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:
Total2,581
Searchable789
Targets637
Entity types:
People637
Positions152
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:2026-05-11 10:11:33 · v. 20260511101133-klg
Last change:

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File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities1.14 MB
names.txtTarget names text file22.67 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format534.01 KB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON1.74 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV126.73 KB

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Using the API

You can query the data in this dataset via the application programming interface (API) endpoints below. Please read the introduction for documentation and terms of service.

Use the Reconciliation API in OpenRefine:
For full-text search, use the /search endpoint:
For entity matching, use the /match endpoint:

Recent additions

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

AddedNameTypeCountries
Joan CollinsPersonIreland
Richard Boyd BarrettPersonIreland
Róisín ShortallPersonIreland
Billy TimminsPersonIreland
Thomas P. BroughanPersonIreland
Terence FlanaganPersonIreland
Peadar TóibínPersonIreland
Clare DalyPersonIreland
Lucinda CreightonPersonIreland
Stephen DonnellyPersonIreland
Colm KeaveneyPersonIreland
Violet-Anne WynnePersonIreland
Mary HarneyPersonIreland
Seamus HealyPersonIreland
Ned O'KeeffePersonIreland
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