Ireland Members of Parliament

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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
Searchable789
Targets638
Entity types:
People638
Positions151
Countries:
Ireland789
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.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default · Politically Exposed Persons Datasets
Information:api.oireachtas.ie
Source data:api.oireachtas.ie · JSON
Tags:list.pep
Coverage:added · frequency: monthly
Last processed:
2026-08-11 10:10:26 · v. 20260811101026-era
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 entities1.15 MB
names.txtTarget names text file22.7 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format459.51 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON1.78 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV102.58 KB

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Using the API 

You can query the data in this dataset via these API endpoints:

For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
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Recent additions 

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
Daniel EnnisPersonIreland
Seamus BrennanPersonIreland
Tony GregoryPersonIreland
Rory KielyPersonIreland
Tom McEllistrimPersonIreland
Michael D'ArcyPersonIreland
Feargal QuinnPersonIreland
Eddie BohanPersonIreland
Brendan G. C. SmithPersonIreland
Peter CallananPersonIreland
Tony KettPersonIreland
Kieran PhelanPersonIreland
Peter SandsPersonIreland
Terry BrennanPersonIreland
Margaret CoxPersonIreland
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