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{{short description|Presiding officer of Dáil Éireann}}
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{{Use Hiberno-English|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox political post
| post            = Ceann Comhairle
| body            = Dáil Éireann
| insignia        = Dail Eireann logo 1.png
| insigniasize    = 240px
| insigniacaption = 
| image           = Verona Murphy - 22 January 2025 (54280070977) (cropped).jpg
| imagesize       = 
| incumbent       = [[Verona Murphy]]
| incumbentsince  = [[2024 Ceann Comhairle election|18 December 2024]]
| department      = [[Dáil Éireann]]
| status          = [[Speaker (politics)|Presiding officer]]
| seat            = [[Leinster House]], Dublin
| style           = 
| member_of       = {{ubl|[[Council of State (Ireland)|Council of State]]|[[Presidential Commission (Ireland)|Presidential Commission]]|[[Comhairle na Míre Gaile]]|[[Commission for Public Service Appointments]]|[[Committees of the Oireachtas#Committee of Privileges|Committee of Parliamentary Privileges and Standards]]}}
| nominator       = At least seven [[Teachtaí Dála|TDs]] at start of a new term after a [[Elections in the Republic of Ireland|general election]]
| appointer       = [[Dáil Éireann]] following election by [[secret ballot]].
| termlength      = Until the end of the current Dáil. No term limits are imposed on the office.
| constituting_instrument = [https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/cons/en/html#part4. Article 15 – Constitution of Ireland]
| formation       = 21 January 1919
| salary          = €227,448 annually<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/salaries-and-allowances/salaries/|title=TDs and Senators salaries|date=7 June 2022|access-date=7 June 2022|archive-date=7 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607200533/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/salaries-and-allowances/salaries/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| inaugural       = [[Cathal Brugha]]
| deputy          = [[Leas-Cheann Comhairle]]
| website         = {{Official website|http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/tdssenators/officeholders/ceanncomhairle/}}
}}
{{PoliticsRofI}}
The '''{{lang|ga|Ceann Comhairle|italics=no}}''' ({{IPA|ga|ˌcaːn̪ˠ ˈkoːɾˠl̠ʲə|lang|Ga-ceann comhairle.ogg}}; "Head of [the] Council"; plural usually {{lang|ga|Cinn Comhairle}} {{IPA|ga|ˌciːn̠ʲ ˈkoːɾˠl̠ʲə|}}) is the [[Chair (officer)|chairperson]]<ref name=role>{{cite web|title=Ceann Comhairle|website=Houses of the Oireachtas|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/office-holders/ceann-comhairle/|access-date=4 December 2019|archive-date=17 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217014359/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/office-holders/ceann-comhairle/|url-status=live}}</ref> (or [[speaker (politics)|speaker]])<ref name=role/> of {{lang|ga|[[Dáil Éireann]]}}, the lower house of the {{lang|ga|[[Oireachtas]]}} (parliament) of [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]. The person who holds the position is elected by members of the {{lang|ga|Dáil|italic=no}} from among their number in the first session after each general election. The {{lang|ga|Ceann Comhairle|italics=no}} since 18 December 2024 has been [[Verona Murphy]], independent [[Teachta Dála|TD]]. The {{lang|ga|Leas-Cheann Comhairle|italics=no}} since 19 February 2025 has been [[John McGuinness (politician)|John McGuinness]] ([[Fianna Fáil]]).

==Overview==
The Ceann Comhairle is expected to observe strict impartiality. Despite this, a government usually tries to select a member of its own political party for the position, if it has enough deputies to allow that choice. In order to protect the neutrality of the chair, the [[Constitution of Ireland]] provides that an incumbent Ceann Comhairle does not seek re-election as a [[Teachta Dála]] (Deputy to the Dáil), but rather is deemed automatically to have been re-elected by their constituency at that general election, unless they are retiring.{{efn|Article 16.6 of the constitution requires that "provision shall be made by law" such that the Ceann Comhairle "be deemed without any actual election to be elected a member of Dáil Éireann".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/cons/en/html#article16_6 |title=CONSTITUTION OF IRELAND |work=[[Irish Statute Book]] |pages=Article 16.6 |access-date=4 December 2015 |archive-date=3 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503055502/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/cons/en/html#article16_6 |url-status=live }}</ref> This is provided for in section 36 of the Electoral Act 1992.{{sfn|O'Connor|O'Halloran|2008|pages=124–127}}{{cite Irish legislation |year=1992|number=23|section=36|name=Electoral Act 1992|stitle=Re-election of outgoing Chairman of Dáil |access-date=4 December 2015 |archive-date=8 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208044548/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1992/act/23/section/36/enacted/en/html |url-status=live }}}} As a consequence, the constituency that an incumbent Ceann Comhairle represents elects one fewer TD in a general election than its usual entitlement, but still has the same number of TDs.{{sfn|O'Connor|O'Halloran|2008|pages=124–127}} Under standing orders, no member of the government or Minister of State may act as Ceann Comhairle or Leas-Cheann Comhairle.

The Ceann Comhairle does not take part in debates, nor do they vote except in the event of a tie. In this event, they generally vote in accordance with the [[Speaker Denison's rule|parliamentary conventions relating to the Speaker of the British House of Commons]], which tend to amount to voting against motions. The Ceann Comhairle formally opens each day's sitting by reading the official prayer. The Ceann Comhairle is the sole judge of order in the house and has a number of special functions. Specifically, the Ceann Comhairle:

*Calls on members to speak. All speeches must be addressed to the Ceann Comhairle.
*Puts such questions to the house, and supervises and declares the results of [[Division of the assembly|divisions]].
*Has authority to suppress disorder. To ensure obedience to their rulings the Ceann Comhairle may order members to withdraw from the Dáil or suspend an individual from the House for a period. In the case of great disorder, the Ceann Comhairle can suspend or adjourn the house.
*Rings a bell when deputies are out of order. The bell is a half-sized reproduction of the ancient bell of Lough Lene Castle found at Castle Island, [[Lough Lene]], [[Castlepollard]], [[County Westmeath]] in 1881 and now in the [[National Museum of Ireland|National Museum]]. The reproduction was presented in 1931 by the widow of [[Bryan Cooper (politician)|Bryan Cooper]], a former TD.

The Ceann Comhairle is an {{lang|la|[[ex officio]]}} member of the [[Presidential Commission (Ireland)|Presidential Commission]], the [[Council of State (Ireland)|Council of State]], and the [[Commission for Public Service Appointments]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cpsa.ie/en/About-Us/Members-of-the-Commission |title=Members of the Commission |publisher=Commission for Public Service Appointments |access-date=27 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128161613/http://www.cpsa.ie/en/About-Us/Members-of-the-Commission/ |archive-date=28 January 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Since the [[Constitution of Ireland|1937 Constitution]], the Ceann Comhairle has been an {{lang|la|ex officio}} member of the Council of State, beginning with [[Frank Fahy (politician)|Frank Fahy]]. The earlier presiding officers never served on the Council of State: i.e. those of the [[Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic)|Revolutionary Dáil]] (1919–1922: [[Cathal Brugha]], [[George Noble Plunkett]], [[Eoin MacNeill]], and [[Michael Hayes (politician)|Michael Hayes]]) and the [[Free State Dáil]] (1922–1936: Hayes again, before Fahy).

==History==
The position of Ceann Comhairle was created on the first day of the Dáil on 21 January 1919, when it was first established as a [[Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic)|breakaway revolutionary parliament]].<ref name=history>{{cite web |title=Ceann Comhairle – History |work=Houses of the Oireachtas |url=http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/tdssenators/officeholders/ceanncomhairleswebsite/history/ |access-date=18 October 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821014239/http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/tdssenators/officeholders/ceanncomhairleswebsite/history/ |archive-date=21 August 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The first Ceann Comhairle was [[Cathal Brugha]], who served for only one day, presiding over the Dáil's first meeting, before leaving the post to become [[President of Dáil Éireann]]. The office was continued under the 1922–1937 [[Irish Free State]], the constitution of which referred to the office-holder as the "Chairman of [[Dáil Éireann (Irish Free State)|Dáil Éireann]]". The practice of automatically re-electing the Ceann Comhairle in a general election was introduced by a constitutional amendment in 1927.{{sfn|O'Connor|O'Halloran|2008|pages=124–127}}<ref>{{cite Irish legislation|year=1927|number=6|name=[[Constitution (Amendment No. 2) Act 1927]]|date=19 March 1927|section=1|stitle=Re-election at general election of outgoing Chairman of Dáil Eireann|access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite Irish legislation|year=1927|number=21|name=Electoral (Amendment) Act 1927|date=22 May 1927|section=2|stitle= Re-election of outgoing Ceann Comhairle|access-date=8 April 2021}}</ref> The outgoing Ceann Comhairle is returned at the election for their former party.<ref>See e.g. {{cite web |title=Election results and transfer of votes in general election (March, 1957) for sixteenth Dáil and bye-elections to fifteenth Dáil (1954-1957) |url=https://opac.oireachtas.ie/Data/Library3/Official%20Publications/pdf/16thDail_March1957_ByeElections15thDail_1954_1957.pdf |page=25 |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |publisher=Dublin Stationery Office |access-date=17 August 2022 |date=December 1957}} and {{Cite web |title=33rd DÁIL GENERAL ELECTION 8 February 2020 Election Results |url=https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/electoralProcess/electionResults/dail/2020/2020-05-01_33rd-dail-general-election-results_en.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515140252/https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/electoralProcess/electionResults/dail/2020/2020-05-01_33rd-dail-general-election-results_en.pdf |archive-date=15 May 2020 |access-date=17 August 2022 |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |pages=64, 65, 107}}</ref>

Following the [[Constitution (Amendment No. 27) Act 1936|abolition]] on 11 December 1936 of the office of [[Governor-General of the Irish Free State|Governor-General]], the Ceann Comhairle was assigned some of the former office's ceremonial functions, including [[Signing into law|signing bills into law]] and convening and [[Dissolution of parliament|dissolving]] the Dáil. These powers were transferred to the new office of [[President of Ireland]] when a [[Constitution of Ireland|new Constitution]] came into force [[Adoption of the Constitution of Ireland#Coming into force|on 29 December 1937]], being carried out by the Presidential Commission, which included the Ceann Comhairle, until the first president entered office on 25 June 1938. The new Constitution retained the position of Ceann Comhairle and the practice of automatic re-election.

[[Patrick Hogan (Labour Party politician)|Patrick Hogan]] retired due to ill health in 1967, and died in 1969 before the following election. [[Joseph Brennan (Fianna Fáil politician)|Joseph Brennan]] died in office in 1980. 

[[John O'Donoghue (politician)|John O'Donoghue]] resigned the office in 2009 after an [[John O'Donoghue expenses scandal|expenses scandal]].<ref name="O'Donoghue Resign">{{cite news |date=26 March 2025 |title=Who was John O'Donoghue and why did he resign as Ceann Comhairle?  |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0326/1504166-ceann-comhairle-resign/ |work=[[RTÉ News]] |access-date=26 March 2025}}</ref> As an ordinary TD he was no longer entitled to be returned automatically at [[2011 Irish general election|2011 general election]], in which he lost his seat.

The Ceann Comhairle was first elected by [[secret ballot]] in [[2016 Ceann Comhairle election|2016]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/election-2016/news/race-to-be-ceann-comhairle-heats-up-as-secret-ballot-to-be-used-for-the-first-time-in-election-34508398.html |title=Race to be Ceann Comhairle heats up as secret ballot to be used for the first time in election |date=3 March 2016 |access-date=4 March 2016 |archive-date=29 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529180837/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/election-2016/news/race-to-be-ceann-comhairle-heats-up-as-secret-ballot-to-be-used-for-the-first-time-in-election-34508398.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following the [[2024 Irish general election|2024 general election]], a group of Independent TDs requested that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael support [[Verona Murphy]] becoming Ceann Comhairle as a condition of their support for government formation.<ref>{{cite news |last=McQuinn |first=Cormac |date=17 December 2025 |title=Harris and Fine Gael join Fianna Fáil in backing Verona Murphy for Ceann Comhairle |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/12/17/outgoing-ceann-comhairle-says-it-is-not-right-to-use-role-as-government-bargaining-chip/ |work=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=26 March 2025}}</ref> The request was accepted and with their backing, Murphy won the [[2024 Ceann Comhairle election]]. In doing so, Murphy became the first woman to ever hold the role.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ó Broin |first=Cian |last2=Molony |first2=Senan |date=17 December 2024 |title=Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin backing Verona Murphy for ceann comhairle, hinting at coalition deal with Independents |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/fianna-fail-leader-micheal-martin-backing-verona-murphy-for-ceann-comhairle-hinting-at-coalition-deal-with-independents/a868628681.html |access-date=17 December 2024 |work=Irish Independent |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Jade |date=18 December 2024 |title=Dáil live updates: Verona Murphy elected as first female ceann comhairle |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/oireachtas/2024/12/18/dail-live-updates-verona-murphy-elected-as-ceann-comhairle/ |access-date=18 December 2024 |work=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref> However, the move was criticised, particularly by the Opposition parties, as traditionally the Ceann Comhairle is supposed to neutral and unaligned in the Dáil. Critics suggested Murphy would have to be loyal to the government if she owed her position to their support.<ref>{{cite news |last=McNally |first=Tadgh  |date=18 December 2024 |title=Murphy endorsement meets criticism as FF and FG accused of using Ceann Comhairle role as a 'bargaining chip' |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41538740.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com |work=[[Irish Examiner]] |location= |publisher= |access-date=26 March 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Maguire |first=Mairead |date=18 December 2025 |title=Fianna Fáil TD questions Verona Murphy's impartiality ahead of Ceann Comhairle election |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/fianna-fail-td-questions-verona-murphys-impartiality-ahead-of-ceann-comhairle-election-6575597-Dec2024/?utm_source=chatgpt.com |work=[[TheJournal.ie]] |location= |publisher= |access-date=26 March 2025}}</ref>

On 1 April 2025, a vote of confidence was held in a Ceann Comhairle for the first time. This arose in response to the [[2025 Dáil speaking rights dispute|speaking rights dispute]].<ref name="26 March No Con RTÉ">{{cite news |last=Lehane |first=Mícheál |date=26 March 2025 |title=Government to vote confidence in Ceann Comhairle  |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2025/0326/1504064-ireland-politics/ |work=[[RTÉ News]] |location= |publisher= |access-date=26 March 2025 }}</ref> The motion of confidence in Verona Murphy was agreed by a vote of 96 to 71, with 2 abstentions.

==Rules for election==
Under the rules for the election of the Ceann Comhairle, introduced during the 31st Dáil, candidates must be nominated by at least seven other members of [[Dáil Éireann]]. Each member may nominate only one candidate. Nominations must be submitted to the [[Clerk of the Dáil]] by not later than 6 p.m. on the day before the first day the Dáil meets after the general election in order to be valid, but may be withdrawn at any time up to the close of nominations.<ref name=StandingOrders/>

If more than one candidate is nominated, the Dáil will vote by secret ballot in order of preference after the candidates' speeches, which may not exceed five minutes, with an [[Supermajority#Majority of the entire membership|absolute majority]] required for victory.<ref name=TheJournal_20200217>{{cite web|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/ceann-comhairle-contest-5010020-Feb2020/|title=Here's who is in the mix for the job of keeping order in the next Dáil|work=TheJournal.ie|date=17 February 2020|access-date=18 February 2020|archive-date=18 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218181513/https://www.thejournal.ie/ceann-comhairle-contest-5010020-Feb2020/|url-status=live}}</ref> If no candidate wins a majority on first preferences, the individual with the fewest votes will be eliminated and their votes redistributed in accordance with their next highest preference, under the [[instant-runoff voting|alternative vote]] [[electoral system|voting system]].<ref name=StandingOrders>Inaccurately described in Dáil standing orders as "the [[proportional representation]] [[single transferable vote]] system". {{cite web |author1=Dáil Éireann |title=Standing Orders Relative to Public Business; together with Oireachtas Library & Research Service Rules |url=http://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/standingOrders/dail/2017/2017-01-17_consolidated-standing-orders-of-dail-eireann_en.pdf#page=19 |publisher=Oireachtas |access-date=18 February 2020 |page=3; S.O. 6(10)(g) |language=en, ga |date=17 January 2017 |quote=The ballot shall be counted under the Proportional Representation Single Transferable Vote (PRSTV) system. |archive-date=6 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201006124346/http://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/parliamentaryBusiness/standingOrders/dail/2017/2017-01-17_consolidated-standing-orders-of-dail-eireann_en.pdf#page=19 |url-status=live }}</ref> Eliminations and redistributions will continue until one member receives the requisite absolute majority. Then, the House will vote on a formal motion to appoint the member in question to the position of Ceann Comhairle. The Clerk of the Dáil will be the presiding officer of the House during the election process.

==List of office-holders==
===Ceann Comhairle===
For each Ceann Comhairle, this tables lists the [[Dáil Éireann|number of the Dáil]], the period in which they held office, their [[Dáil constituencies|constituencies]] and their [[List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland|political affiliation]] immediately prior to their appointment.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!Dáil
!Name<br>{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
!Portrait
!colspan=2|Term of office
!colspan=2|Party
!Constituency
!Ref
|-
|rowspan=3|[[First Dáil|1st]]
|[[Cathal Brugha]]<br>{{small|(1874–1922)}} 
|{{CSS image crop|Image =Cathalbrugha.JPG|bSize = 70 |cWidth = 70|cHeight = 93|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
|21 January 1919
|22 January 1919
| {{party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}
|[[County Waterford (UK Parliament constituency)|Waterford County]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1919-01-21/2/|title=1. CEANN COMHAIRLE I gCOIR AN LAE. – Dáil Éireann (1st Dáil) – Vol. F No. 1|date=21 January 1919|access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[George Noble Plunkett]]<br>{{small|(1851–1948)}}{{efn|[[George Noble Plunkett]] briefly chaired the Dáil on 22 January 1919. [[Seán T. O'Kelly]] was elected Ceann Comhairle later in the same day.}}
|{{CSS image crop|Image =George Noble Plunkett, circa 1915.jpg|bSize = 70 |cWidth = 70|cHeight = 93|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
|22 January 1919
|22 January 1919
| {{party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}
|[[North Roscommon (UK Parliament constituency)|Roscommon North]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1919-01-22/1/|title=Prelude – Dáil Éireann (1st Dáil) – Vol. F No. 2|date=22 January 1919|access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[Seán T. O'Kelly]]<br>{{small|(1882–1966)}}
|{{CSS image crop|Image =O Ceallaigh.jpg|bSize = 70 |cWidth = 70|cHeight = 93|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
|22 January 1919
|16 August 1921
| {{party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}
|[[Dublin College Green (UK Parliament constituency)|Dublin College Green]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1919-01-22/10/|title=ELECTION OF SPEAKER AND DEPUTY SPEAKER – Dáil Éireann (1st Dáil) – Vol. F No. 2|date=22 January 1919|access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1919-04-01/2/|title=ELECTION OF SPEAKER, DEPUTY SPEAKER, AND CLERKS - ELECTION OF CEANN COMHAIRLE (SPEAKER) – Dáil Éireann (1st Dáil) – Vol. F No. 3|date=1 April 1919|access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[Second Dáil|2nd]]
|[[Eoin MacNeill]]<br>{{small|(1867–1945)}}
|{{CSS image crop|Image =Eoin MacNeill Portrait.jpg|bSize = 70 |cWidth = 70|cHeight = 93|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
|16 August 1921
|9 September 1922
| {{party name with colour|Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)}}
|[[Londonderry (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)|Londonderry]]<br/>[[National University of Ireland (constituency)|National University]]{{efn|MacNeill was returned for seats in both the [[House of Commons of Northern Ireland]] and [[House of Commons of Southern Ireland]].}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1921-08-16/2/|title=ELECTION OF CEANN COMHAIRLE – Dáil Éireann (2nd Dáil) – Vol. S No. 1|date=16 August 1921|access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[Third Dáil|3rd]]
|rowspan=4|[[Michael Hayes (politician)|Michael Hayes]]<br>{{small|(1889–1976)}}
|rowspan=4|[[File:Michael Hayes, 1927 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|rowspan=4|9 September 1922
|rowspan=4|9 March 1932
| {{party name with colour|rowspan=4|Cumann na nGaedheal}}
|rowspan=4|[[National University of Ireland (constituency)|National University]]{{efn|Hayes was also returned for [[Dublin South (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South]] in [[1922 Irish general election|1922]] but chose to vacate that seat.}}
|<ref name=sep22>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1922-09-09/3/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (3rd Dáil) – Vol. 1 No. 1|date=9 September 1922|access-date=14 July 2022|website=[[Oireachtas|Houses of the Oireachtas]]|archive-date=8 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708033207/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1922-09-09/3/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1922-12-06/3/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (3rd Dáil) – Vol. 2 No. 1|date=6 December 1922|access-date=9 January 2022|website=Houses of the Oireachtas}}</ref>
|-
|[[4th Dáil|4th]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1923-09-19/5/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (4th Dáil) – Vol. 5 No. 1|date=19 September 1923|access-date=20 July 2022|website=[[Oireachtas|Houses of the Oireachtas]]|archive-date=17 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817173921/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1923-09-19/5/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[5th Dáil|5th]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1927-06-23/3/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (5th Dáil) – Vol. 20 No. 1|date=23 June 1927|access-date=26 July 2022|website=[[Oireachtas|Houses of the Oireachtas]]|archive-date=26 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220726175240/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1927-06-23/3/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[6th Dáil|6th]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1927-10-11/2/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (6th Dáil) – Vol. 21 No. 1|date=11 October 1927|access-date=28 July 2022|website=[[Oireachtas|Houses of the Oireachtas]]|archive-date=28 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220728191709/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1927-10-11/2/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[7th Dáil|7th]]
|rowspan=7|[[Frank Fahy (politician)|Frank Fahy]]<br>{{small|(1879–1953)}}
|rowspan=7|{{CSS image crop|Image =Frank Fahy 1933 (cropped).png|bSize = 70 |cWidth = 70|cHeight = 93|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
|rowspan=7|9 March 1932
|rowspan=7|13 June 1951
| {{party name with colour|rowspan=7|Fianna Fáil}}
|rowspan=2|[[Galway (Dáil constituency)|Galway]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1932-03-09/2/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (7th Dáil) – Vol. 41 No. 1|date=9 March 1932|access-date=6 August 2022|website=[[Oireachtas|Houses of the Oireachtas]]|archive-date=17 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220817180425/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1932-03-09/2/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[8th Dáil|8th]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1933-02-08/2/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (8th Dáil) – Vol. 46 No. 1|date=8 February 1933|access-date=7 August 2022|website=[[Oireachtas|Houses of the Oireachtas]]|archive-date=7 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220807060815/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1933-02-08/2/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[9th Dáil|9th]]
|rowspan=4|[[Galway East (Dáil constituency)|Galway East]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1937-07-21/2/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (9th Dáil) – Vol. 69 No. 1|date=21 July 1937|access-date=7 August 2022|website=[[Oireachtas|Houses of the Oireachtas]]|archive-date=2 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191102131734/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1937-07-21/2/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[10th Dáil|10th]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1938-06-30/2/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (10th Dáil) – Vol. 72 No. 1|date=30 June 1938|access-date=8 August 2022|website=[[Oireachtas|Houses of the Oireachtas]]|archive-date=8 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808180241/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1938-06-30/2/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[11th Dáil|11th]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1943-07-01/2/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (11th Dáil) – Vol. 91 No. 1|date=1 July 1943|access-date=9 August 2022|website=[[Oireachtas|Houses of the Oireachtas]]|archive-date=9 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809200155/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1943-07-01/2/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[12th Dáil|12th]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1944-06-09/2/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (12th Dáil) – Vol. 94 No. 1|date=9 June 1944|access-date=11 August 2022|website=[[Oireachtas|Houses of the Oireachtas]]|archive-date=11 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811064040/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1944-06-09/2/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[13th Dáil|13th]]
