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A Teachta Dála is a member of Dáil Éireann
Dáil Éireann

is the principal chamber of the Oireachtas . It is directly elected at least once in every five years under the system of proportional representation by means of the Single Transferable Vote ....
, the lower chamber of the Oireachtas
Oireachtas

The Oireachtas is the "national parliament" or legislature of Republic of Ireland, sometimes referred to as Oireachtas ?ireann.The Oireachtas consists of:...
 (Parliament) of Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
. The official translation of Teachta Dála is Deputy to the Dáil, a more literal translation is Assembly Delegate. In English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 the abbreviation TD is normally used, with TDs as the plural .

The term was first used to describe Irish parliamentarians elected in the 1918 general election who, rather than attending the British House of Commons in London, to which they had been elected, assembled instead in Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
's Mansion House
Mansion House, Dublin

The Mansion House on Dawson Street, Dublin, is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin and has been since 1715....
 on 21 January 1919 to create a new Irish parliament: Dáil Éireann.






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A Teachta Dála is a member of Dáil Éireann
Dáil Éireann

is the principal chamber of the Oireachtas . It is directly elected at least once in every five years under the system of proportional representation by means of the Single Transferable Vote ....
, the lower chamber of the Oireachtas
Oireachtas

The Oireachtas is the "national parliament" or legislature of Republic of Ireland, sometimes referred to as Oireachtas ?ireann.The Oireachtas consists of:...
 (Parliament) of Ireland
Republic of Ireland

Ireland is an Island country in north-western Europe. The modern Sovereignty state occupies about five-sixths of the island of Ireland, which was partitioned by the British on 3 May 1921....
. The official translation of Teachta Dála is Deputy to the Dáil, a more literal translation is Assembly Delegate. In English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 the abbreviation TD is normally used, with TDs as the plural .

The term was first used to describe Irish parliamentarians elected in the 1918 general election who, rather than attending the British House of Commons in London, to which they had been elected, assembled instead in Dublin
Dublin

Dublin is both the largest city and capital of Republic of Ireland. It is located near the midpoint of Ireland's east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region....
's Mansion House
Mansion House, Dublin

The Mansion House on Dawson Street, Dublin, is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin and has been since 1715....
 on 21 January 1919 to create a new Irish parliament: Dáil Éireann. The term continued to be used after this "First Dáil
First Dáil

The First D?il was D?il ?ireann as it convened from 1919–1921. In 1919 candidates who had been elected in the Westminster elections of 1918 refused to recognise the Parliament of the United Kingdom and instead assembled as a unicameral, revolutionary parliament called "D?il ?ireann"....
" and was used to refer to later members of the Irish Republic
Irish Republic

The Irish Republic was a Declaration of independence independent state of Ireland proclaimed in the Easter Rising in 1916 and established in 1919 by First D?il....
's single chamber Dáil Éireann (or "Assembly of Ireland") (1919–1922), members of Dáil Éireann
Dáil Éireann (Irish Free State)

D?il ?ireann served as the directly elected lower house of the Oireachtas of the Irish Free State of the Irish Free State from 1922 to 1937. The Constitution of the Irish Free State described the role of the house as that of a "Chamber of Deputies"....
 (or "Chamber of Deputies
Chamber of Deputies

Chamber of deputies is the name given to a legislative body such as the lower house of a bicameral legislature, or can refer to a unicameral legislature....
") of the Irish Free State
Irish Free State

The Irish Free State was the state established as a Dominion on 6 December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty, signed by the British government and Irish representatives exactly twelve months beforehand....
 (1922–1937), and the Dáil Éireann (or the "House of Representatives
House of Representatives

House of Representatives is the name of any of many legislature in many countries and sub-national states. In some countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameralism legislature, with the corresponding upper house often called a "senate"....
") of Ireland.

Style

The initials "TD" are placed after the surname of the elected TD. For example, the current Taoiseach
Taoiseach

The Taoiseach The Taoiseach is appointed by the President of Ireland upon the nomination of D?il ?ireann , and must, while he remains in office, retain the support of a majority in the D?il....
 (head of government) is "Brian Cowen
Brian Cowen

Brian Cowen is the current Taoiseach of Republic of Ireland. He took office on 7 May 2008, heading a coalition government led by his Fianna F?il party that includes the Green Party and the Progressive Democrats, with the support of Independent Teachta D?la....
, TD". The style
Style (manner of address)

A style of office, or honorific, is a legal, official, or recognized title, in other words a term which by tradition or law precedes a reference to a person who holds a post, or which is used to refer to the political office itself....
 used to refer to individual TDs during debates in Dáil Éireann is the member's name preceded by Deputy : for example, "Deputy Kenny", "an Teachta Ó Cionnaith".

See also

  • List of longest-serving members of Dáil Éireann
    List of longest-serving members of Dáil Éireann

    The First D?il consisted of the Sinn F?in Member of Parliaments who were elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1918 of 14 December 1918. They refused to attend the House of Commons of the United Kingdom and instead assembled for the first time on 21 January 1919 in the Mansion House, Dublin as the revolutionary unicameral D?il ?ireann ....
  • List of Irish politicians
    List of Irish politicians

    This is an incomplete list of public-representative office-holders in Ireland, elected and appointed since 1918 up to the present day, in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland....