Oireachtas

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Oireachtas
Oireachtas
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Dáil Éireann (33rd); Seanad Éireann (26th);
History
Established	29 December 1937 (Modern form)
Preceded by	Irish Free State Oireachtas
Leadership
President of Ireland	Michael D. Higgins ; since 11 November 2011
Ceann Comhairle	Seán Ó Fearghaíl ; since 10 March 2016
Leas-Cheann Comhairle	Catherine Connolly, Ind ; since 23 July 2020
Cathaoirleach	Jerry Buttimer, FG ; since 16 December 2022
Leas-Chathaoirleach	Mark Daly, FF ; since 16 December 2022
Taoiseach	Simon Harris, FG ; since 9 April 2024
Tánaiste	Micheál Martin, FF ; since 17 December 2022
Leader of the Opposition	Mary Lou McDonald, SF ; since 27 June 2020
Structure
Seats	Dáil Éireann: 160; Seanad Éireann: 60;
Dáil political groups	Government (79) Fianna Fáil (35) Fine Gael (32) Green (12) Opposition (75) Sinn Féin (33) Labour (6) Social Democrats (6) PBP–Solidarity (5) Independent Ireland (3) Aontú (1) Right to Change (1) Independent (20) Vacant Vacant (5) Ceann Comhairle Ceann Comhairle (1)
Seanad political groups	Government (41) Fianna Fáil (20) Fine Gael (16) Green (5) Opposition (16) Labour (4) Sinn Féin (2) Independent (11) Vacant Vacant (2)
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	Not exceeding 5 years
Authority	Articles 15−27, Constitution of Ireland
Salary	€105,271 per year + expenses (TDs); €73,726 per year + expenses (Senators);
Elections
Dáil voting system	Proportional representation (single transferable vote)
Seanad voting system	Indirect election
Last Dáil election	8 February 2020
Last Seanad election	31 March 2020
Next general election	29 November 2024
Meeting place
	Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin
Website
	www.oireachtas.ie
Constitution
	Constitution of Ireland
Rules
	Dáil Éireann – Standing Orders Relative to Public Business 2020; Seanad Éireann – Standing Orders Relative to Public Business 2020;

The Oireachtas (/ˈɛrəktəs/ EH-rək-təs,^[2] Irish: [ˈɛɾʲaxt̪ˠəsˠ]), sometimes referred to as Oireachtas Éireann, is the bicameral parliament of Ireland.^[3] The Oireachtas consists of the president of Ireland and the two houses of the Oireachtas (Irish: Tithe an Oireachtais):^[4] a house of representatives called Dáil Éireann and a senate called Seanad Éireann.

The houses of the Oireachtas sit in Leinster House in Dublin, an eighteenth-century ducal palace. The directly elected Dáil is the more powerful of the houses of the Oireachtas.

^ "Dublin TD Joan Collins leaves I4C to found new party Right to Change". The Times. 31 May 2020. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
^ "Oireachtas". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020.
^ The Oireachtas is described as the "National Parliament" in Article 15 of the Constitution of Ireland, though this term is not an alternative official title.
^ IPA: [ˈtʲɪhə ənˠ ˈɛɾʲaxt̪ˠəʃ]

[1] "Dublin TD Joan Collins leaves I4C to found new party Right to Change". The Times. 31 May 2020. Archived from the original on 25 June 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[2] "Oireachtas". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 6 August 2020.

[3] The Oireachtas is described as the "National Parliament" in Article 15 of the Constitution of Ireland, though this term is not an alternative official title.

[4] IPA: [ˈtʲɪhə ənˠ ˈɛɾʲaxt̪ˠəʃ]

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