23rd Dáil

TDs from March to November 1982

23rd Dáil

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Overview
Legislative body| Dáil Éireann
Jurisdiction| Ireland
Meeting place| Leinster House
Term| 9 March 1982 – 4 November 1982
Election| February 1982 general election
Government| 18th government of Ireland
Members| 166
Ceann Comhairle| John O'Connell
Taoiseach| Charles Haughey
Tánaiste| Ray MacSharry
Chief Whip| Bertie Ahern
Leader of the Opposition| Garret FitzGerald
Sessions
| 1st| 9 March 1982 – 16 July 1982

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2nd| 27 October 1982 – 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 240 days.

## Composition of the 23rd Dáil

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Party  | Feb. 1982  | Nov. 1982  | Change

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● | Fianna Fáil | 81  | 80  |  1
| Fine Gael | 63  | 64  |  1
| Labour | 15  | 14  |  1
| Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | 3  | 3  |
| Democratic Socialist | 1  | 1  |
| Independent | 3  | 2  |  1
| Ceann Comhairle | —  | 1  |  1
| Vacant | —  | 1  |  1
Total  | 166

Fianna Fáil, which formed the 18th government of Ireland, is marked with a bullet (●).

### Graphical representation

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

## Ceann Comhairle

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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.[1]

## TDs by constituency

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The list of the 166 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.[2]

Members of the 23rd Dáil

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

## Changes

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Date  | Constituency  | Loss  | Gain  | Note

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9 March 1982  | Dublin South-Central |  |  Independent |  |  Ceann Comhairle | John O'Connell takes office as Ceann Comhairle[1]
31 March 1982  | Dublin West |  |  Fine Gael |  | Resignation of Richard Burke on his nomination as European Commissioner
25 May 1982  | Dublin West |  |  |  Fine Gael | Liam Skelly holds seat vacated by the resignation of Burke
15 June 1982  | Galway East |  |  Fianna Fáil |  | Death of Johnny Callanan
20 July 1982  | Galway East |  |  |  Fianna Fáil | Noel Treacy holds seat vacated by the death of Callanan
18 October 1982  | Clare |  |  Fianna Fáil |  | Death of Bill Loughnane
28 October 1982  | Dublin Central |  |  Labour |  |  Independent | Michael O'Leary resigns as Labour Party leader and party member[3]
3 November 1982  | Dublin Central |  |  Independent |  |  Fine Gael | Michael O'Leary joins Fine Gael[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (23rd Dáil) – Vol. 333 No. 1". Houses of the Oireachtas. 9 March 1982. Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
2. ^ "TDs & Senators (23rd Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
3. ^ Walsh, Dick (29 October 1982). "O'Leary gives up leadership and party". The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
4. ^ "O'Leary welcomed as member of Fine Gael". The Irish Times. 4 November 1982. Retrieved 28 August 2022.

## External links

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* 2009: Dublin South
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