Members of the 31st Dáil
This is a list of members who were elected to the 31st Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas of Ireland. These TDs were elected at the 2011 general election on 25 February 2011. On the advice of President Mary McAleese, the newly elected Dáil Éireann convened at midday on 9 March 2011 in Leinster House. It was dissolved by President Michael D. Higgins on the request of Taoiseach Enda Kenny on 3 February 2016.
The 2011 election saw 17 Dáil constituencies return 3 TDs each, 15 constituencies return 4 TDs each and 11 constituencies return 5 TDs each, for a total of 166. Seán Barrett was elected as Ceann Comhairle in the first sitting of the Dáil. Fine Gael, led by Enda Kenny, became the largest party for the first time, though without an overall majority. Fine Gael formed a coalition government with the Labour Party, led by Eamon Gilmore, who had achieved their highest number of seats in the party's history. In July 2014, Joan Burton won a Labour Party leadership election to become the Leader of the Labour Party and Tánaiste.
Fianna Fáil secured 20 seats, the lowest in the party's history, and was the largest party in opposition. The leader of the party, Micheál Martin became the Leader of the Opposition. Gerry Adams as leader of Sinn Féin became the second opposition leader. A technical group was formed following the election composed of 16 independent politicians and members of the United Left Alliance, who failed to win enough seats to gain speaking rights.
Almost half of the members of the 30th Dáil were absent from the 31st: 31 members retired before the poll and a further 45 sitting TDs lost their seats at the election. 76 new TDs were elected to the Dáil, 46% of the total.
Composition of the 31st Dáil
Government coalition parties are denoted by "●".;Notes
Graphical representation
The following illustrates the composition of the 31st Dáil at the time of its first sitting on 9 March 2011 had replaced Séamus Kirk.The following illustrates the composition at the time of its dissolution in February 2016.
Government
- Fine Gael
- Labour Party
- Fianna Fáil
- Sinn Féin
- Anti-Austerity Alliance–People Before Profit
- * Anti-Austerity Alliance
- ** Socialist Party
- * People Before Profit Alliance
- Renua Ireland
- Social Democrats
- Workers and Unemployed Action Group
- Independent
- Vacant seat
- The Socialist Party, People Before Profit Alliance, Workers and Unemployed Action Group and some Independent politicians in Irelands sat together as a technical group, which was later joined by Renua Ireland and the Social Democrats.
- This is not the official seating plan of the Dáil Éireann. The government parties sit to the left of the Ceann Comhairle and opposition parties sit to the right.
Leadership
- Ceann Comhairle: Seán Barrett
- Leas-Cheann Comhairle: Michael Kitt
Government
- Taoiseach and Leader of Fine Gael: Enda Kenny
- * Government Chief Whip and Fine Gael Chief whip: Paul Kehoe
- Tánaiste and Leader of the Labour Party: Joan Burton
- * Labour Party Chief whip: Emmet Stagg
Opposition
- Leader of the Opposition and Leader of Fianna Fáil: Micheál Martin
- * Fianna Fáil Chief whip: Seán Ó Fearghaíl
- Leader of Sinn Féin: Gerry Adams
- * Sinn Féin Chief Whip: Aengus Ó Snodaigh
Committees
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Andrew Doyle
- * Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Pat Deering
- Chairwoman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection: Joanna Tuffy
- * Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Social Protection: Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Michael McCarthy
- * Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Noel Coonan
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Affairs: Dominic Hannigan
- * Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on European Affairs: Dara Murphy
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Ciarán Lynch
- * Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Liam Twomey
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Pat Breen
- * Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: Bernard Durkan
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children: Jerry Buttimer
- * Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health and Children: Ciara Conway
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Joe McHugh
- * Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Joe O'Reilly
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee of Inquiry: Ciarán Lynch
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
- * Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions: Derek Nolan
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Damien English
- * Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: John Lyons
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Select Committee on Members' Interests of Dáil Éireann: Thomas Pringle
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Select Committee on Procedure and Privileges : Seán Barrett
- * Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Sub-Committee on Administration: Joe Carey
- * Chairman of the Oireachtas Sub-Committee on Dáil Reform: Paul Kehoe
- * Chairman of the Oireachtas Sub-Committee on Privileges: Emmet Stagg
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee: John McGuinness
- * Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee: Kieran O'Donnell
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications: John O'Mahony
- * Vice Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications: Paudie Coffey
- Chairman of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Standing Orders : Denis O'Donovan - Senator
List of TDs