This is a list of records relating to the Oireachtas, the national parliament of Ireland, which consists of the President of Ireland, and two Houses, Dáil Éireann, a house of representatives whose members are known as Teachtaí Dála or TDs, and Seanad Éireann, a senate whose members are known as senators.
The title Father of the Dáil is usually and unofficially conferred on the longest-serving member.
[1] This is a list of current members of the Oireachtas who have served for at least 20 years, with continuous or broken service.
In some of these cases, the minister held it as well as another ministerial office, being appointed after the resignation of another member of government.
Jim McDaid, who was proposed as Minister for Defence on 13 November 1991, but whose name was withdrawn later that day, is not included.