This is a list of members who were elected Choosing to the 31st Dáil Éireann , the lower house of the Oireachtas ( legislature ) of Ireland .

The 2011 election Choosing saw 17 Dáil constituencies return Change 3 TDs each , 15 constituencies return Change 4 TDs each and 11 constituencies return Change 5 TDs each , for a total of 166 .

Seán Barrett was elected Choosing as Ceann Comhairle in the first sitting Placing of the Dáil .

Almost half of the members of the 30th Dáil were absent from the 31st : 31 members retired Process_end before the poll Scrutiny and a further 45 sitting Placing TDs lost Earnings_and_losses their seats at the election Choosing .

76 new TDs were elected Choosing to the Dáil , 46 % of the total .

The Tribunal of Inquiry Into Certain Planning Matters and Payments commonly known as the Mahon Tribunal after the name of its last chairman , was a public inquiry in Ireland established Creating by Dáil Éireann in 1997 to investigate Research allegations of corrupt payments to politicians regarding political decisions .

Instead they took their election Choosing as a mandate for independence and established Building a revolutionary parliament known as Dáil Éireann , with its members known as Teachtaí Dála or TDs .

The majority of Sinn Féin 's MPs were imprisoned Arrest at the time so only 27 elected Choosing representatives attended Participation the initial meeting of the First Dáil .

The First Dáil lasted Process_end 892 days .

Under this Irish republican theory , all 105 MPs were members of the Dáil , and their names were called Name_conferral out on the roll of membership .

The dispute led to Causation nationwide protests , television appeals and debates in Dáil Éireann .

On 21 January 1919 they formed Coming_to_be a breakaway government ( Dáil Éireann ) and declared Expressing_publicly Irish independence .

For much of 1919 , IRA activity involved Cause_to_be_included capturing Conquering weaponry and freeing republican prisoners , while the Dáil set about Process_start building Building a state Statement .

In September , the British government outlawed the Dáil and Sinn Féin and the conflict Hostile_encounter intensified Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale .

On 1 December 1972 , when two separate Forming_relationships car bombs exploded Attack in Eden Quay and Sackville Place , Dáil Éireann was debating a bill to amend the `` Offences Against the State Act '' which would enact stricter measures against the Provisional IRA and other paramilitary groups .

As a result of the two bombings , which killed Killing two men and wounded Bodily_harm 131 , the Dáil voted Choosing for the amendment , which introduced special emergency powers to combat the IRA .