The 33rd Dáil was elected at the 2020 general election on 8 February 2020 and first met on 20 February 2020. The members of Dáil ÃÂireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 26th Seanad as the Houses of the Oireachtas. There were 160 TDs in the 33rd Dáil, an increase of 2.
The 33rd Dáil was dissolved by President Michael D. Higgins on 8 November 2024, at the request of the Taoiseach Simon Harris. It lasted .
The Ceann Comhairle is automatically returned unless they state their intention to retire before the Dáil is dissolved. The outgoing Ceann Comhairle, Seán àFearghaÃÂl, did not retire. The first order of business of the new Dáil was to elect a new Ceann Comhairle. àFearghaÃÂl and Denis Naughten were both nominated, and àFearghaÃÂl was re-elected as Ceann Comhairle in a secret ballot.
On 23 July 2020, Catherine Connolly and Fergus O'Dowd were nominated for the position of Leas-Cheann Comhairle. Connolly was elected in a secret ballot.
Of the 160 TDs, forty-eight were elected for the first time. 36 are women (22.5%) and 124 are men.
The Independents and some small parties formed three technical groups to facilitate Dáil speaking time.