List Of Current Members in Attendance

Tuesday 9^th December 2008

CURRENT WOMEN MEMBERS – DÁIL

(22 members out of 166 total: 13 per cent)

NAME	DATE OF FIRST ELECTION	POLITICAL PARTY (now)	DÁIL CONSTITUENCY (now)
Mary Coughlan TD, Tánaiste, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment	1987	Fianna Fáil	Donegal SW
Mary Harney TD, Minister for Health	1981	Progressive Democrat	Dublin Mid-West
Mary Hanafin TD, Minister for Social Welfare	1997	Fianna Fáil	Dun Laoghaire
Mary Wallace TD, Junior Minister for Health Promotion	1989	Fianna Fáil	Meath
Mary O’Rourke TD	1982	Fianna Fáil	Longford-Westmeath
Joan Burton TD	1992	Labour	Dublin West
Liz McManus TD	1992	Labour	Wicklow
Róisín Shortall TD	1992	Labour	Dublin NW
Kathleen Lynch TD	1995 (by-election)	Labour	Cork NC
Deirdre Clune TD	1997	Fine Gael	Cork SC
Beverley Flynn TD	1997	Fianna Fáil	Mayo*
Olivia Mitchell TD	1997	Fine Gael	Dublin South
Jan O’Sullivan TD	1998 (by-election)	Labour	Limerick East
Mary Upton TD	1999 (by-election)	Labour	Dublin SC
Olwyn Enright TD	2002	Fine Gael	Laois-Offaly
Máire Hoctor TD	2002	Fianna Fáil	Tipperary North
Áine Brady TD	2007	Fianna Fáil	Kildare North
Catherine Byrne TD	2007	Fine Gael	Dublin SC*
Lucinda Creighton TD	2007	Fine Gael	Dublin SE
Margaret Conlon TD	2007	Fianna Fáil	Cavan-Monaghan
Joanna Tuffy TD	2007	Labour	Dublin Mid-West
Mary White TD	2007	Green Party	Carlow-Kilkenny

CURRENT WOMEN MEMBERS – SEANAD

(13 members out of 60 total: 22 per cent)

* = NOT IN ATTENDANCE ON 9^TH DECEMBER 2008