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Fianna Fáil is the joint largest party in the Dáil, has the joint largest delegation of MEPs from Ireland, and has the largest number of city and county council seats. It has been in government more than any other party: 1932–1948, 1951–1954, 1957–1973, 1977–1981, 1982, 1987–1994, and 1997–2011, and since 2020.
Party Feb. 2020 Nov. 2024 Change Fianna Fáil: 38 35 3 Sinn Féin: 37 33 4 Fine Gael: 35 32 3 Green: 12 12 Labour: 6 6 Social Democrats: 6 6 PBP–Solidarity [a] 5 5 Aontú: 1 1 Inds. 4 Change: 1 0 1 Independent Ireland — 3 3 Right to Change — 1 1 Independent: 19 20 1 Ceann Comhairle — 1 1 Vacant — 5 5 Total 160
Under the Electoral Reform Act 2022, the Electoral Commission conducted a review of all constituencies on the publication, by the Central Statistics Office, of the preliminary result of the census. [1] The commission is independent and is responsible for the redrawing of constituency boundaries. Any alterations to constituencies do not take ...
Leader of the Labour Party. Ivana Bacik (24 March 2022 to date) Leader of the Social Democrats. Holly Cairns (1 March 2023 to date) Leader of Aontú. Peadar Tóibín (28 January 2019 to date; founding leader) Leader of Independent Ireland. Michael Collins (10 November 2023 to date; founding leader) Leader of the Green Party. Roderic O'Gorman ...
Under the Constitution a general election for Dáil Éireann must occur once in every seven years, but an earlier maximum of five years is set by the Electoral Act 1992. [9] The Taoiseach (head of government or prime minister) can, at any time, make a request to the president to dissolve the Dáil, in which case a general election must occur ...
The two parties that have dominated Irish politics for a century have fallen just short of the combined number of TDs required for a Dail majority. Fianna Fail and Fine Gael eye independent TDs as ...
Political commentators have suggested that these parties may form a government, either as a minority government supported by independents, or in coalition with Labour or the Social Democrats. [ 127 ] Sinn Féin , which increased its number of seats from 37 to 39, has begun negotiating with the same two parties to form a left-wing minority ...
The first act of the 32nd Dáil was the election of the Ceann Comhairle. [4] This was the first time the Ceann Comhairle was elected by secret ballot. On 2 June 2016, Seán Crowe , Mattie McGrath , Pat "the Cope" Gallagher and Bernard Durkan were nominated for the position of Leas-Cheann Comhairle.