So far, 66 of the 174 seats in the 34th Dáil have been filled in the 2024 General Election.
As Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó Fearghaíl of Fianna Fáil was automatically re-elected in Kildare South, this left 173 seats open for the taking.
Here is every candidate who has won a seat in order of when they were elected on day two of counting.
Rose Conway-Walsh
Deputy Conway-Walsh is the standard bearer for Sinn Féin in this constituency.
Sinn Féin took over 22% of first preferences in Mayo in 2020 and will be hoping to hold on to a significant volume of those this time.
Albert Dolan
A general election novice, he has served on Galway County Council since 2019.
In June 2024, he became the youngest ever Cathaoirleach of Galway County Council aged 25.
This morning he celebrated his 26th birthday by being elected to the 34th Dáil.
Mattie McGrath
Elected for Fianna Fáil in 2007, Mattie McGrath resigned the party whip in June 2010 in opposition to legislation banning stag hunting.
He finally left the party in January 2011 and was elected as an Independent in 2011, 2016 and 2020.
Darragh O’Brien
Darragh O’Brien was elected to the Dáil on his first attempt in 2007, but was a victim of Fianna Fáil’s implosion in 2011. He later topped the poll in Dublin Fingal in 2016, retaining his seat in 2020.
He is the outgoing Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Since the last government was formed, he has held a high-profile role amid an ongoing housing crisis.
Seán Fleming
Seán Fleming was first elected to the Dáil in 1997, and has held his seat at each subsequent election.
A Minister of State for Financial Services, Credit Unions & Insurance from 2020 to 2022, he was appointed Minister of State for International Development & Diaspora in the December 2022 reshuffle.
Brian Stanley
After twice contesting unsuccessfully for a Dáil seat in 2002 and 2007, Brian Stanley was first elected for the five-seat Laois-Offaly constituency in 2011 and has held his seat since.
He resigned from Sinn Féin in October 2024, describing an inquiry into a complaint made against him by
another party member as “seriously flawed.
Gary Gannon
Gary Gannon was first elected to the Dáil in 2020, having previously served as a member of Dublin City Council, first as an Independent and then as a representative of the Social Democrats.
In the 2020 general election, Mr Gannon polled 2,912 first preference votes, a 9.3% vote share. He claimed the fourth and last seat ahead of the veteran local campaigner, Christy Burke. Mr Gannon has worked as a Community Development worker and as a Career Guidance advocate in the inner-city area.
Brian Brennan
Living in Gorey, Brian Brennan has spent most of his working life in Arklow where he spent 20 years as owner of the Arklow Bay Hotel.
He is a first-time Dáil candidate.
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin has been a Gorey-based member of Wexford County Council since 2014. This is his first time to contest a Dáil election.
In the June 2024 local election, Mr Ó Súilleabháin polled 854 first preferences in the Gorey LEA, a 7.4% vote share. He retained his seat on the 11th count.
Malcolm Byrne
After losing out at the 2016 general election, Gorey-based Malcolm Byrne secured a Dáil seat in the November 2019 Wexford by-election, caused by the election of Mick Wallace to the European Parliament.
He lost the seat at the following February’s Dáil election and was subsequently elected to Seanad Éireann.
Mr Byrne has recently served as Fianna Fáil spokesperson on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
Ivana Bacik
Elected a TD on her third attempt at a July 2021 by-election, Ivana Bacik was subsequently confirmed the Labour Party’s 14th leader following the resignation of her predecessor, Alan Kelly, in March 2022.
Having contested unsuccessfully for a European Parliament seat in 2004, Ms Bacik twice ran unsuccessfully for a Dáil seat – first in a 2009 by-election for Dublin Central and then for Dún Laoghaire in 2011 – before finally securing a Dáil seat at the July 2021 by-election for Dublin Bay South caused by the
exit from politics of former Fine Gael housing minister, Eoghan Murphy.
James Geoghegan
From Ranelagh and a city councillor since 2019, James Geoghegan is the current Lord Mayor of Dublin.
