24th Dáil

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TDs from 1982 to 1987

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::summary TDs from 1982 to 1987 ::

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FieldValue
name24th Dáil
imageOireachtas logo.svg
image_size100px
bodyDáil Éireann
countryIreland
meeting_placeLeinster House
electionNovember 1982 general election
government19th government of Ireland
term_start14 December 1982
term_end20 January 1987
before23rd Dáil
after25th Dáil
membership1166
chamber1_leader1_typeCeann Comhairle
chamber1_leader1Tom Fitzpatrick
chamber1_leader2_typeTaoiseach
chamber1_leader2Garret FitzGerald
chamber1_leader3_typeTánaiste
chamber1_leader3Peter Barry
— Dick Spring
until 20 January 1987
chamber1_leader4_typeChief Whip
chamber1_leader4Fergus O'Brien
— Seán Barrett
until 13 February 1986
chamber1_leader5_typeLeader of the Opposition
chamber1_leader5Charles Haughey
session1_start14 December 1982
session1_end8 July 1983
session2_start5 July 1984
session2_end30 June 1988
session3_start10 October 1984
session3_end11 July 1985
session4_start23 October 1985
session4_end4 July 1986
session5_start22 October 1986
session5_end19 December 1986
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| name = 24th Dáil | image = Oireachtas logo.svg | image_size = 100px | body = Dáil Éireann | country = Ireland | meeting_place = Leinster House | election = November 1982 general election | government = 19th government of Ireland | term_start = 14 December 1982 | term_end = 20 January 1987 | before = 23rd Dáil | after = 25th Dáil | membership1 = 166 | chamber1_leader1_type = Ceann Comhairle | chamber1_leader1 = Tom Fitzpatrick | chamber1_leader2_type = Taoiseach | chamber1_leader2 = Garret FitzGerald | chamber1_leader3_type = Tánaiste | chamber1_leader3 = Peter Barry — Dick Spring until 20 January 1987 | chamber1_leader4_type = Chief Whip | chamber1_leader4 = Fergus O'Brien — Seán Barrett until 13 February 1986 | chamber1_leader5_type = Leader of the Opposition | chamber1_leader5 = Charles Haughey | session1_start = 14 December 1982 | session1_end = 8 July 1983 | session2_start = 5 July 1984 | session2_end = 30 June 1988 | session3_start = 10 October 1984 | session3_end = 11 July 1985 | session4_start = 23 October 1985 | session4_end = 4 July 1986 | session5_start = 22 October 1986 | session5_end = 19 December 1986

The 24th Dáil was elected at the November 1982 general election on 24 November 1982 and met on 14 December 1982. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 17th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.

On 20 January 1987, President Patrick Hillery dissolved the Dáil at the request of the Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald. The 24th Dáil lasted .

Composition of the 24th Dáil

  • 19th government coalition parties ::data[format=table] | Party | Nov. 1982 | Jan. 1987 | Change | Total | 166 | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | | 75 | 71 | 4 | | | | Fine Gael}}" | | Fine Gael | 70 | 67 | 3 | | | Labour Party (Ireland)}}" | | Labour | 16 | 14 | 2 | | | | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | 5 | 5 | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 2 | 4 | 2 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | | | | 1 | 1 | | | ::

Fine Gael and the Labour Party formed the 19th government of Ireland. Labour left the government on 20 January 1987, after which FitzGerald sought a dissolution of the Dáil.

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 24th Dáil from December 1982. This was not the official seating plan.

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Ceann Comhairle

On the meeting of the Dáil, Tom Fitzpatrick (FG) was proposed by Garret FitzGerald (FG) and seconded by Peter Barry (FG) for the position of Ceann Comhairle. John O'Connell (Ind), who had served in the position in the previous two Dála, was proposed by Neil Blaney (IFF) and seconded by Charles Haughey (FF). Fitzpatrick was elected on a vote of 86 to 80.

