TDs’ Dáil attendance improves significantly

The attendance rate of TDs at Dáil votes since the new parliament was formed in March has improved on participation levels in the year leading up to the election.

On average, just over one in five TDs in the 32nd Dáil missed or abstained from votes in the first seven months of the new Dáil.

As TDs return to Leinster House today after the summer recess, analysis by the Irish Examiner of the voting record of the country’s 158 TDs over 46 Dáil divisions that have been held since March 10 shows 22.5% of TDs are absent or abstain from each vote on average.