26th Dáil	(1989)
27th Dáil	(1992)
28th Dáil	(1997)
29th Dáil	(2002)
30th Dáil	(2007)

This is a list of the members who were elected to the 28th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These Teachtaí Dála (Members of Parliament) were elected at the 1997 general election and served until 2002. The 28th Dáil lasted 1,806 days.

Contents 1 Composition of the 28th Dáil 2 TDs by constituency 3 Changes 4 See also

[edit] Composition of the 28th Dáil

Party		June 1997	June 2002
•	Fianna Fáil	77	73
	Fine Gael	54	54
	Labour Party	17	20
•	Progressive Democrats	4	4
	Democratic Left	4	0
	Green Party	2	2
	Sinn Féin	1	1
	Socialist Party	1	1
	Independents	6	10
	Ceann Comhairle	1	1

Government coalition parties denoted with bullets (•)

[edit] TDs by constituency

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

Members of the 28th Dáil
Constituency	Name	Party
Carlow–Kilkenny	Liam Aylward		Fianna Fáil
	John Browne		Fine Gael
	Phil Hogan		Fine Gael
	John McGuinness		Fianna Fáil
	Séamus Pattison		Labour Party
Cavan–Monaghan	Andrew Boylan		Fine Gael
	Seymour Crawford		Fine Gael
	Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin		Sinn Féin
	Rory O'Hanlon		Fianna Fáil
	Brendan Smith		Fianna Fáil
Clare	Donal Carey		Fine Gael
	Brendan Daly		Fianna Fáil
	Síle de Valera		Fianna Fáil
	Tony Killeen		Fianna Fáil
Cork East	Michael Ahern		Fianna Fáil
	Paul Bradford		Fine Gael
	Ned O'Keeffe		Fianna Fáil
	David Stanton		Fine Gael
Cork North Central	Bernard Allen		Fine Gael
	Liam Burke		Fine Gael
	Billy Kelleher		Fianna Fáil
	Noel O'Flynn		Fianna Fáil
	Dan Wallace		Fianna Fáil
Cork North West	Michael Creed		Fine Gael
	Donal Moynihan		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Moynihan		Fianna Fáil
Cork South Central	Deirdre Clune		Fine Gael
	Hugh Coveney		Fine Gael
	John Dennehy		Fianna Fáil
	Micheál Martin		Fianna Fáil
	Batt O'Keeffe		Fianna Fáil
Cork South West	Jim O'Keeffe		Fine Gael
	P. J. Sheehan		Fine Gael
	Joe Walsh		Fianna Fáil
Donegal North East	Harry Blaney		Independent Fianna Fáil
	Cecilia Keaveney		Fianna Fáil
	Jim McDaid		Fianna Fáil
Donegal South West	Mary Coughlan		Fianna Fáil
	Thomas Gildea		Independent
	Dinny McGinley		Fine Gael
Dublin Central	Bertie Ahern		Fianna Fáil
	Tony Gregory		Independent
	Marian McGennis		Fianna Fáil
	Jim Mitchell		Fine Gael
Dublin North	Ray Burke		Fianna Fáil
	Nora Owen		Fine Gael
	Trevor Sargent		Green Party
	G. V. Wright		Fianna Fáil
Dublin North Central	Richard Bruton		Fine Gael
	Ivor Callely		Fianna Fáil
	Seán Haughey		Fianna Fáil
	Derek McDowell		Labour Party
Dublin North East	Martin Brady		Fianna Fáil
	Tommy Broughan		Labour Party
	Michael Joe Cosgrave		Fine Gael
	Michael Woods		Fianna Fáil
Dublin North West	Noel Ahern		Fianna Fáil
	Pat Carey		Fianna Fáil
	Proinsias De Rossa		Democratic Left
	Róisín Shortall		Labour Party
Dublin South	Séamus Brennan		Fianna Fáil
	Tom Kitt		Fianna Fáil
	Olivia Mitchell		Fine Gael
	Liz O'Donnell		Progressive Democrats
	Alan Shatter		Fine Gael
Dublin South Central	Seán Ardagh		Fianna Fáil
	Ben Briscoe		Fianna Fáil
	Gay Mitchell		Fine Gael
	Pat Upton		Labour Party
