Oireachtas

General	2016; 2020; 2024;
Presidential	2011; 2018; 2025;
Local	2014; 2019; 2024;
European	2014; 2019; 2024;

Oireachtas
Oireachtas
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Dáil Éireann (34th); Seanad Éireann (27th);
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	Verona Murphy ; since 18 December 2024
Leas-Cheann Comhairle	John McGuinness, FF ; since 19 February 2025
Cathaoirleach	Mark Daly, FF ; since 12 February 2025
Leas-Chathaoirleach	Maria Byrne, FG ; since 19 February 2025
Taoiseach	Micheál Martin, FF ; since 23 January 2025
Tánaiste	Simon Harris, FG ; since 23 January 2025
Leader of the Opposition	Mary Lou McDonald, SF ; since 27 June 2020
Structure
Seats	Dáil Éireann: 174; Seanad Éireann: 60;
Dáil political groups	Current Composition Government (95) Fianna Fáil (48) Fine Gael (38) Independent (5) Supported by (4) Independent (4) Opposition (78) Sinn Féin (39) Labour (11) Social Democrats (10) Independent Ireland (4) PBP–Solidarity (3) Aontú (2) Green (1) 100% Redress (1) Independent (7) Ceann Comhairle Ceann Comhairle (1)
Seanad political groups	Current Composition Government (36) Fianna Fáil (19) Fine Gael (17) Opposition (24) Sinn Féin (6) Labour (2) Aontú (1) Green (1) Social Democrats (1) Independent (13)
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	29 November 2024
Last Seanad election	30 January 2025
Next general election	By 2030
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; Irish: [ˈɛɾʲaxt̪ˠəsˠ]), sometimes referred to as Oireachtas Éireann, is the bicameral parliament of Ireland. The Oireachtas consists of the president of Ireland and the two houses of the Oireachtas (Irish: Tithe an Oireachtais): 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.