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teachta dála wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 number of tds 2 qualification 3 history 4 style 5 salaries and expenses 6 see also 7 references toggle the table of contents teachta dála 17 languages العربية català cymraeg deutsch español français gaeilge galego gaelg bahasa indonesia 한국어 nederlands norsk bokmål polski português simple english slovenčina edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia member of dáil éireann teachta dála of dáil éireann incumbent 34th dáil since 18 december 2024 oireachtas éireann style deputy irish an teachta abbreviation td member of dáil éireann reports to ceann comhairle leas cheann comhairle seat leinster house appointer electorate of the republic of ireland term length no more than 5 years renewable constituting instrument articles 16 17 constitution of ireland formation 18 december 1918 107 years ago 1918 12 18 first holder 1st dáil salary 113 679 per year 1 plus expenses 2 website oireachtas ie 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 ireland portal other countries v t e a teachta dála ˌ t j ɒ x t ə ˈ d ɔː l ə tyokh tə daw lə irish ˌtʲaxt̪ˠə ˈd̪ˠaːlˠə ⓘ 3 plural teachtaí dála abbreviated as td plural tdanna in irish 4 tds in english is a member of dáil éireann the lower house of the oireachtas the parliament of ireland the official english translation of the term is dáil deputy 5 6 an equivalent position would be a member of parliament mp in the uk or a member of congress in the us number of tds edit ireland is divided into dáil constituencies each of which elects three four or five tds under the constitution the total number of tds must be fixed at one td for each 20 000 to 30 000 of the population 7 there are 174 tds in the 34th dáil elected at the 2024 general election under the electoral amendment act 2023 the outgoing ceann comhairle is automatically returned unless they announce their retirement before the dissolution of the dáil qualification edit a candidate for election as td must be an irish citizen and over 21 years of age members of the judiciary the garda síochána and the permanent defence forces are disqualified from membership of the dáil 8 history edit the term was first used to describe those irish parliamentarians 9 who were elected at the 1918 general election and who rather than attending the british house of commons at westminster to which they had been elected assembled instead in the mansion house in dublin on 21 january 1919 to create a new irish parliament the first dáil éireann initially the term feisire dáil eireann f d e was mooted 10 but teachta was used from the first meeting 11 the term continued to be used after this first dáil and was used to refer to later members of the irish republic s single chamber dáil éireann or assembly of ireland 1919 1922 members of the free state dáil 1922 1937 and of the modern dáil éireann style edit the initials td are placed after the surname of the elected td for example the current taoiseach head of government is micheál martin td the style used to refer to individual tds during debates in dáil éireann is the member s surname preceded by deputy irish an teachta for example deputy mcdonald an teachta ní dhomhnaill bhean uí dhomhnaill 12 or an teachta ó domhnaill 13 salaries and expenses edit the basic salary of a backbench td is 113 679 14 cabinet ministers and junior ministers receive additional allowances office holders opposition party leaders whips the ceann comhairle and leas cheann comhairle also receive additional allowances 15 after controversy regarding alleged abuses of the oireachtas expenses provisions the system was simplified in 2009 and 2010 into two allowances 16 17 18 19 travel and accommodation allowance ranging from 9 000 for tds less than 25 km from leinster house to 34 065 for those more than 360 km away 19 public representation allowance for maintaining a constituency office 20 350 for backbench tds less for ministers 19 all expenses must be vouched except for a petty cash allowance of 100 per month until december 2012 tds could choose between a 25 000 vouched allowance or 15 000 unvouched 20 see also edit members of the 1st dáil records of members of the oireachtas references edit salaries houses of the oireachtas 1 june 2024 retrieved 18 june 2024 parliamentary standard allowance houses of the oireachtas 19 november 2019 retrieved 26 february 2024 teachta dála lexico uk english dictionary oxford university press archived from the original on 2 september 2022 see e g take charge of change pdf in english and irish dublin office of the president 2012 pp 3 7 archived from the original pdf on 28 march 2013 retrieved 14 august 2013 empower local government so that our national representatives tds don t engage in parochial politics cumhacht a thabhairt don rialtas áitiúil ionas nach mbeidh ár gcuid ionadaithe náisiúnta na tdanna i mbun na polaitíochta paróistí deputy foclóir ie retrieved 6 february 2025 teachta dála téarma ie retrieved 6 february 2025 dáil éireann houses of the oireachtas archived from the original on 8 october 2020 retrieved 28 february 2020 electoral act 1992 s 41 disqualification for membership of dáil no 23 of 1992 s 41 enacted on 5 november 1992 act of the oireachtas retrieved from irish statute book 73 out of 105 seats won in ireland at the 1918 general election were by sinn féin members unionist and irish parliamentary party members refused to recognise the dáil and so did not attend e g phillips walter alison 1922 ireland encyclopædia britannica vol 31 12th ed p 573 retrieved 21 october 2016 the victorious group assumed the title of the irish republican party and styled themselves not m p but f d e feisire dail eireann i e members of the assembly of ireland cork examiner 21 january 1919 the m p s or f d es feisire dáil eireann as they will be known in future etc cited in ferris lisa september 2008 irish views on old austria and austrian views on the irish question 1848 1918 pdf thesis university of vienna p 609 retrieved 21 october 2016 prelude first dáil proceedings in irish oireachtas 21 january 1919 c 9 retrieved 21 october 2016 tháinig na teachtaí i gceann a chéile i nárus árd mhéire bhaile átha cliath ar a 3 30 iar nóin ms mcdonald mrs mcdonald dáil éireann houses of the oireachtas tds and senators salaries houses of the oireachtas 1 june 2024 retrieved 18 june 2024 allowances for additional responsibilities payable to members of dáil éireann houses of the oireachtas retrieved 6 june 2013 revised system of expense allowances for members of the houses of the oireachtas department of finance government of ireland 10 february 2010 archived from the original on 19 october 2013 retrieved 6 june 2013 murphy cormac 21 january 2009 lavish expenses for oireachtas face overhaul evening herald retrieved 6 june 2013 oireachtas allowances to members and ministerial and parliamentary offices act 2009 irish statute book 21 july 2009 retrieved 6 june 2013 1 2 3 parliamentary standard allowance psa travel and accommodation and public representation allowances oireachtas retrieved 5 january 2024 kelly fiach 6 december 2012 finally tds must provide receipts but no full reform irish independent retrieved 6 june 2013 retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title teachta_dála oldid 1375689194 categories teachtaí dála politics of the republic of ireland hidden categories articles with short description short description is different from wikidata use dmy dates from november 2021 use hiberno english from november 2021 all wikipedia articles written in hiberno english pages using the phonos extension pages with irish ipa pages including recorded pronunciations articles containing irish language text cs1 irish language sources ga this page was last edited on 19 september 2026 at 10 49 utc page was rendered with 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