Dublin South East	Frances Fitzgerald		Fine Gael
	John Gormley		Green Party
	Ruairi Quinn		Labour Party
	Eoin Ryan		Fianna Fáil
Dublin South West	Chris Flood		Fianna Fáil
	Mary Harney		Progressive Democrats
	Brian Hayes		Fine Gael
	Conor Lenihan		Fianna Fáil
	Pat Rabbitte		Democratic Left
Dublin West	Austin Currie		Fine Gael
	Joe Higgins		Socialist Party
	Liam Lawlor		Fianna Fáil
	Brian Lenihan		Fianna Fáil
Dún Laoghaire	David Andrews		Fianna Fáil
	Monica Barnes		Fine Gael
	Seán Barrett		Fine Gael
	Eamon Gilmore		Democratic Left
	Mary Hanafin		Fianna Fáil
Galway East	Ulick Burke		Fine Gael
	Paul Connaughton		Fine Gael
	Michael P. Kitt		Fianna Fáil
	Noel Treacy		Fianna Fáil
Galway West	Frank Fahey		Fianna Fáil
	Michael D. Higgins		Labour Party
	Pádraic McCormack		Fine Gael
	Bobby Molloy		Progressive Democrats
	Éamon Ó Cuív		Fianna Fáil
Kerry North	Jimmy Deenihan		Fine Gael
	Denis Foley		Fianna Fáil
	Dick Spring		Labour Party
Kerry South	Jackie Healy-Rae		Independent
	Breeda Moynihan-Cronin		Labour Party
	John O'Donoghue		Fianna Fáil
Kildare North	Bernard Durkan		Fine Gael
	Charlie McCreevy		Fianna Fáil
	Emmet Stagg		Labour Party
Kildare South	Alan Dukes		Fine Gael
	Seán Power		Fianna Fáil
	Jack Wall		Labour Party
Laois–Offaly	Brian Cowen		Fianna Fáil
	Tom Enright		Fine Gael
	Charles Flanagan		Fine Gael
	Seán Fleming		Fianna Fáil
	John Moloney		Fianna Fáil
Limerick East	Jim Kemmy		Labour Party
	Michael Noonan		Fine Gael
	Willie O'Dea		Fianna Fáil
	Desmond O'Malley		Progressive Democrats
	Eddie Wade		Fianna Fáil
Limerick West	Michael J. Collins		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Finucane		Fine Gael
	Dan Neville		Fine Gael
Longford–Roscommon	Louis Belton		Fine Gael
	Seán Doherty		Fianna Fáil
	Denis Naughten		Fine Gael
	Albert Reynolds		Fianna Fáil
Louth	Dermot Ahern		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Bell		Labour Party
	Séamus Kirk		Fianna Fáil
	Brendan McGahon		Fine Gael
Mayo	Beverley Flynn		Fianna Fáil
	Jim Higgins		Fine Gael
	Enda Kenny		Fine Gael
	Tom Moffatt		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Ring		Fine Gael
Meath	Johnny Brady		Fianna Fáil
	John Bruton		Fine Gael
	John Farrelly		Fine Gael
	Noel Dempsey		Fianna Fáil
	Mary Wallace		Fianna Fáil
Sligo–Leitrim	Matt Brennan		Fianna Fáil
	John Ellis		Fianna Fáil
	John Perry		Fine Gael
	Gerry Reynolds		Fine Gael
Tipperary North	Michael Lowry		Independent
	Michael O'Kennedy		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Smith		Fianna Fáil
Tipperary South	Theresa Ahearn		Fine Gael
	Noel Davern		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Ferris		Labour Party
Waterford	Martin Cullen		Fianna Fáil
	Austin Deasy		Fine Gael
	Brendan Kenneally		Fianna Fáil
	Brian O'Shea		Labour Party
Westmeath	Paul McGrath		Fine Gael
	Mary O'Rourke		Fianna Fáil
	Willie Penrose		Labour Party
Wexford	John Browne		Fianna Fáil
	Hugh Byrne		Fianna Fáil
	Michael D'Arcy		Fine Gael
	Brendan Howlin		Labour Party
	Ivan Yates		Fine Gael
Wicklow	Mildred Fox		Independent
	Joe Jacob		Fianna Fáil
	Liz McManus		Democratic Left
	Dick Roche		Fianna Fáil
	Billy Timmins		Fine Gael