|[[Galway South (Dáil constituency)|Galway South]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Election of Ceann Comhairle - Dáil Éireann (13th Dáil) – Vol. 110 No. 1 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1948-02-18/2/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=20 April 2022 |date=18 February 1948 |archive-date=5 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105184541/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1948-02-18/2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[14th Dáil|14th]]
|rowspan=5|[[Patrick Hogan (Labour Party politician)|Patrick Hogan]]<br>{{small|(1885–1969)}}
|rowspan=5|[[File:No image.png|70px]]<!-- DO NOT ADD A NON-FREE IMAGE FOR THIS PERSON - ONLY FREELY LICENCED IMAGES ARE ALLOWED FOR LISTS. SEE WP:NFLISTS -->
|rowspan=5|13 June 1951
|rowspan=5|7 November 1967
| {{party name with colour|rowspan=5|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|rowspan=5|[[Clare (Dáil constituency)|Clare]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Election of Ceann Comhairle - Dáil Éireann (14th Dáil) – Vol. 126 No. 1 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1951-06-13/2/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=11 August 2022 |date=13 June 1951 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708040119/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1951-06-13/2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[15th Dáil|15th]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Election of Ceann Comhairle - Dáil Éireann (15th Dáil) – Vol. 146 No. 1 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1954-06-02/3/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=17 August 2022 |date=2 June 1954 |archive-date=22 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622094250/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1954-06-02/3/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[16th Dáil|16th]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (16th Dáil) – Vol. 161 No. 1 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1957-03-20/3/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=23 August 2022 |date=20 March 1957 |archive-date=24 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624050627/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1957-03-20/3/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[17th Dáil|17th]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (17th Dáil) – Vol. 192 No. 1 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1961-10-11/2/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=25 August 2022 |date=11 October 1961 |archive-date=24 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624053654/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1961-10-11/2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|[[18th Dáil|18th]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (18th Dáil) – Vol. 215 No. 1 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1965-04-21/3/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=25 August 2022 |date=21 April 1965 |archive-date=25 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825182704/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1965-04-21/3/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Retirement of Ceann Comhairle: Report of Clerk of Dáil – Dáil Éireann (18th Dáil) – Vol. 230 No. 2 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1967-11-07/2/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=25 August 2022 |date=7 November 1965 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708040117/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1967-11-07/2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Cormac Breslin]]<br>{{small|(1902–1978)}}
|rowspan=2|[[File:No image.png|70px]]<!-- DO NOT ADD A NON-FREE IMAGE FOR THIS PERSON - ONLY FREELY LICENCED IMAGES ARE ALLOWED FOR LISTS. SEE WP:NFLISTS -->
|rowspan=2|14 November 1967{{efn|Appointed temporarily on 7 November 1967 and elected permanently on 14 November 1967}}
|rowspan=2|14 March 1973
| {{party name with colour|rowspan=2|Fianna Fáil}}
|[[Donegal South-West (Dáil constituency)|Donegal South-West]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (18th Dáil) – Vol. 231 No. 2 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1967-11-14/40/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=25 August 2022 |date=14 November 1967 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708040121/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1967-11-14/40/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[19th Dáil|19th]]
|[[Donegal–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)|Donegal–Leitrim]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (19th Dáil) – Vol. 241 No. 1 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1969-07-02/2/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=25 August 2022 |date=2 April 1969 |archive-date=26 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826063314/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1969-07-02/2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[20th Dáil|20th]]
|[[Seán Treacy (politician)|Seán Treacy]]<br>{{small|(1923–2018)}}
|[[File:Seán Treacy, 1981 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|14 March 1973
|5 July 1977
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|[[Tipperary South (Dáil constituency)|Tipperary South]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (20th Dáil) – Vol. 265 No. 1 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1973-03-14/2/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=27 August 2022 |date=14 March 1973 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708074953/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1973-03-14/2/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|[[21st Dáil|21st]]
|[[Joseph Brennan (Fianna Fáil politician)|Joseph Brennan]]<br>{{small|(1913–1980)}}
|{{CSS image crop|Image=Joseph Brennan TD for Donegal Leitrim 1970.jpg|bSize=70|cWidth=70|cHeight=93|oTop=0|oLeft=0}} 
|5 July 1977
|13 July 1980
| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
|[[Donegal (Dáil constituency)|Donegal]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (21st Dáil) – Vol. 300 No. 1 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1977-07-05/3/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=27 August 2022 |date=5 July 1977 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708074956/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1977-07-05/3/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Death of Ceann Comhairle: Expression of Sympathy – Dáil Éireann (21st Dáil) – Vol. 323 No. 1 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1980-10-15/3/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=27 August 2022 |date=15 October 1980 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708074954/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1980-10-15/3/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[Pádraig Faulkner]]<br>{{small|(1918–2012)}}
|[[File:Padraig Faulkner, 1980 (cropped).png|70px]]
|16 October 1980{{efn|Elected temporarily on 15 October 1980<ref>{{cite web |title=Office of Ceann Comhairle |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1980-10-15/2/ |website=Dáil Éireann debates |publisher=Oireachtas |access-date=3 October 2018 |language=en-ie |date=15 October 1980 |archive-date=3 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003181722/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1980-10-15/2/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and permanently the following day.}}
|30 June 1981
| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
|[[Louth (Dáil constituency)|Louth]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Election of Ceann Comhairle |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1980-10-16/15/ |website=Dáil Éireann debates |publisher=Oireachtas |access-date=3 October 2018 |language=en-ie |date=16 October 1980 |archive-date=3 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003181741/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1980-10-16/15/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[22nd Dáil|22nd]]
|rowspan=2|[[John O'Connell (Dublin politician)|John O'Connell]]<br>{{small|(1927–2013)}}
|rowspan=2|[[File:John O'Connell, 1979 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|rowspan=2|30 June 1981
