Ireland Members of Parliament

Current and recent Members of the Irish Parliament, covering the Dáil Éireann (lower house) and Seanad Éireann (upper house).

The bicameral Irish Parliament (Oireachtas Éireann) consists of the President of Ireland and the two houses of the Oireachtas: Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann.

  • Dáil Éireann, the lower house, is the primary legislative body, comprising 174 members who are elected by proportional representation for a five-year term.
  • The upper house, the Seanad Éireann, is not directly elected and consists of 60 senators chosen by various methods.

The dataset includes comprehensive mandate information for each member, including their name, gender, political affiliation, electoral district and dates of service.

Data overview

Entities:
Total2,585
Targets638
Entity types:
People638
Positions155
Countries:
Ireland793
Publisher:Oireachtas Éireann · Ireland

The Houses of the Oireachtas provides open data about its members through its official website and API. The parliament exercises legislative power, with the Dáil Éireann serving as the primary legislative chamber and the Seanad Éireann.

Information:api.oireachtas.ie
Source data:api.oireachtas.ie · JSON
Tags:list.pep
Coverage:added · frequency: monthly
Last processed:2026-03-25 16:34:40 · v. 20260325163440-neh
Last change:

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Downloads contain the full set of entities contained in this dataset. You can fetch a simplified tabular form, or detailed, structured data in JSON format. Updated files will be provided once a day at the same location.

File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities1.13 MB
names.txtTarget names text file22.67 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format544.5 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON1.68 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV126.96 KB

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