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tipperary north 25th jim tunney 1924 2002 24 march 1987 4 january 1993 fianna fáil dublin north west 26th 27th joe jacob born 1939 10 february 1993 26 june 1997 fianna fáil wicklow 28th rory o hanlon 1934 2026 9 july 1997 6 june 2002 fianna fáil cavan monaghan 29th séamus pattison 1936 2018 18 june 2002 14 june 2007 labour carlow kilkenny 30th brendan howlin born 1956 26 june 2007 9 march 2011 labour wexford 31st michael kitt born 1950 31 march 2011 10 march 2016 fianna fáil galway east 32nd pat the cope gallagher born 1948 7 july 2016 14 january 2020 fianna fáil donegal 33rd catherine connolly born 1957 23 july 2020 8 november 2024 independent galway west 34th john mcguinness born 1955 19 february 2025 incumbent fianna fáil carlow kilkenny see also edit cathaoirleach chairperson of seanad éireann politics of the republic of ireland history of the republic of ireland dáil éireann irish republic dáil éireann irish free state speaker of the northern ireland assembly who is referred to as ceann comhairle when irish is spoken footnotes edit article 16 6 of the constitution requires that provision shall be made by law such that the ceann comhairle be deemed without any actual election to be elected a member of dáil éireann 3 this is provided for in section 36 of the electoral act 1992 4 electoral act 1992 s 36 re election of outgoing chairman of dáil no 23 of 1992 s 36 act of the oireachtas archived from the original on 8 december 2015 retrieved from irish statute book on 4 december 2015 george noble plunkett briefly chaired the dáil on 22 january 1919 seán t o kelly was elected ceann comhairle later in the same day macneill was returned for seats in both the house of commons of northern ireland and house of commons of southern ireland hayes was also returned for dublin south in 1922 but chose to vacate that seat appointed temporarily on 7 november 1967 and elected permanently on 14 november 1967 elected temporarily on 15 october 1980 48 and permanently the following day references edit sources edit o connor tom o halloran anthony 2008 8 an ceann comhairle politics in a changing ireland 1960 2007 a tribute to seamus pattison institute of public administration pp 121 138 isbn 9781904541691 citations edit tds and senators salaries 7 june 2022 archived from the original on 7 june 2022 retrieved 7 june 2022 1 2 ceann comhairle houses of the oireachtas archived from the original on 17 december 2019 retrieved 4 december 2019 constitution of ireland irish statute book pp article 16 6 archived from the original on 3 may 2019 retrieved 4 december 2015 1 2 3 o connor o halloran 2008 pp 124 127 members of the commission commission for public service appointments archived from the original on 28 january 2015 retrieved 27 february 2015 ceann comhairle history houses of the oireachtas archived from the original on 21 august 2011 retrieved 18 october 2009 constitution amendment no 2 act 1927 s 1 re election at general election of outgoing chairman of dáil eireann no 6 of 1927 s 1 enacted on 19 march 1927 act of the oireachtas retrieved from irish statute book on 8 april 2021 electoral amendment act 1927 s 2 re election of outgoing ceann comhairle no 21 of 1927 s 2 enacted on 22 may 1927 act of the oireachtas retrieved from irish statute book on 8 april 2021 see e g election results and transfer of votes in general election march 1957 for sixteenth dáil and bye elections to fifteenth dáil 1954 1957 pdf houses of the oireachtas dublin stationery office december 1957 p 25 retrieved 17 august 2022 and 33rd dáil general election 8 february 2020 election results pdf houses of the oireachtas pp 64 65 107 archived pdf from the original on 15 may 2020 retrieved 17 august 2022 who was john o donoghue and why did he resign as ceann comhairle rté news 26 march 2025 retrieved 26 march 2025 race to be ceann comhairle heats up as secret ballot to be used for the first time in election 3 march 2016 archived from the original on 29 may 2021 retrieved 4 march 2016 mcquinn cormac 17 december 2025 harris and fine gael join fianna fáil in backing verona murphy for ceann comhairle the irish times retrieved 26 march 2025 ó broin cian molony senan 17 december 2024 fianna fáil leader micheál martin backing verona murphy for ceann comhairle hinting at coalition deal with independents irish independent retrieved 17 december 2024 wilson jade 18 december 2024 dáil live updates verona murphy elected as first female ceann comhairle the irish times retrieved 18 december 2024 mcnally tadgh 18 december 2024 murphy endorsement meets criticism as ff and fg accused of using ceann comhairle role as a bargaining chip irish examiner retrieved 26 march 2025 maguire mairead 18 december 2025 fianna fáil td questions verona murphy s impartiality ahead of ceann comhairle election thejournal ie retrieved 26 march 2025 lehane mícheál 26 march 2025 government to vote confidence in ceann comhairle rté news retrieved 26 march 2025 1 2 inaccurately described in dáil standing orders as the proportional representation single transferable vote system dáil éireann 17 january 2017 standing orders relative to public business together with oireachtas library research service rules pdf in english and irish oireachtas p 3 s o 6 10 g archived pdf from the original on 6 october 2020 retrieved 18 february 2020 the ballot shall be counted under the proportional representation single transferable vote prstv system here s who is in the mix for the job of keeping order in the next dáil thejournal ie 17 february 2020 archived from the original on 18 february 2020 retrieved 18 february 2020 1 ceann comhairle i gcoir an lae dáil éireann 1st dáil vol f no 1 21 january 1919 retrieved 4 november 2022 prelude dáil éireann 1st dáil vol f no 2 22 january 1919 retrieved 4 november 2022 election of speaker and deputy speaker dáil éireann 1st dáil vol f no 2 22 january 1919 retrieved 4 november 2022 election of speaker deputy speaker and clerks election of ceann comhairle speaker dáil éireann 1st dáil vol f no 3 1 april 1919 retrieved 4 november 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 2nd dáil vol s no 1 16 august 1921 retrieved 4 november 2022 1 2 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 3rd dáil vol 1 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 9 september 1922 archived from the original on 8 july 2022 retrieved 14 july 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 3rd dáil vol 2 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 6 december 1922 retrieved 9 january 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 4th dáil vol 5 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 19 september 1923 archived from the original on 17 august 2022 retrieved 20 july 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 5th dáil vol 20 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 23 june 1927 archived from the original on 26 july 2022 retrieved 26 july 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 6th dáil vol 21 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 11 october 1927 archived from the original on 28 july 2022 retrieved 28 july 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 7th dáil vol 41 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 9 march 1932 archived from the original on 17 august 2022 retrieved 6 august 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 8th dáil vol 46 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 8 february 1933 archived from the original on 7 august 2022 retrieved 7 august 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 9th dáil vol 69 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 21 july 1937 archived from the original on 2 november 2019 retrieved 7 august 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 10th dáil vol 72 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 30 june 1938 archived from the original on 8 august 2022 retrieved 8 august 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 11th dáil vol 91 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 1 july 1943 archived from the original on 9 august 2022 retrieved 9 august 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 12th dáil vol 94 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 9 june 1944 archived from the original on 11 august 2022 retrieved 11 august 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 13th dáil vol 110 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 18 february 1948 archived from the original on 5 november 2019 retrieved 20 april 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 14th dáil vol 126 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 13 june 1951 archived from the original on 8 july 2022 retrieved 11 august 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 15th dáil vol 146 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 2 june 1954 archived from the original on 22 june 2022 retrieved 17 august 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 16th dáil vol 161 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 20 march 1957 archived from the original on 24 june 2022 retrieved 23 august 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 17th dáil vol 192 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 11 october 1961 archived from the original on 24 june 2022 retrieved 25 august 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 18th dáil vol 215 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 21 april 1965 archived from the original on 25 august 2022 retrieved 25 august 2022 retirement of ceann comhairle report of clerk of dáil dáil éireann 18th dáil vol 230 no 2 houses of the oireachtas 7 november 1965 archived from the original on 8 july 2022 retrieved 25 august 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 18th dáil vol 231 no 2 houses of the oireachtas 14 november 1967 archived from the original on 8 july 2022 retrieved 25 august 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 19th dáil vol 241 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 2 april 1969 archived from the original on 26 august 2022 retrieved 25 august 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 20th dáil vol 265 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 14 march 1973 archived from the original on 8 july 2022 retrieved 27 august 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 21st dáil vol 300 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 5 july 1977 archived from the original on 8 july 2022 retrieved 27 august 2022 death of ceann comhairle expression of sympathy dáil éireann 21st dáil vol 323 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 