Public body
Dáil Éireann
What this means
- Dáil Éireann is the lower, directly elected house of the Oireachtas, Ireland's national parliament, and is the primary law-making body for the State.[source]
- The Dáil makes laws, approves taxation, and controls all public spending. No money can be raised or spent by the State without its approval.[source]
- The Dáil nominates the Taoiseach and approves the formation of the Government, giving it a central role in deciding who holds executive power in Ireland.[source]
- The Government is constitutionally required to be responsible to Dáil Éireann, meaning ministers must answer to elected TDs for their decisions and actions.[source]
- The Dáil has many members elected across Ireland, including long-serving TDs such as Michael Lowry, first elected in 1987, and newer members like Aisling Dempsey, elected in 2024.[source][source]
- A large intake of new TDs joined the Dáil in November 2024, including members such as James Geoghegan, Sinéad Gibney, and Rory Hearne, reflecting the outcome of the general election.[source][source][source]
Direct impact (174)
- owns statutory mandate
- holds role: Teachta DálaAengus Ó SnodaighOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaAidan FarrellyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaAindrias MoynihanOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaAisling DempseyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaAlan DillonOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaAlan KellyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaAlbert DolanOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaAnn GravesOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaBarry HeneghanOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaBarry WardOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaBrendan SmithOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaBrian BrennanOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaBrian StanleyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaCarol NolanOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaCathal CroweOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaCatherine ArdaghOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaCatherine CallaghanOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaCathy BennettOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaCharles WardOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaCharlie McConalogueOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaChristopher O'SullivanOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaCian O'CallaghanOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaCiarán AhernOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaClaire KerraneOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaColm BrophyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaColm BurkeOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaConor D McGuinnessOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaConor SheehanOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaCormac DevlinOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaDanny Healy-RaeOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaDara CallearyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaDarragh O'BrienOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaDarren O'RourkeOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaDavid CullinaneOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaDavid MaxwellOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaDenise MitchellOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaDessie EllisOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaDonna McGettiganOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaDonnchadh Ó LaoghaireOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaDuncan SmithOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaEamon ScanlonOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaEdward TimminsOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaEmer CurrieOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaEmer HigginsOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaEoghan KennyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaEoin HayesOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaEoin Ó BroinOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaErin McGreehanOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaFionntán Ó SúilleabháinOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaFrankie FeighanOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaGary GannonOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaGed NashOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaGeorge LawlorOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaGillian TooleOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaGrace BolandOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaHelen McEnteeOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaHildegarde NaughtonOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaHolly CairnsOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaIvana BacikOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJack ChambersOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJames BrowneOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJames GeogheganOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJames LawlessOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJames O'ConnorOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJen CumminsOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJennifer Carroll MacNeillOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJennifer Murnane O'ConnorOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJennifer WhitmoreOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJerry ButtimerOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJim O'CallaghanOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJoanna ByrneOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJoe CooneyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJoe NevilleOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJohn BradyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJohn ClendennenOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJohn ConnollyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJohn CumminsOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJohn LahartOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJohn McGuinnessOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJohn Paul O'SheaOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJohnny GuirkeOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaJohnny MythenOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaKeira KeoghOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaKen O'FlynnOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaKevin Boxer MoranOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaKieran O'DonnellOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaLiam QuaideOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaLouis O'HaraOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaLouise O'ReillyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMaeve O'ConnellOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMáire DevineOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMairéad FarrellOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMalcolm ByrneOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMarian HarkinOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMarie SherlockOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMark WallOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMark WardOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMartin DalyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMartin HeydonOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMartin KennyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMary ButlerOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMary Lou McDonaldOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMatt CarthyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMattie McGrathOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMaurice QuinlivanOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMichael CahillOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMichael CollinsOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMichael FitzmauriceOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMichael Healy-RaeOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMichael LowryOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMichael MoynihanOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMichael MurphyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMicheál CarrigyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaMicheál MartinOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaNaoise Ó CearúilOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaNaoise Ó MuiríOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaNatasha Newsome DrennanOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaNeale RichmondOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaNiall CollinsOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaNiamh SmythOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaNoel GrealishOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaNoel McCarthyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaNorma FoleyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaPa DalyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaPádraig Mac LochlainnOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaPádraig O'SullivanOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaPádraig RiceOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaPat BuckleyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaPat the Cope GallagherOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaPatrick O'DonovanOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaPaul DonnellyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaPaul LawlessOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaPaul McAuliffeOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaPaul MurphyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaPaul Nicholas GogartyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaPaula ButterlyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaPeadar TóibínOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaPearse DohertyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaPeter BurkeOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaPeter 'Chap' CleereOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaPeter RocheOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaRéada CroninOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaRichard Boyd BarrettOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaRichard O'DonoghueOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaRobert O'DonoghueOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaRobert TroyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaRoderic O'GormanOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaRory HearneOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaRose Conway-WalshOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaRuairí Ó MurchúOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaRuth CoppingerOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaRyan O'MearaOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaSeamus HealyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaSéamus McGrathOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaSeán CanneyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaSeán CroweOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaSean FlemingOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaSeán Ó FearghaílOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaShane MoynihanOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaShay BrennanOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaShónagh Ní RaghallaighOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaSimon HarrisOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaSinéad GibneyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaSorca ClarkeOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaThomas ByrneOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaThomas GouldOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaTimmy DooleyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaTom BrabazonOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaTony McCormackOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaVerona MurphyOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaWilliam AirdOfficeholder
- holds role: Teachta DálaWillie O'DeaOfficeholder
- holds accountable
Indirect impact (10)
Two-hop relationships traced through the entity above. Useful for spotting downstream knock-on effects.
- holds role: Teachta Dála → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment and at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment2-hop via alan-dillon
- holds role: Teachta Dála → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport2-hop via charlie-mcconalogue
- holds role: Teachta Dála → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage2-hop via christopher-osullivan
- holds role: Teachta Dála → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration2-hop via colm-brophy
- holds role: Teachta Dála → holds role: Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht2-hop via dara-calleary
- holds role: Teachta Dála → holds role: Minister for Social Protection2-hop via dara-calleary
- holds role: Teachta Dála → holds role: Minister for Transport2-hop via darragh-obrien
- holds role: Teachta Dála → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality2-hop via emer-higgins
- holds role: Teachta Dála → holds role: Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation2-hop via frankie-feighan
- holds role: Teachta Dála → holds role: Minister for Defence2-hop via helen-mcentee
Summary derived from the records cited above. Read the methodology to understand how this is generated.
Relationship map
One-hop relationships derived from the entity records. Click any node to follow the link.
Accountability scores
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Statutory mandates (1)
Responsible for 0 commitments
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Relationships
Outgoing (0)
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Incoming (1)
- Accountable to (incoming)
The Government is responsible to Dail Eireann under Article 28.4.1 of the Constitution.
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