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 = Dick Dowling |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = M. J. Nolan |party4 = Fianna Fáil |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 = Madeleine Taylor-Quinn |party4 = Fine Gael |name = Cork East |seats = 4 |td1 = Michael Ahern |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Myra Barry |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Patrick Hegarty |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Ned O'Keeffe |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork North-Central |seats = 5 |td1 = Bernard Allen |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Liam Burke |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Denis Lyons |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Toddy O'Sullivan |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td5 = Dan Wallace |party5 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork North-West |seats = 3 |td1 = Donal Creed |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Frank Crowley |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Donal Moynihan |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Cork South-Central |seats = 5 |td1 = Peter Barry |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Hugh Coveney |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 = Alice Glenn |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Tony Gregory |party4 = Independent politician (Ireland) |td5 = Michael Keating |party5 = Fine Gael |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 = Vincent Brady |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Richard Bruton |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = George Birmingham |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Charles Haughey |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin North-East |seats = 4 |td1 = Michael Joe Cosgrave |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Liam Fitzgerald |party2 = Fianna Fáil |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 = Workers' Party (Ireland) |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 = Gay Mitchell |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Fergus O'Brien |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = John O'Connell |party5 = Independent politician (Ireland) |name = Dublin South-East |seats = 4 |td1 = Gerard Brady |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Joe Doyle |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 = Michael O'Leary |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Mervyn Taylor |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = Seán Walsh |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Dublin West |seats = 5 |td1 = Eileen Lemass |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Brian Lenihan |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Tomás Mac Giolla |party3 = Workers' Party (Ireland) |td4 = Jim Mitchell |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Liam Skelly |party5 = Fine Gael |name = Dún Laoghaire |seats = 5 |td1 = David Andrews |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Monica Barnes |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Seán Barrett |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Barry Desmond |party4 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td5 = Liam T. Cosgrave |party5 = Fine Gael |name = Galway East |seats = 3 |td1 = Paul Connaughton Snr |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Michael P. Kitt |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Noel Treacy |party3 = Fianna Fáil |name = Galway West |seats = 5 |td1 = Fintan Coogan Jnr |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = John Donnellan |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Frank Fahey |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Máire Geoghegan-Quinn |party4 = Fianna Fáil |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 = Alan Dukes |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Bernard Durkan |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 = Michael Noonan |party1 = Fine Gael |td2 = Willie O'Dea |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Tom O'Donnell |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Desmond O'Malley |party4 = Fianna Fáil |td5 = Frank Prendergast |party5 = Labour Party (Ireland) |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 = Gerry L'Estrange |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Mary O'Rourke |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Albert Reynolds |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Louth |seats = 4 |td1 = Michael Bell |party1 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td2 = Pádraig Faulkner |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Séamus Kirk |party3 = Fianna Fáil |td4 = Brendan McGahon |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 = Frank McLoughlin |party5 = Labour Party (Ireland) |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 = Joe McCartin |party2 = Fine Gael |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 = Donal Ormonde |party4 = Fianna Fáil |name = Wexford |seats = 5 |td1 = John Browne |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Hugh Byrne |party2 = Fianna Fáil |td3 = Michael D'Arcy |party3 = Fine Gael |td4 = Avril Doyle |party4 = Fine Gael |td5 = Ivan Yates |party5 = Fine Gael |name = Wicklow |seats = 4 |td1 = Paudge Brennan |party1 = Fianna Fáil |td2 = Gemma Hussey |party2 = Fine Gael |td3 = Liam Kavanagh |party3 = Labour Party (Ireland) |td4 = Godfrey Timmins |party4 = Fine Gael

