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A Teachta Dála ( / ˌtjɒxtə ˈdɔːlə / TYOKH-tə DAW-lə, Irish: [ˌtʲaxt̪ˠə ˈd̪ˠaːlˠa] ⓘ; [1] plural Teachtaí Dála ), abbreviated as TD (plural TDanna in Irish, [2] TDs in English), is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish Parliament). It is the equivalent of terms such as Member of Parliament (MP) or Member of Congress used in other ...
Members of the United Kingdom Parliament. Sinn Féin has seven MPs ( most recent election in 2019 ): Michelle Gildernew, MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone. Órfhlaith Begley, MP for West Tyrone. Francie Molloy, MP for Mid Ulster. Mickey Brady, MP for Newry and Armagh. Paul Maskey, MP for Belfast West.
People Before Profit ( Irish: Pobal Roimh Bhrabús, PBP) is a Trotskyist political party formed in October 2005. [8] The party is active in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland .
33rd Dáil. The 33rd Dáil was elected at the 2020 general election on 8 February 2020 and first met on 20 February 2020. [1] [2] The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. There are 160 TDs in the 33rd Dáil, an increase of 2. The 33rd Dáil has lasted 1,549 days to ...
Two elections took place in Ireland in 1921, as a result of the Government of Ireland Act 1920 to establish the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland. The election was used by the Irish Republic as the basis of membership of the Second Dáil. The general election to the Northern Ireland House of Commons occurred on 24 May. Of 52 seats, forty were won ...
Dáil Éireann (/ d ɑː l ˈ ɛər ən / ⓘ dahl AIR-ən, Irish: [ˌd̪ˠaːlʲ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ]; lit. ' Assembly of Ireland ') is the lower house, and principal chamber, of the Oireachtas (Irish legislature), which also includes the president of Ireland and a senate called Seanad Éireann.
Wicklow–Wexford is a Dáil constituency to be represented in Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas, the Irish parliament, from the next general election. Established through the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2023, the constituency will elect 3 deputies ( Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) on the system of proportional representation by means of the single ...
Fine Gael is the third largest political party in the Oireachtas.The Fine Gael leader appoints a team of TDs and Senators to speak for the party on different issues. When Fine Gael was in opposition, the front bench areas of responsibility broadly corresponded to those of Government ministers.