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Sinn Féin has 35 TDs in the Dáil Éireann (lower house) (most recent election in 2020): Mary Lou McDonald, TD for Dublin Central; Denise Mitchell, TD for Dublin Bay North; Chris Andrews, TD for Dublin Bay South; Louise O'Reilly, TD for Dublin Fingal; Eoin Ó Broin, TD for Dublin Mid-West; Mark Ward, TD for Dublin Mid-West
A Teachta Dála ( / ˌ t j ɒ x t ə ˈ d ɔː l ə / 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).
Five Senators (8%) are members of the LGBT+ community. [1] 33 members (55%) of the 26th Seanad were unsuccessful candidates at the 2020 general election, 10 of those (17%) being outgoing TDs who failed to get re-elected. In total 41 members (68%) of the 26th Seanad had contested general elections in the past, while 15 (25%) were former TDs.
Only 27 members attended; most of the other Sinn Féin TDs were imprisoned by the British authorities, or in hiding under threat of arrest. All 101 MPs were considered TDs, and their names were called out on the roll of membership, though there was some laughter when Irish Unionist Alliance leader Edward Carson was described as as láthair ...
The party co-leader appoints a team of TDs (members of parliament) and Senators to speak for the party on different issues. The Social Democrats have been in opposition since their foundation in 2015 and accordingly, their front bench areas of responsibility broadly correspond to those of Government ministers.
[12]: 517 On 13 June 2007, Green members at the Mansion House in Dublin voted 86% in favour (441 to 67; with 2 spoilt votes) of entering coalition with Fianna Fáil. The following day, the six Green Party TDs voted for the re-election of Bertie Ahern as Taoiseach. [17]
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Seanad Éireann (/ ˈ ʃ æ n ə d ˈ ɛər ən, ˈ ʃ æ n ə ð / ⓘ SHAN-əd(h) AIR-ən, [3] Irish: [ˈʃan̪ˠəd̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ]; "Senate of Ireland") is the senate of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature), which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann (defined as the house of representat