Changes

|date = 14 |month = December |year = 1982 |con = Cavan–Monaghan |gain = Ceann Comhairle |loss = Fine Gael |note = Tom Fitzpatrick takes office as Ceann Comhairle |date = 1 |month = February |year = 1983 |con = Donegal South-West |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Clement Coughlan |date = 8 |month = February |year = 1983 |con = Roscommon |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Seán Doherty resigns Fianna Fáil whip after revelations of the phone tapping scandal emerged |date = 13 |month = May |year = 1983 |con = Donegal South-West |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Cathal Coughlan holds the seat vacated by the death of his brother Clement Coughlan |date = 17 |month = September |year = 1983 |con = Dublin Central |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of George Colley |date = 23 |month = November |year = 1983 |con = Dublin Central |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Tom Leonard holds seat vacated by the death of Colley |date = 24 |month = February |year = 1984 |con = Laois–Offaly |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Bernard Cowen |date = 18 |month = May |year = 1984 |con = Limerick East |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Desmond O'Malley loses Fianna Fáil whip after support for New Ireland Forum Report |date = 14 |month = June |year = 1984 |con = Laois–Offaly |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = |note = Brian Cowen holds seat vacated by the death of his father Bernard Cowen |date = 5 |month = December |year = 1984 |con = Roscommon |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = Seán Doherty readmitted to parliamentary party |date = 18 |month = February |year = 1985 |con = Dublin South-Central |gain = Fianna Fáil |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = John O'Connell joins Fianna Fáil |date = 21 |month = February |year = 1985 |con = Tipperary South |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Labour Party (Ireland) |note = Seán Treacy leaves Labour after voting against Health (Family Planning) (Amendment) Bill 1985 |date = 27 |month = November |year = 1985 |con = Dublin South-West |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Mary Harney loses Fianna Fáil whip after voting for the Anglo-Irish Agreement |date = 21 |month = December |year = 1985 |con = Limerick East |gain = Progressive Democrats |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = Desmond O'Malley founds the Progressive Democrats as leader |date = 21 |month = December |year = 1985 |con = Dublin South-West |gain = Progressive Democrats |loss = Independent politician (Ireland) |note = Mary Harney founds the Progressive Democrats |date = 20 |month = January |year = 1986 |con = Cork South-Central |gain = Progressive Democrats |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Pearse Wyse leaves Fianna Fáil and joins the Progressive Democrats |date = 23 |month = January |year = 1986 |con = Galway West |gain = Progressive Democrats |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Bobby Molloy leaves Fianna Fáil and joins the Progressive Democrats |date = 9 |month = April |year = 1986 |con = Dublin Central |gain = Progressive Democrats |loss = Fine Gael |note = Michael Keating leaves Fine Gael and joins the Progressive Democrats |date = 10 |month = June |year = 1986 |con = Kildare |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Labour Party (Ireland) |note = Joseph Bermingham leaves Labour Party |date = 9 |month = December |year = 1986 |con = Dublin Central |gain = Independent politician (Ireland) |loss = Fine Gael |note = Alice Glenn leaves Fine Gael |date = 21 |month = June |year = 1986 |con = Donegal South-West |gain = |loss = Fianna Fáil |note = Death of Cathal Coughlan

References

References

  1. (14 December 1982). "Election of Ceann Comhairle". Dáil Debates – Vol. 339 No. 1.
  2. "TDs & Senators (24th Dáil)".
  3. (9 February 1983). "Doherty resigns whip as Haughey ponders reshuffle". [[The Irish Times]].
  4. (19 May 1984). "O'Malley says he lost vote but won debate". [[The Irish Times]].
  5. (6 December 1984). "A swift and painless return for Doherty". The Irish Times.
  6. (19 February 1985). "O'Connell joins FF". [[The Irish Times]].
  7. (27 November 1985). "Harney to lose FF Whip today". [[The Irish Times]].
  8. (10 April 1986). "Coalition Dail majority at one as Keating quits". The Irish Times.
  9. (11 June 1986). "Bermingham resignation rooted in left–right rivalry". [[The Irish Times]].
  10. (28 November 1986). "Glenn quits and denies sectarianism". The Irish Times.

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