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Dáil_Éireann
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104 years old
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Date of Birth

(1922 ) is

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Moon

approx. 1395.5 years old

Mercury

approx. 433.4 years old

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approx. 169.7 years old

Mars

approx. 55.5 years old

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Saturn

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Dáil Éireann
34th Dáil

Type
Type	Lower house of the Oireachtas
Term limits	None
History
Established	29 December 1937 (Modern form)
Preceded by	Dáil Éireann (Irish Free State)
Leadership
Ceann Comhairle	Verona Murphy since 18 December 2024
Leas-Cheann Comhairle	John McGuinness, FF since 19 February 2025
Taoiseach	Micheál Martin, FF since 23 January 2025
Tánaiste	Simon Harris, FG since 23 January 2025
Government Chief Whip	Mary Butler, FF since 23 January 2025
Deputy Chief Whip	Hildegarde Naughton, FG since 23 January 2025
Leader of the Opposition	Mary Lou McDonald, SF since 23 January 2025
Structure
Seats	174

Political groups	Government (89) Fianna Fáil (48) Fine Gael (37) Independent (4) Supported by (3) Independent (3) Opposition (79) Sinn Féin (39) Social Democrats (11) Labour (11) Independent Group (7) Independent Ireland (4) Aontú (2) Independent (1) Inds. and Smaller Parties Group (7) PBP–Solidarity (3) Green (1) 100% Redress (1) Independents (2) Independent (4) Ceann Comhairle Ceann Comhairle (1) Vacant (2)
Committees	5 Business Members' Interests of Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight (Dáil) Public Accounts Standing Orders and Dáil Reform
Joint committees	20 Agriculture, Food and the Marine Autism Children, Disability, Equality, Integration, and Youth Disability Matters Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science Enterprise, Trade and Employment Environment and Climate Action European Union Affairs Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach Foreign Affairs and Defence Gender Equality Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Irish-speaking Community Health Housing, Local Government and Heritage Justice Public Petitions Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands Transport and Communications Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media
Length of term	No more than 5 years
Authority	Articles 16−17, Constitution of Ireland
Salary	€113,679 per year plus expenses
Elections
Voting system	Proportional representation (single transferable vote)
Last election	29 November 2024
Next election	By January 2030
Redistricting	Advisory recommendations made by the Electoral Commission
Meeting place

Dáil Chamber Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin
Website
www.oireachtas.ie
Constitution
Constitution of Ireland
Rules
Dáil Éireann – Standing Orders Relative to Public Business 2024
Footnotes
^ Technical group formed for parliamentary speaking rights. This is not a political alliance, but a parliamentary group. ^ Includes Séamus Healy who is a member of the Workers and Unemployed Action party but was elected as an independent candidate. ^ Under the Constitution, the President may dissolve the Dáil on the Taoiseach's discretional advice; they may refuse this advice if the Taoiseach has lost the Dáil's confidence.

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