15 october 1980 archived from the original on 8 july 2022 retrieved 27 august 2022 office of ceann comhairle dáil éireann debates oireachtas 15 october 1980 archived from the original on 3 october 2018 retrieved 3 october 2018 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann debates oireachtas 16 october 1980 archived from the original on 3 october 2018 retrieved 3 october 2018 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 22nd dáil vol 329 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 30 june 1981 archived from the original on 8 july 2022 retrieved 28 august 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 23rd dáil vol 333 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 9 march 1982 archived from the original on 25 june 2022 retrieved 28 august 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 24th dáil vol 339 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 14 december 1982 archived from the original on 8 july 2022 retrieved 28 august 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 25th dáil houses of the oireachtas 10 march 1987 archived from the original on 30 june 2022 retrieved 30 june 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 26th dáil houses of the oireachtas 29 june 1989 archived from the original on 7 july 2022 retrieved 7 july 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 27th dáil vol 425 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 14 december 1992 retrieved 8 july 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 28th dáil vol 480 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 26 june 1997 retrieved 9 july 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 29th dáil vol 553 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 6 june 2002 retrieved 11 july 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 30th dáil vol 637 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 14 june 2007 retrieved 12 july 2022 statement by an ceann comhairle dáil éireann 30th dáil vol 691 no 3 houses of the oireachtas 13 october 2009 retrieved 12 july 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 30th dáil vol 691 no 3 houses of the oireachtas 13 october 2009 retrieved 12 july 2022 election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 31st dáil vol 728 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 9 march 2011 retrieved 13 july 2022 selection of candidate and election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 32nd dáil thursday 10 march 2016 houses of the oireachtas archived from the original on 14 september 2020 retrieved 21 january 2020 selection of candidate and election of ceann comhairle dáil éireann 33rd dáil vol 992 no 1 houses of the oireachtas 20 february 2020 archived from the original on 17 july 2022 retrieved 17 july 2022 verona murphy elected new ceann comhairle on third count rté news 18 december 2024 retrieved 18 december 2024 leas cheann comhairle houses of the oireachtas archived from the original on 5 march 2012 retrieved 4 november 2022 mcgee harry 1 april 2011 ff td selected by taoiseach to serve as leas cheann comhairle the irish times archived from the original on 12 november 2011 retrieved 2 april 2011 election of deputy speaker dáil éireann 2nd dáil vol s no 1 16 august 1921 retrieved 4 november 2022 leas cheann comhairle do thogha dáil éireann 3rd dáil vol 2 no 1 houses of the oireachtas in irish 6 december 1922 retrieved 9 january 2022 external links edit official website lough lene bell maquette photo v t e politics of the republic of ireland constitution amendments presidency president catherine connolly council of state presidential commission government cabinet taoiseach micheál martin tánaiste simon harris departments of state north south ministerial council public service civil service state agencies attorney general rossa fanning oireachtas dáil éireann ceann comhairle verona murphy seanad éireann cathaoirleach mark daly opposition leader mary lou mcdonald committees north south inter parliamentary association houses of the oireachtas commission courts supreme court chief justice donal o donnell court of appeal president caroline costello high court president david barniville special criminal court circuit court president patricia ryan district court president paul kelly elections constituencies political parties by elections electoral commission recent elections general 2016 2020 2024 presidential 2011 2018 2025 local 2014 2019 2024 european 2014 2019 2024 administrative geography counties local government foreign relations department of foreign affairs and trade minister helen mcentee irish neutrality diplomatic missions of in ireland nationality law passport visa requirements visa policy ireland united kingdom relations politics of northern ireland good friday agreement ireland uk border brexit and the irish border british irish council australia ireland relations ireland new zealand relations canada ireland relations ireland united states relations politics of the european union v t e political parties in the republic of ireland bracketed numbers indicates the current number of seats held by the party in each body dáil éireann 174 fianna fáil 48 sinn féin 39 fine gael 38 social democrats 12 labour party 11 independent ireland 4 people before 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