|rowspan=2|14 December 1982
| {{party name with colour|rowspan=2|Independent politician (Ireland)}}
|rowspan=2|[[Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-Central]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (22nd Dáil) – Vol. 329 No. 1 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1981-06-30/3/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=28 August 2022 |date=30 June 1981 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708082537/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1981-06-30/3/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[23rd Dáil|23rd]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (23rd Dáil) – Vol. 333 No. 1 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1982-03-09/3/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=28 August 2022 |date=9 March 1982 |archive-date=25 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625072514/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1982-03-09/3/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[24th Dáil|24th]]
|[[Thomas J. Fitzpatrick (Cavan politician)|Tom Fitzpatrick]]<br>{{small|(1918–2006)}}
|[[File:Thomas J. Fitzpatrick 1984.jpg|70px]]<!-- DO NOT ADD A NON-FREE IMAGE FOR THIS PERSON - ONLY FREELY LICENCED IMAGES ARE ALLOWED FOR LISTS. SEE WP:NFLISTS -->
|14 December 1982
|10 March 1987
| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}
|[[Cavan–Monaghan (Dáil constituency)|Cavan–Monaghan]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (24th Dáil) – Vol. 339 No. 1 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1982-12-14/3/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=28 August 2022 |date=14 December 1982 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708082538/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1982-12-14/3/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[25th Dáil|25th]]
|rowspan=3|[[Seán Treacy (politician)|Seán Treacy]]<br>{{small|(1923–2018)}}
|rowspan=3|[[File:Seán Treacy, 1981 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|rowspan=3|10 March 1987
|rowspan=3|26 June 1997
| {{party name with colour|rowspan=3|Independent politician (Ireland)}}
|rowspan=3|[[Tipperary South (Dáil constituency)|Tipperary South]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1987-03-10/2/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (25th Dáil)|date=10 March 1987|access-date=30 June 2022|website=Houses of the Oireachtas|archive-date=30 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630210256/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1987-03-10/2/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[26th Dáil|26th]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1989-06-29/3/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (26th Dáil)|date=29 June 1989|access-date=7 July 2022|website=Houses of the Oireachtas|archive-date=7 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707075956/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1989-06-29/3/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[27th Dáil|27th]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1992-12-14/3/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (27th Dáil) – Vol. 425 No. 1|date=14 December 1992|access-date=8 July 2022|website=[[Oireachtas|Houses of the Oireachtas]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[28th Dáil|28th]]
|[[Séamus Pattison]]<br>{{small|(1936–2018)}}
|[[File:Séamus Pattison, 1982 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|26 June 1997
|6 June 2002
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|[[Carlow–Kilkenny (Dáil constituency)|Carlow–Kilkenny]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1997-06-26/3/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (28th Dáil) – Vol. 480 No. 1|date=26 June 1997|access-date=9 July 2022|website=[[Oireachtas|Houses of the Oireachtas]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[29th Dáil|29th]]
|[[Rory O'Hanlon]]<br>{{small|(born 1934)}}
|{{CSS image crop|Image =Rory O'Hanlon, November 2006 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 70 |cWidth = 70|cHeight = 93|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
|6 June 2002
|14 June 2007
| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
|[[Cavan–Monaghan (Dáil constituency)|Cavan–Monaghan]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2002-06-06/2/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (29th Dáil) – Vol. 553 No. 1|date=6 June 2002|access-date=11 July 2022|website=Houses of the Oireachtas}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2|[[30th Dáil|30th]]
|[[John O'Donoghue (politician)|John O'Donoghue]]<br>{{small|(born 1956)}}
|{{CSS image crop|Image =John O'Donoghue.JPG|bSize = 93 |cWidth = 70|cHeight = 93|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
|14 June 2007
|13 October 2009
| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
|[[Kerry South (Dáil constituency)|Kerry South]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2007-06-14/3/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (30th Dáil) – Vol. 637 No. 1|date=14 June 2007|access-date=12 July 2022|website=[[Oireachtas|Houses of the Oireachtas]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2009-10-13/2/|title=Statement by An Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (30th Dáil) – Vol. 691 No. 3|date=13 October 2009|access-date=12 July 2022|website=[[Oireachtas|Houses of the Oireachtas]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Séamus Kirk]]<br>{{small|(born 1945)}}
|[[File:No image.png|70px]]<!-- DO NOT ADD A NON-FREE IMAGE FOR THIS PERSON - ONLY FREELY LICENCED IMAGES ARE ALLOWED FOR LISTS. SEE WP:NFLISTS -->
|13 October 2009
|9 March 2011
| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
|[[Louth (Dáil constituency)|Louth]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2009-10-13/3/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (30th Dáil) – Vol. 691 No. 3|date=13 October 2009|access-date=12 July 2022|website=[[Oireachtas|Houses of the Oireachtas]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[31st Dáil|31st]]
|[[Seán Barrett (politician)|Seán Barrett]]<br>{{small|(born 1944)}}
|{{CSS image crop|Image =Seán Barrett Ceann Comhairle 2015.png|bSize = 70 |cWidth = 70|cHeight = 93|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
|9 March 2011
|10 March 2016
| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}
|[[Dún Laoghaire (Dáil constituency)|Dún Laoghaire]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2011-03-09/3/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (31st Dáil) – Vol. 728 No. 1|date=9 March 2011|access-date=13 July 2022|website=[[Oireachtas|Houses of the Oireachtas]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[32nd Dáil|32nd]]
|rowspan=2|[[Seán Ó Fearghaíl]]<br>{{small|(born 1960)}}
|rowspan=2|{{CSS image crop|Image=Seán Ó Fearghaíl 2016.jpg|bSize=70|cWidth=70|cHeight=93|oTop=0|oLeft=0}}
|rowspan=2|10 March 2016<br/>{{small|[[2016 Ceann Comhairle election|(2016 election)]]}}<br/>{{small|[[2020 Ceann Comhairle election|(2020 election)]]}}
|rowspan=2|18 December 2024
| {{party name with colour|rowspan=2|Fianna Fáil}}
|rowspan=2|[[Kildare South (Dáil constituency)|Kildare South]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2016-03-10/7/|title=Selection of Candidate and Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (32nd Dáil) – Thursday, 10 March 2016|access-date=21 January 2020|website=[[Oireachtas|Houses of the Oireachtas]]|archive-date=14 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200914211956/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2016-03-10/7/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[33rd Dáil|33rd]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-02-20/8/|title=Selection of Candidate and Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (33rd Dáil) – Vol. 992 No. 1|date=20 February 2020|access-date=17 July 2022|website=[[Oireachtas|Houses of the Oireachtas]]|archive-date=17 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717104151/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2020-02-20/8/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[34th Dáil|34th]]
|[[Verona Murphy]]<br>{{small|(born 1971)}}
|{{CSS image crop|Image=Election of An Taoiseach - 22 January 2025 (54280070977).jpg|bSize=70|cWidth=70|cHeight=93|oTop=0|oLeft=0}}
|18 December 2024<br/>{{small|[[2024 Ceann Comhairle election|(2024 election)]]}}
|''Incumbent''
| {{party name with colour|Independent politician (Ireland)}}
|[[Wexford (Dáil constituency)|Wexford]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/1218/1487079-ireland-politics/|title=Verona Murphy elected new Ceann Comhairle on third count|work=[[RTÉ News]] |date=18 December 2024|access-date=18 December 2024}}</ref>
|}