He previously contested for a Dáil seat at the 2021 by-election in Dublin Bay South, which was won by
Ivana Bacik.
Grace Boland
A first-time Dáil candidate, she is a daughter of John Boland, a Fine Gael TD for Dublin North for over a decade and government minister in the 1980s.
Although she has no electoral track record, Ms Boland saw off stiff competition from Councillor Eoghan Dockrell to secure the Fine Gael nomination here.
Robert O’Donoghue
A county councillor and former deputy mayor of Fingal, Robert O’Donoghue topped the poll in the Rush-Lusk area in the 2024 local elections.
He is a first-time Dáil candidate. He was co-opted onto Fingal County Council in 2018 and elected in 2019.
James O’Connor
Elected to Cork County Council in May 2019, James O’Connor secured a Dáil seat in his first general election as a 22-year-old in 2020.
The Youghal-based returning TD is Fianna Fáil’s Spokesperson on Transport.
Séamus McGrath
A member of Cork City Council and a first-time Dáil candidate, Séamus McGrath is a brother of former minister for finance Michael McGrath, who was appointed EU Commissioner for Justice in September 2024.
Mr McGrath is seeking to retain a seat held by his brother from 2007 to 2024.
Dara Calleary
The son and grandson of former Mayo TDs, Dara Calleary won a Dáil seat at his first attempt in 2007 and retained it in 2011, 2016 and 2020.
He resigned as deputy leader of Fianna Fáil and minister for agriculture, food and the marine in August 2020 amid the ‘Golfgate’ controversy.
Mr Calleary has also served as Fianna Fáil’s chief whip and as minister of state for the Gaeltacht and sport.
Alan Dillon
Elected to the Dáil as a first-time candidate in 2020, Alan Dillon was appointed minister of state at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in the April 2024 Cabinet reshuffle.
He is a two-time All-Star and a former captain of the Mayo football team.
John Cummins
A former mayor of Waterford, John Cummins served on the City Council from 2009 until 2020, when he was elected to the Seanad for the Labour Panel.
He has since served as Fine Gael’s Seanad Spokesperson on Housing, Local Government and Heritage. His election to the Upper House followed an unsuccessful tilt at a Dáil seat.
Peter Roche
Abbeyknockmoy-based Peter ‘Pete’ Roche has been a member of Galway County Council since 2009. He was a first-time Dáil candidate in 2020 but failed to take a seat.
Mr Roche topped the poll in the 2019 local elections, and was re-elected in June 2024, taking the
second seat on the first count.
Louis O’Hara
Cashla native Louis O’Hara performed well in his first Dáil election in 2020, losing out on a seat on the eighth and final count. He was something of a surprise in that general election, when he won 7,108 first preferences (a 16.7% share).
Unsuccessful in the 2019 local elections, he was elected for the Athenry-Oranmore LEA in 2024.
Paschal Donohoe
First elected to the Dáil in 2011, Paschal Donohoe is a former minister for finance and current Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform.
He has served as President of the Eurogroup of finance ministers since July 2020.
Seán Crowe
After running unsuccessfully in the Dáil elections of 1989, 1992 and 1997, Seán Crowe was finally elected a TD for Dublin South-West in 2002.
He lost his seat in 2007 but regained it in 2011 and held it in the two subsequent general elections.
In 2020, Mr Crowe was a poll-topper in Dublin South-West. He recently served as Chairperson of the Oireachtas Committee on Health.
Mary Butler
Fianna Fáil’s Mary Butler has held a high profile in recent years as Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People.
After winning a seat in the 2014 local elections, she was elected to the Dáil in 2016 after topping the poll on the first count.
Mark Ward
A former Mayor of South Dublin, Mark Ward was first elected to the Dáil at a November 2019 by-election caused by the departure of Fine Gael’s Frances Fitzgerald to the European Parliament.
He was one of two Sinn Féin TDs returned for Dublin Mid-West in 2020.
