Ceann Comhairle

plural Cinn Comhairle · plural Cinn Comhairlí · plural Cinn Comhairligh · plural Ceann Comhairles

1. The speaker of Dáil Éireann

   Find out more about the current office holders below or see a list of all former Cinn Comhairle and Cathaoirligh.

   "Office Holders", Oireachtas website

   3 more examples

   A senior Oireachtas source insisted that Mr O Fearghail was "one of the fairest" Ceann Comhairles to hold the office.

   2016 November 20, Philip Ryan, “FF deputies complain about Ceann Comhairle in speaking row”, in Sunday Independent, Dublin

   Cinn Comhairlí have long been criticised for being ‘creatures of the government’ by virtue of their direct appointment by the Taoiseach.

   2017 May 23, Catherine Lynch, Eoin O’Malley, Theresa Reidy, David M. Farrell and Jane Suiter, "Dáil reforms since 2011: Pathway to power for the ‘puny’ parliament?" Administration Volume 65: Issue 2, pp.37–57 (DOI 10.1515/admin-2017-0014) at p.50

   The Chair of the Forum also met with former Cinn Comhairligh Rory O’Hanlon, Séamus Kirk and Seán Barrett to discuss freedom of debate in Dáil Éireann.

   2017, December 21, Report of the Forum on Parliamentary Privilege : As made to the Ceann Comhairle, Mr Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD (Oireachtas) §3.10