===Leas-Cheann Comhairle===
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The Leas-Cheann Comhairle holds office as the deputy chairperson of Dáil Éireann under Article 15.9.1 of the constitution. In the absence of the Ceann Comhairle, the Leas-Cheann Comhairle deputises and performs the duties and exercises the authority of the Ceann Comhairle in Dáil proceedings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/office-holders/leas-cheann-comhairle/|title=Leas-Cheann Comhairle|publisher=Houses of the Oireachtas|access-date=4 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305055903/http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/tdssenators/officeholders/leas-cheanncomhairleswebsite/role/|archive-date=5 March 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Leas-Cheann Comhairle is also elected by secret ballot. The current Leas-Cheann Comhairle is [[Fianna Fáil]] [[Teachta Dála|TD]] [[John McGuinness (politician)|John McGuinness]]. Traditionally, the position was reserved for an Opposition TD.<ref name=IT_01042011>{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0401/1224293540776.html|title=FF TD selected by Taoiseach to serve as Leas-Cheann Comhairle|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|date=1 April 2011|first=Harry|last=McGee|access-date=2 April 2011|archive-date=12 November 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112174421/http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2011/0401/1224293540776.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The role carries the pay and status as a [[Minister of State (Ireland)|Minister of State]].

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!Dáil
!Name<br>{{small|(Birth–Death)}}
!Portrait
!colspan=2|Term of office
!colspan=2|Party
!Constituency
!Ref
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|[[Members of the 1st Dáil|1st]]
|[[John J. O'Kelly]]<br>{{small|(1872–1957)}}
|{{CSS image crop|Image =JJ O'Kelly, circa 1918 to 1931.jpg|bSize = 70 |cWidth = 70|cHeight = 93|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
|1 April 1919
|26 August 1921
| {{party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}
|[[Louth (Dáil constituency)|Louth]]
|
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|[[Members of the 2nd Dáil|2nd]]
|[[Brian O'Higgins]]<br>{{small|(1882–1963)}}
|{{CSS image crop|Image =Banba.jpg|bSize = 70 |cWidth = 70|cHeight = 93|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
|26 August 1921
|28 February 1922
| {{party name with colour|Sinn Féin}}
|[[Clare (Dáil constituency)|Clare]]
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1921-08-16/3/|title=ELECTION OF DEPUTY SPEAKER – Dáil Éireann (2nd Dáil) – Vol. S No. 1|date=16 August 1921|access-date=4 November 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[Members of the 3rd Dáil|3rd]]
|rowspan=2|[[Pádraic Ó Máille]]<br>{{small|(1878–1946)}}
|rowspan=2|{{CSS image crop|Image =Pádraic Ó Máille, circa 1922.jpg|bSize = 70 |cWidth = 70|cHeight = 93|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
|rowspan=2|6 December 1922
|rowspan=2|23 May 1927
| {{party name with colour|rowspan=2|Cumann na nGaedheal}}
|rowspan=2|[[Galway (Dáil constituency)|Galway]]
|<ref name=sep22 /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1922-12-06/4/|title=Leas Cheann Comhairle do Thogha – Dáil Éireann (3rd Dáil) – Vol. 2 No. 1|date=6 December 1922|access-date=9 January 2022|language=Irish|website=Houses of the Oireachtas}}</ref>
|-
|[[4th Dáil|4th]]
|-
|[[5th Dáil|5th]]
|[[James Dolan (Irish politician)|James Dolan]]<br>{{small|(1884–1955)}}
|[[File:Seamus-O-Dolain-TD-J-Dolan.png|70px]]
|1 July 1927
|25 August 1927
| {{party name with colour|Cumann na nGaedheal}}
|[[Leitrim–Sligo (Dáil constituency)|Leitrim–Sligo]]
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|-
|rowspan=2|[[6th Dáil|6th]]
|[[Patrick Hogan (Labour Party politician)|Patrick Hogan]]<br>{{small|(1885–1969)}}
|[[File:No image.png|70px]]<!-- DO NOT ADD A NON-FREE IMAGE FOR THIS PERSON - ONLY FREELY LICENCED IMAGES ARE ALLOWED FOR LISTS. SEE WP:NFLISTS -->
|27 October 1927
|8 March 1928
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|[[Clare (Dáil constituency)|Clare]]
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|[[Daniel Morrissey]]<br>{{small|(1895–1981)}}
|{{CSS image crop|Image =Daniel Morrissey 1927.png|bSize = 70 |cWidth = 70|cHeight = 93|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
|2 May 1928
|29 January 1932
| {{party name with colour|Cumann na nGaedheal}}
|[[Tipperary (Dáil constituency)|Tipperary]]
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|-
|[[7th Dáil|7th]]
|rowspan=3|[[Patrick Hogan (Labour Party politician)|Patrick Hogan]]<br>{{small|(1885–1969)}}
|rowspan=3|[[File:No image.png|70px]]<!-- DO NOT ADD A NON-FREE IMAGE FOR THIS PERSON - ONLY FREELY LICENCED IMAGES ARE ALLOWED FOR LISTS. SEE WP:NFLISTS -->
|rowspan=3|15 March 1932
|rowspan=3|27 May 1938
| {{party name with colour|rowspan=3|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|rowspan=3|[[Clare (Dáil constituency)|Clare]]
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|-
|[[8th Dáil|8th]]
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|[[9th Dáil|9th]]
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|rowspan=2|[[10th Dáil|10th]]
|[[Fionán Lynch]]<br>{{small|(1889–1966)}}
|[[File:No image.png|70px]]<!-- DO NOT ADD A NON-FREE IMAGE FOR THIS PERSON - ONLY FREELY LICENCED IMAGES ARE ALLOWED FOR LISTS. SEE WP:NFLISTS -->
|5 July 1938
|12 May 1939
| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}
|[[Kerry South (Dáil constituency)|Kerry South]]
|
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|[[Eamonn O'Neill]]<br>{{small|(1882–1954)}}
|[[File:No image.png|70px]]<!-- DO NOT ADD A NON-FREE IMAGE FOR THIS PERSON - ONLY FREELY LICENCED IMAGES ARE ALLOWED FOR LISTS. SEE WP:NFLISTS -->
|31 May 1939
|31 May 1943
| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}
|[[Cork West (Dáil constituency)|Cork West]]
|
|-
|[[11th Dáil|11th]]
|rowspan=2|[[Daniel McMenamin]]<br>{{small|(1882–1964)}}
|rowspan=2|[[File:No image.png|70px]]<!-- DO NOT ADD A NON-FREE IMAGE FOR THIS PERSON - ONLY FREELY LICENCED IMAGES ARE ALLOWED FOR LISTS. SEE WP:NFLISTS -->
|rowspan=2|20 October 1943
|rowspan=2|12 January 1948
| {{party name with colour|rowspan=2|Fine Gael}}
|rowspan=2|[[Donegal East (Dáil constituency)|Donegal East]]
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|-
|[[12th Dáil|12th]]
|-
|[[13th Dáil|13th]]
|[[Patrick Hogan (Labour Party politician)|Patrick Hogan]]<br>{{small|(1885–1969)}}
|[[File:No image.png|70px]]<!-- DO NOT ADD A NON-FREE IMAGE FOR THIS PERSON - ONLY FREELY LICENCED IMAGES ARE ALLOWED FOR LISTS. SEE WP:NFLISTS -->
|25 February 1948
|7 May 1951
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|[[Clare (Dáil constituency)|Clare]]
|
|-
|[[14th Dáil|14th]]
|rowspan=5|[[Cormac Breslin]]<br>{{small|(1902–1978)}}
|rowspan=5|[[File:No image.png|70px]]<!-- DO NOT ADD A NON-FREE IMAGE FOR THIS PERSON - ONLY FREELY LICENCED IMAGES ARE ALLOWED FOR LISTS. SEE WP:NFLISTS -->
|rowspan=5|4 July 1951
|rowspan=5|7 November 1967
| {{party name with colour|rowspan=5|Fianna Fáil}}