[edit] Changes

Date	Constituency		Gain		Loss	Note
1997-06-26 26 June 1997	Carlow–Kilkenny		Ceann Comhairle		Labour Party	Séamus Pattison (Lab) is elected Ceann Comhairle
1997-09-27 27 September 1997	Limerick East				Labour Party	Death of Jim Kemmy (Lab)
1997-10-20 20 October 1997	Dublin North				Fianna Fáil	Resignation of Ray Burke (FF) from Dáil Éireann
1998-03-11 11 March 1998	Limerick East		Labour Party			Jan O'Sullivan (Lab) holds the seat vacated by the death of Jim Kemmy
1998-03-11 11 March 1998	Dublin North		Labour Party			Seán Ryan (Lab) takes the seat vacated by Ray Burke
1998-03-14 14 March 1998	Cork South Central				Fine Gael	Death of Hugh Coveney (FG)
1998-10-13 13 October 1998	Louth		Independent		Labour Party	Michael Bell (Lab) resigns from the Labour Party
1998-10-23 23 October 1998	Cork South Central		Fine Gael			Simon Coveney (FG) holds the seat vacated by the death of his father Hugh Coveney
1998-11-30 30 November 1998	Louth		Labour Party		Independent	Michael Bell (Ind) rejoins the Labour Party
1999-01-24 24 January 1999	Dublin North West		Labour Party		Democratic Left	Proinsias De Rossa (DL) joins the Labour Party in a merger with DL
1999-01-24 24 January 1999	Dublin South West		Labour Party		Democratic Left	Pat Rabbitte (DL) joins the Labour Party in a merger with DL
1999-01-24 24 January 1999	Dún Laoghaire		Labour Party		Democratic Left	Eamon Gilmore (DL) joins the Labour Party in a merger with DL
1999-01-24 24 January 1999	Wicklow		Labour Party		Democratic Left	Liz McManus (DL) joins the Labour Party in a merger with DL
1999-02-22 22 February 1999	Dublin South Central				Labour Party	Death of Pat Upton (Lab)
1999-02-24 24 February 1999	Mayo		Independent		Fianna Fáil	Beverley Flynn (FF) resigns from Fianna Fáil
1999-10-27 27 October 1999	Dublin South Central		Labour Party			Mary Upton (Lab) holds the seat vacated by the death of her brother Pat Upton
1999-11-03 3 November 1999	Mayo		Fianna Fáil		Independent	Beverley Flynn (Ind) rejoins Fianna Fáil
2000-02-09 9 February 2000	Kerry North		Independent		Fianna Fáil	Denis Foley (FF) resigns from Fianna Fáil
2000-03-21 21 March 2000	Tipperary South				Labour Party	Death of Michael Ferris (Lab)
2000-06-07 7 June 2000	Dublin West		Independent		Fianna Fáil	Liam Lawlor (FF) resigns from Fianna Fáil
2000-06-22 22 June 2000	Tipperary South		Independent			Séamus Healy (Ind) takes the seat vacated by the death of Michael Ferris
2000-09-20 20 September 2000	Tipperary South				Fine Gael	Death of Theresa Ahearn (FG)
2001-04-11 11 April 2001	Mayo		Independent		Fianna Fáil	Beverley Flynn (FF) is expelled from Fianna Fáil
2001-07-01 1 July 2001	Tipperary South		Fine Gael			Tom Hayes (FG) holds the seat vacated by the death of Theresa Ahearn

[edit] See also

• Government of the 28th Dáil
• Ministers of State of the 28th Dáil
• Members of the 21st Seanad
• Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland

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