John Paul Phelan is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Carlow–Kilkenny constituency from 2011 to 2024. He previously served as Minister of State for Local Government and Electoral Reform from 2017 to 2020. He also served as a Senator for the Labour Panel from 2002 to 2011.
This is a list of records relating to the Oireachtas,the national parliament of Ireland,which consists of the President of Ireland,and two Houses,Dáil Éireann,a house of representatives whose members are known as TeachtaíDála or TDs,and Seanad Éireann,a senate whose members are known as senators.
Deirdre Clune is an Irish politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from Ireland for the South constituency from 2014 to 2019,and again from 2020 to 2024. She is a member of Fine Gael,part of the European People's Party.
Frances Fitzgerald is a former Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Tánaiste from 2016 to 2017,Minister for Business,Enterprise and Innovation from June 2017 to November 2017,Minister for Justice and Equality from 2014 to 2016,Minister for Children and Youth Affairs from 2011 to 2014,and Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad from 2007 to 2011. She served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Dublin constituency from 2019 to 2024 and a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1992 to 2002 and 2011 to 2019. She was also a Senator for the Labour Panel from 2007 to 2011.
Dan Neville is an Irish former Fine Gael politician. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1997 to 2016,and was a Senator for the Labour Panel from 1989 to 1997. He served as Chair of the Fine Gael parliamentary party from 2014 to 2016.
Joe O'Reilly is an Irish Fine Gael politician has served as a Senator for the Labour Panel since April 2016,and previously from 2007 to 2011 for the Industrial and Commercial Panel and from 1989 to 1992 for the Cultural and Educational Panel. He served as Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from August 2020 to December 2022. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cavan–Monaghan constituency from 2011 to 2016.
Kieran O'Donnell is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Minister of State since December 2022. He has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Limerick City constituency since the 2020 general election,and previously from 2011 to 2016 and from 2007 to 2011 for the Limerick East constituency. He was appointed Chair of the Committee on Transport and Communications Networks in September 2020. He was a Senator for the Cultural and Educational Panel from 2016 to 2020.
Colm Burke is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork North-Central since the 2020 general election and has served as Minister of State at the Department of Health since 2024. He served as a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel from 2011 to 2020,Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South constituency from 2007 to 2009 and Lord Mayor of Cork from 2003 to 2004.
Fidelma Healy Eames is an Irish former politician. She was first elected to Seanad Éireann in 2007 by the Labour Panel. As a member of the Reform Alliance group,she sat as an Independent senator,having lost the Fine Gael parliamentary party whip in July 2013. In March 2016 she announced her retirement from politics. In April 2019,Healy Eames was a candidate in the 2019 European Parliament election in Ireland for the Midlands-North West constituency.
Jerry Buttimer is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Cork South-Central constituency since the 2024 general election,and previously from from 2011 to 2016. He served as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from December 2022 to November 2024,and served as a Senator for the Labour Panel from 2016 to 2024,and previously from 2007 to 2011. He served as Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from July 2020 to August 2020,Leader of the Seanad from 2016 to 2020 and Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad from 2016 to 2020.
Patrick Kennedy was a barrister and Fine Gael politician from Limerick city in Ireland.
Catherine Anna Noone is an Irish former Fine Gael politician. She served as a Senator on the Industrial and Commercial Panel from April 2011 to March 2020.
Hildegarde Naughton is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Government Chief Whip and Minister of State at the Department of Health since December 2022,and as a Minister of State attending cabinet since June 2020. She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Galway West constituency since 2016. She previously served as Chair of the Committee on Communications,Climate Action and the Environment from 2016 to 2020 and Mayor of Galway from 2011 to 2012. She also served as a Senator from 2013 to 2016,after being nominated by the Taoiseach.
Malcolm Byrne is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wicklow–Wexford constituency since the 2024 general election. He previously served as a Senator for the Cultural and Educational Panel from 2020 to 2024. He previously served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Wexford constituency from 2019 to 2020.
Catherine Ardagh is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin South-Central since November 2024. She previously served as a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel from 2016 to 2024 and Leader of Fianna Fáil in the Seanad from 2016 to 2020.
Pippa Hackett is an Irish Green Party politician who has served as a Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture,Food and the Marine since June 2020. She is one of three Ministers of State in attendance at cabinet,but without a vote. She has been a Senator for the Agricultural Panel since November 2019.
The 26th Seanad has been in office since June 2020. The 2020 Seanad election followed the 2020 general election to the 33rd Dáil on 8 February. The Constitution of Ireland required a general election for Seanad Éireann,the senate of the Oireachtas,to take place no later than ninety days after the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil on 14 January 2020. There are 60 seats in the Seanad:43 were elected on five vocational panels by serving politicians,for which polling closed on 30 March 2020;6 were elected in two university constituencies,for which polling closed on 31 March 2020;and 11 were nominated by the Taoiseach on 27 June 2020. It will remain in office until the close of poll for the 27th Seanad,which is scheduled for 30 January 2025.
Rebecca Moynihan is an Irish Labour Party politician who has been a Senator for the Administrative Panel since April 2020.
Aisling Dolan is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as a Senator since June 2020,after being nominated by the Taoiseach.
Two by-elections were held for vacancies in Seanad Éireann on Wednesday,21 April 2021. The vacancies were caused by the resignations of Fine Gael's Michael W. D'Arcy from the Agricultural Panel in September 2020 to become chief executive of the Irish Association of Institute Management;and of Sinn Féin's Elisha McCallion from the Industrial and Commercial Panel in October 2020 due to a COVID-19 grants controversy.
