TDs, Turnover and Transition: Dáil Éireann Needs To Do More to Help New Members
Post by Mary C. Murphy, University College Cork The 2011 Irish general election produced an exceptionally high level of turnover of TDs. 76 or 45% of the current 166 Dáil members were never TDs before. This represents the first time since 1923 that a majority of those elected did not belong to the previous Dáil.