliamentary Caucus is a cross-party forum for Irish women parliamentarians to discuss and campaign on issues predominantly affecting women.