|rowspan=3|[[Donegal West (Dáil constituency)|Donegal West]]
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|-
|[[15th Dáil|15th]]
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|-
|[[16th Dáil|16th]]
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|-
|[[17th Dáil|17th]]
|rowspan=2|[[Donegal South-West (Dáil constituency)|Donegal South-West]]
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|-
|rowspan=2|[[18th Dáil|18th]]
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|-
|rowspan=3|[[Denis Jones]]<br>{{small|(1906–1987)}}
|rowspan=3|[[File:No image.png|70px]]<!-- DO NOT ADD A NON-FREE IMAGE FOR THIS PERSON - ONLY FREELY LICENCED IMAGES ARE ALLOWED FOR LISTS. SEE WP:NFLISTS -->
|rowspan=3|15 November 1967
|rowspan=3|5 July 1977
| {{party name with colour|rowspan=3|Fine Gael}}
|rowspan=3|[[Limerick West (Dáil constituency)|Limerick West]]
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|-
|[[19th Dáil|19th]]
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|-
|[[20th Dáil|20th]]
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|-
|[[21st Dáil|21st]]
|[[Seán Browne]]<br>{{small|(1916–1996)}}
|[[File:No image.png|70px]]<!-- DO NOT ADD A NON-FREE IMAGE FOR THIS PERSON - ONLY FREELY LICENCED IMAGES ARE ALLOWED FOR LISTS. SEE WP:NFLISTS -->
|6 July 1977
|30 June 1981
| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
|[[Wexford (Dáil constituency)|Wexford]]
|
|-
|[[22nd Dáil|22nd]]
|rowspan=2|[[Jim Tunney (Irish politician)|Jim Tunney]]<br>{{small|(1924–2002)}}
|rowspan=2|[[File:No image.png|70px]]<!-- DO NOT ADD A NON-FREE IMAGE FOR THIS PERSON - ONLY FREELY LICENCED IMAGES ARE ALLOWED FOR LISTS. SEE WP:NFLISTS -->
|rowspan=2|7 July 1981
|rowspan=2|14 December 1982
| {{party name with colour|rowspan=2|Fianna Fáil}}
|rowspan=2|[[Dublin North-West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North-West]]
|
|-
|[[23rd Dáil|23rd]]
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|-
|[[24th Dáil|24th]]
|[[John Ryan (Irish politician)|John Ryan]]<br>{{small|(1927–2014)}}
|[[File:No image.png|70px]]<!-- DO NOT ADD A NON-FREE IMAGE FOR THIS PERSON - ONLY FREELY LICENCED IMAGES ARE ALLOWED FOR LISTS. SEE WP:NFLISTS -->
|15 December 1982
|10 March 1987
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|[[Tipperary North (Dáil constituency)|Tipperary North]]
|
|-
|[[25th Dáil|25th]]
|rowspan=2|[[Jim Tunney (Irish politician)|Jim Tunney]]<br>{{small|(1924–2002)}}
|rowspan=2|[[File:No image.png|70px]]<!-- DO NOT ADD A NON-FREE IMAGE FOR THIS PERSON - ONLY FREELY LICENCED IMAGES ARE ALLOWED FOR LISTS. SEE WP:NFLISTS -->
|rowspan=2|24 March 1987
|rowspan=2|4 January 1993
| {{party name with colour|rowspan=2|Fianna Fáil}}
|rowspan=2|[[Dublin North-West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North-West]]
|
|-
|[[26th Dáil|26th]]
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|-
|[[27th Dáil|27th]]
|[[Joe Jacob]]<br>{{small|(born 1939)}}
|[[File:No image.png|70px]]<!-- DO NOT ADD A NON-FREE IMAGE FOR THIS PERSON - ONLY FREELY LICENCED IMAGES ARE ALLOWED FOR LISTS. SEE WP:NFLISTS -->
|10 February 1993
|26 June 1997
| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
|[[Wicklow (Dáil constituency)|Wicklow]]
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|-
|[[28th Dáil|28th]]
|[[Rory O'Hanlon]]<br>{{small|(born 1934)}}
|{{CSS image crop|Image =Rory O'Hanlon, November 2006 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 70 |cWidth = 70|cHeight = 93|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}}
|9 July 1997
|6 June 2002
| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
|[[Cavan–Monaghan (Dáil constituency)|Cavan–Monaghan]]
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|-
|[[29th Dáil|29th]]
|[[Séamus Pattison]]<br>{{small|(1936–2018)}}
|[[File:Séamus Pattison, 1982 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|18 June 2002
|14 June 2007
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|[[Carlow–Kilkenny (Dáil constituency)|Carlow–Kilkenny]]
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|-
|[[30th Dáil|30th]]
|[[Brendan Howlin]]<br>{{small|(born 1956)}}
|{{CSS image crop|Image =Brendan Howlin (official portrait) 2020 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 70 |cWidth = 70|cHeight = 93|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
|26 June 2007
|9 March 2011
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|[[Wexford (Dáil constituency)|Wexford]]
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|-
|[[31st Dáil|31st]]
|[[Michael P. Kitt|Michael Kitt]]<br>{{small|(born 1950)}}
|[[File:Michael Kitt 2014 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|31 March 2011
|10 March 2016
| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
|[[Galway East (Dáil constituency)|Galway East]]
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|[[32nd Dáil|32nd]]
|[[Pat "the Cope" Gallagher]]<br>{{small|(born 1948)}}
|{{CSS image crop|Image =Pat the Cope Gallagher (official portrait).jpg|bSize = 70 |cWidth = 70|cHeight = 93|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
|7 July 2016
|14 January 2020
| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
|[[Donegal (Dáil constituency)|Donegal]]
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|[[33rd Dáil|33rd]]
|[[Catherine Connolly]]<br>{{small|(born 1957)}}
|{{CSS image crop|Image =Catherine Connolly.jpg|bSize = 70 |cWidth = 70|cHeight = 93|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
|23 July 2020
|8 November 2024
| {{party name with colour|Independent politician (Ireland)}}
|[[Galway West (Dáil constituency)|Galway West]]
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|-
|[[34th Dáil|34th]]
|[[John McGuinness (politician)|John McGuinness]]<br>{{small|(born 1955)}}
|{{CSS image crop|Image = John McGuinness (official portrait) 2020 (cropped).jpg|bSize = 70 |cWidth = 70|cHeight = 93|oTop = 0|oLeft = 0}} 
|19 February 2025
|''Incumbent''
| {{party name with colour|Fianna Fáil}}
|[[Carlow–Kilkenny (Dáil constituency)|Carlow–Kilkenny]]
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==See also==
*[[Cathaoirleach]] (Chairperson of [[Seanad Éireann]])
*[[Politics of the Republic of Ireland]]
*[[History of the Republic of Ireland]]
*[[Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic)]]
*[[Dáil Éireann (Irish Free State)]]
*[[Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly]], who is referred to as ''Ceann Comhairle'' when Irish is spoken.

==Footnotes==
{{notelist}}

==References==

===Sources===
* {{cite book|last1=O'Connor|first1=Tom|last2=O'Halloran|first2=Anthony|title=Politics in a Changing Ireland 1960–2007: A Tribute to Seamus Pattison|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ujipx7kGF70C&pg=PA121|year=2008|publisher=Institute of Public Administration|isbn=9781904541691|pages=121–138|chapter=8: An Ceann Comhairle}}

===Citations===
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website|http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/tdssenators/officeholders/ceanncomhairle/}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110108192608/http://www.oireachtas.ie/viewdoc.asp?fn=%2Fdocuments%2Ftour%2Fkildare06.asp Lough Lene Bell, maquette photo]

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