Almost one in five TDs self-declared as landlords for 2025

11 TDs from Fianna Fáil, nine from Fine Gael, five from Sinn Féin, two Social Democrats, one from Aontú, and eight Independents said that they had received rental income in 2025

The latest Dáil's register of members' interests shows 35 of the 174 TDs declared rental income in the last year, while others have declared shareholdings, investments, and directorships. 

Nearly one in five TDs has declared themselves as a landlord for last year, though five had either ceased or decreased their holdings.

The latest Dáil's register of members' interests shows 35 of the 174 TDs declared rental income in the last year, while others have declared shareholdings, investments, and directorships. A number said they stopped receiving income from various holdings.

In total, 11 TDs from Fianna Fáil, nine from Fine Gael, five from Sinn Féin, two Social Democrats TDs, one from Aontú, and eight Independents said that they had received rental income in 2025. However, a number of those also declared their circumstances had changed in 2025.

Sinn Féin TD for Louth Joanna Byrne said the tenancy in a home she had declared ownership of had ceased in July of last year, while Social Democrats TD Sinéad Gibney said the same.

Fianna Fáil's minister of state Thomas Byrne no longer declares a landholding in Donegal, while former ceann comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl also no longer declares rental income from a home he had declared in 2024 in Kildare. Sinn Féin TD Johnny Guirke had declared two homes in 2024, but only declares one in the most recent register.

Cabinet level declarations

At Cabinet level, Taoiseach Micheál Martin had just one thing to declare, his Turners Cross office, which he notes was bought with a mortgage from AIB.

Tánaiste Simon Harris has nothing to declare, nor does public expenditure minister Jack Chambers, minister for foreign affairs Helen McEntee, and minister for health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill. The newest member of Cabinet, education minister Hildegarde Naughton, has no declarations after last year, listing her voluntary participation in a singing trio called Bel Canto. 

Minister for children Norma Foley listed family homes in Kerry and Dublin, but said that the Dublin apartment was rented from July to December, and housing minister James Browne listed his constituency office in Wexford.

Agriculture minister and farmer Martin Heydon and minister for higher education James Lawless are the only landlords among the 15. Mr Heydon also declared shares in AIB and building supply company CRH. 

Junior minister Seán Canney is a 50% shareholder in four declared properties, while Cork's Michael Moynihan is a landlord with one house rented and a one-third share in another. 

Mr Moynihan's constituency and party colleague Aindrias Moynihan, meanwhile, lists two gifts. The first is a vase given to him by Zhao Xiyvan, the Chinese ambassador to Ireland, and Du Jiahao, who met with the Oireachtas agriculture committee that Mr Moynihan chairs. The second was also given to him in his role as committee chair — a bottle of spirits and local beer from Miroslav Plevny, the chair of the Czech infrastructure committee.

Junior minister Michael Healy-Rae lists a range of properties in his portfolio including a service station, storage facility, B&B guesthouses, and two plots of forestry. The Kerry TD is also the director of four companies, and holds shares in The New York Times.

• Paul Hosford is the Acting Political Editor of the Irish Examiner.