23rd Dáil

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TDs from March to November 1982

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::summary TDs from March to November 1982 ::

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FieldValue
name23rd Dáil
imageOireachtas logo.svg
image_size100px
bodyDáil Éireann
countryIreland
meeting_placeLeinster House
electionFebruary 1982 general election
government18th government of Ireland
term_start9 March 1982
term_end4 November 1982
before22nd Dáil
after24th Dáil
membership1166
chamber1_leader1_typeCeann Comhairle
chamber1_leader1John O'Connell
chamber1_leader2_typeTaoiseach
chamber1_leader2Charles Haughey
chamber1_leader3_typeTánaiste
chamber1_leader3Ray MacSharry
chamber1_leader4_typeChief Whip
chamber1_leader4Bertie Ahern
chamber1_leader5_typeLeader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader5Garret FitzGerald
session1_start9 March 1982
session1_end16 July 1982
session2_start27 October 1982
session2_end4 November 1982
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| name = 23rd Dáil | image = Oireachtas logo.svg | image_size = 100px | body = Dáil Éireann | country = Ireland | meeting_place = Leinster House | election = February 1982 general election | government = 18th government of Ireland | term_start = 9 March 1982 | term_end = 4 November 1982 | before = 22nd Dáil | after = 24th Dáil | membership1 = 166 | chamber1_leader1_type = Ceann Comhairle | chamber1_leader1 = John O'Connell | chamber1_leader2_type = Taoiseach | chamber1_leader2 = Charles Haughey | chamber1_leader3_type = Tánaiste | chamber1_leader3 = Ray MacSharry | chamber1_leader4_type = Chief Whip | chamber1_leader4 = Bertie Ahern | chamber1_leader5_type = Leader of the Opposition | chamber1_leader5 = Garret FitzGerald | session1_start = 9 March 1982 | session1_end = 16 July 1982 | session2_start = 27 October 1982 | session2_end = 4 November 1982 The 23rd Dáil was elected at the February 1982 general election on 18 February 1982 and met on 9 March 1982. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 16th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.

On 4 November 1982, President Patrick Hillery dissolved the Dáil at the request of the Taoiseach Charles Haughey after the loss of a vote of confidence. The 23rd Dáil is the third shortest Dáil in history, lasting .

Composition of the 23rd Dáil

  • 18th government ::data[format=table] | Party | Feb. 1982 | Nov. 1982 | class"unsortable"|Change | Total | 166 | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Fianna Fáil}}" | | Fianna Fáil | 81 | 80 | 1 | | | | 63 | 64 | 1 | | | | | 15 | 14 | 1 | | | | | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 3 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | ::

Fianna Fáil formed the 18th government of Ireland, a minority government that relied on the support of independents Tony Gregory, Neil Blaney and Sinn Féin The Workers' Party.

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 23rd Dáil from March 1982. This was not the official seating plan.

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Ceann Comhairle

On the meeting of the Dáil, John O'Connell (Ind), who had served as Ceann Comhairle in the previous Dáil, was proposed by Neil Blaney (IFF) and seconded by Garret FitzGerald (FG) for the position. He was elected without a vote.

TDs by constituency

The list of the 166 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.

