These TDs ( Members of Parliament ) were elected Choosing at the 2011 general election Choosing on 25 February 2011 .

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 .

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 .

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 .

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 .

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 .