In Irish politics, a technical group (Irish: grúpa teicniúil) is a parliamentary group of Teachtaí Dála (TDs) who associate to increase their speaking rights in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas.Only parliamentary groups with seven members or more have full speaking rights under Dáil standing orders, meaning that smaller parties and independent politicians would be unable to speak as often as parties with enough deputies to form their own groups. As a result, technical groups have been established from time to time. Under standing orders, only one technical group may exist at any time, with at least seven members and comprising a majority of deputies who are not members of another group in Dáil Éireann.