|name = Carlow–Kilkenny |seats = 5 |td1 = Liam Aylward |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Kieran Crotty |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Jim Gibbons |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Desmond Governey |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Séamus Pattison |party5 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Cavan–Monaghan |seats = 5 |td1 = John Conlan |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Tom Fitzpatrick |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Jimmy Leonard |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Rory O'Hanlon |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = John Wilson |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Clare |seats = 4 |td1 = Sylvester Barrett |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Donal Carey |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Brendan Daly |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Bill Loughnane |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork East |seats = 4 |td1 = Michael Ahern |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Myra Barry |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Patrick Hegarty |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Joe Sherlock |party4 = Sinn Féin the Workers Party |name = Cork North-Central |seats = 5 |td1 = Bernard Allen |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Liam Burke |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Seán French |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Denis Lyons |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Toddy O'Sullivan |party5 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Cork North-West |seats = 3 |td1 = Donal Creed |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Frank Crowley |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Thomas Meaney |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork South-Central |seats = 5 |td1 = Peter Barry |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Jim Corr |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Eileen Desmond |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = Gene Fitzgerald |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Pearse Wyse |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork South-West |seats = 3 |td1 = Jim O'Keeffe |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = P. J. Sheehan |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Joe Walsh |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Donegal North-East |seats = 3 |td1 = Neil Blaney |party1 = Independent Fianna Fáil |td2 = Hugh Conaghan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Paddy Harte |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Donegal South-West |seats = 3 |td1 = Clement Coughlan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Pat "the Cope" Gallagher |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Dinny McGinley |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Dublin Central |seats = 5 |td1 = Bertie Ahern |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = George Colley |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Tony Gregory |party3 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td4 = Michael Keating |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Michael O'Leary |party5 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Dublin North |seats = 3 |td1 = John Boland |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Ray Burke |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Nora Owen |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Dublin North-Central |seats = 4 |td1 = George Birmingham |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Vincent Brady |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Richard Bruton |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Charles Haughey |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin North-East |seats = 4 |td1 = Ned Brennan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Michael Joe Cosgrave |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Maurice Manning |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Michael Woods |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin North-West |seats = 4 |td1 = Michael Barrett |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Proinsias De Rossa |party2 = Sinn Féin the Workers Party |td3 = Mary Flaherty |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Jim Tunney |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin South |seats = 5 |td1 = Niall Andrews |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Séamus Brennan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Nuala Fennell |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = John Kelly |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Alan Shatter |party5 = Fine Gael |name = Dublin South-Central |seats = 5 |td1 = Ben Briscoe |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Frank Cluskey |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Tom Fitzpatrick |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Gay Mitchell |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = John O'Connell |party5 = Independent politician (Ireland) |name = Dublin South-East |seats = 4 |td1 = Gerard Brady |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Alexis FitzGerald |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Garret FitzGerald |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Ruairi Quinn |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Dublin South-West |seats = 4 |td1 = Mary Harney |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Larry McMahon |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Mervyn Taylor |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = Seán Walsh |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin West |seats = 5 |td1 = Richard Burke |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Brian Fleming |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Liam Lawlor |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Brian Lenihan |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Jim Mitchell |party5 = Fine Gael |name = Dún Laoghaire |seats = 5 |td1 = David Andrews |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Seán Barrett |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Liam T. Cosgrave |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Barry Desmond |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td5 = Martin O'Donoghue |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Galway East |seats = 3 |td1 = Johnny Callanan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Paul Connaughton Snr |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Michael P. Kitt |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Galway West |seats = 5 |td1 = John Donnellan |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Frank Fahey |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Máire Geoghegan-Quinn |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Michael D. Higgins |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td5 = Bobby Molloy |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Kerry North |seats = 3 |td1 = Denis Foley |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Tom McEllistrim |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Dick Spring |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Kerry South |seats = 3 |td1 = Michael Begley |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Michael Moynihan |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = John O'Leary |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Kildare |seats = 5 |td1 = Joseph Bermingham |party1 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td2 = Gerry Brady |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Alan Dukes |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Charlie McCreevy |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Paddy Power |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Laois–Offaly |seats = 5 |td1 = Ger Connolly |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Bernard Cowen |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Tom Enright |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Oliver J. Flanagan |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Liam Hyland |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Limerick East |seats = 5 |td1 = Jim Kemmy |party1 = Democratic Socialist Party (Ireland) |td2 = Michael Noonan |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Willie O'Dea |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Tom O'Donnell |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Desmond O'Malley |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Limerick West |seats = 3 |td1 = Gerry Collins |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Michael J. Noonan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = William O'Brien |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Longford–Westmeath |seats = 4 |td1 = Patrick Cooney |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Seán Keegan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Gerry L'Estrange |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Albert Reynolds |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Louth |seats = 4 |td1 = Thomas Bellew |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Pádraig Faulkner |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Eddie Filgate |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Bernard Markey |party4 = Fine Gael |name = Mayo East |seats = 3 |td1 = Seán Calleary |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = P. J. Morley |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Paddy O'Toole |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Mayo West |seats = 3 |td1 = Pádraig Flynn |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Denis Gallagher |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Enda Kenny |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Meath |seats = 5 |td1 = John Bruton |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = John Farrelly |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Jim Fitzsimons |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Colm Hilliard |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Michael Lynch |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Roscommon |seats = 3 |td1 = Seán Doherty |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Terry Leyden |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Liam Naughten |party3 = Fine Gael |name = Sligo–Leitrim |seats = 4 |td1 = Matt Brennan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = John Ellis |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Ray MacSharry |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Ted Nealon |party4 = Fine Gael |name = Tipperary North |seats = 3 |td1 = David Molony |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Michael O'Kennedy |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = John Ryan |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Tipperary South |seats = 4 |td1 = Seán Byrne |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Brendan Griffin |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Seán McCarthy |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Seán Treacy |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |name = Waterford |seats = 4 |td1 = Edward Collins |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Austin Deasy |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Jackie Fahey |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Patrick Gallagher |party4 = Sinn Féin the Workers Party |name = Wexford |seats = 5 |td1 = Lorcan Allen |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Seán Browne |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Hugh Byrne |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Michael D'Arcy |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Ivan Yates |party5 = Fine Gael |name = Wicklow |seats = 4 |td1 = Gemma Hussey |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Liam Kavanagh |party2 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td3 = Ciarán Murphy |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Godfrey Timmins |party4 = Fine Gael

Changes

|date = 9 |month = March |year = 1982 |con = Dublin South-Central |gain = Ceann Comhairle |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = John O'Connell takes office as Ceann Comhairle |date = 31 |month = March |year = 1982 |con = Dublin West |gain = |loss = Fine Gael |note = Resignation of Richard Burke on his nomination as European Commissioner |date = 25 |month = May |year = 1982 |con = Dublin West |gain = Fine Gael |loss = |note = Liam Skelly holds seat vacated by the resignation of Burke |date = 15 |month = June |year = 1982 |con = Galway East |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Johnny Callanan |date = 20 |month = July |year = 1982 |con = Galway East |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Noel Treacy holds seat vacated by the death of Callanan |date = 18 |month = October |year = 1982 |con = Clare |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Bill Loughnane |date = 28 |month = October |year = 1982 |con = Dublin Central |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Labour Party (Ireland) |note = Michael O'Leary resigns as Labour Party leader and party member |date = 3 |month = November |year = 1982 |con = Dublin Central |gain = Fine Gael |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = Michael O'Leary joins Fine Gael

References

References

  1. (9 March 1982). "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (23rd Dáil) – Vol. 333 No. 1".
  2. "TDs & Senators (23rd Dáil)".
  3. Walsh, Dick. (29 October 1982). "O'Leary gives up leadership and party". [[The Irish Times]].
  4. (4 November 1982). "O'Leary welcomed as member of Fine Gael". The Irish Times.

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