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This is a list of the 12 members of the European Parliament for Ireland elected at the 2009 European Parliament election. They served in the 2009 to 2014 session.
†Replaced during term, see table below for details.
| Party | Outgoing | Constituency | Reason | Date | Replacement | |
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| Labour | Proinsias De Rossa | Dublin | Resignation of De Rossa in January 2012 | February 2012 | Emer Costello | |
| Socialist Party | Joe Higgins | Dublin | Higgins elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2011 general election | April 2011 | Paul Murphy | |
| Labour | Alan Kelly | South | Kelly elected to Dáil Éireann at the 2011 general election | April 2011 | Phil Prendergast | |
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