Dáil and Seanad terms

The current Dáil is the 33rd Dáil and held its first sitting on 20 February 2020. The current Seanad is the 26th Seanad, and it first met on 29 June 2020. Below are the dates of all the previous Dáileanna and Seanaid.

Dáil Éireann

	First sitting	Last sitting	Dissolved
1^st	21 January 1919	10 May 1921	10 May 1921
2^nd	16 August 1921	8 June 1922	16 June 1922
3^rd	9 September 1922	9 August 1923	9 August 1923
4^th	19 September 1923	20 May 1927	23 May 1927
5^th	23 June 1927	16 August 1927	25 August 1927
6^th	11 October 1927	17 December 1931	29 January 1932
7^th	9 March 1932	22 December 1932	2 January 1933
8^th	8 February 1933	14 June 1937	14 June 1937
9^th	21 July 1937	25 May 1938	27 May 1938
10^th	30 June 1938	26 May 1943	31 May 1943
11^th	1 July 1943	10 May 1944	10 May 1944
12^th	9 June 1944	11 December 1947	12 January 1948
13^th	18 February 1948	2 May 1951	7 May 1951
14^th	13 June 1951	23 April 1954	24 April 1954
15th	2 June 1954	13 December 1956	12 February 1957
16^th	20 March 1957	1 September 1961	15 September 1961
17^th	11 October 1961	11 March 1965	18 March 1965
18^th	21 April 1965	21 May 1969	22 May 1969
19^th	2 July 1969	14 December 1972	5 February 1973
20^th	19 March 1973	25 May 1977	25 May 1977
21^st	5 July 1977	21 May 1981	21 May 1981
22^nd	30 June 1981	27 January 1982	27 January 1982
23^rd	9 March 1982	4 November 1982	4 November 1982
24^th	14 December 1982	19 December 1986	21 January 1987
25^th	10 March 1987	25 May 1989	25 May 1989
26^th	29 June 1989	5 November 1992	5 November 1992
27^th	14 December 1992	15 May 1997	15 May 1997
28^th	26 June 1997	24 April 2002	25 April 2002
29^th	6 June 2002	26 April 2007	29 April 2007
30^th	14 June 2007	1 February 2011	1 February 2011
31^st	9 March 2011	3 February 2016	3 February 2016
32^nd	10 March 2016	18 December 2019	14 January 2020
33rd	20 February 2020

Seanad Éireann

	First sitting	Last sitting
1^st	11 December 1922	19 May 1936
2^nd	27 April 1938	22 July 1938
3^rd	7 September 1938	14 July 1943
4^th	8 September 1943	5 July 1944
5^th	18 August 1944	12 March 1948
6^th	21 April 1948	25 July 1951
7^th	14 July 1951	7 July 1954
8^th	22 July 1954	28 March 1957
9^th	22 May 1957	1 September 1961
10^th	14 December 1961	28 July 1965
11^th	23 June 1965	24 July 1969
12^th	5 November 1969	30 March 1973
13^th	1 June 1973	16 August 1977
14^th	27 October 1977	16 July 1981
15^th	8 October 1981	16 April 1982
16^th	13 May 1982	21 December 1982
17^th	23 February 1983	3 April 1987
18^th	25 April 1987	5 July 1989
19^th	1 November 1989	17 December 1992
20^th	17 February 1993	10 July 1997
21^st	17 September 1997	26 June 2002
22^nd	12 September 2002	4 July 2007
23^rd	13 September 2007	20 April 2011
24^th	25 May 2011	24 April 2016
25^th	8 June 2016	29 March 2020
26th	29 June 2020

Each Seanad ceases on the day before polling closes for the subsequent Seanad.

Last updated: 10 August 2020

Dáil and Seanad terms

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