22nd Dáil	(1981)
23rd Dáil	(Feb. 1982)
24th Dáil	(Nov. 1982)
25th Dáil	(1987)
26th Dáil	(1989)

This is a list of members who were elected to the 24th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These Teachtaí Dála (Members of Parliament) were elected at the November 1982 general election and served until 1987. The 24th Dáil lasted 1,546 days.

Contents 1 Composition of the 24th Dáil 2 TDs by constituency 3 Changes 4 See also

[edit] Composition of the 24th Dáil

Party		Nov. 1982	Feb. 1987
	Fianna Fáil	75	71
•	Fine Gael	70	69
•	Labour Party	16	16
	Progressive Democrats	0	5
	Workers' Party	2	2
	Independents	2	2
	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 24th Dáil
Constituency	Name	Party
Carlow–Kilkenny	Liam Aylward		Fianna Fáil
	Kieran Crotty		Fine Gael
	Dick Dowling		Fine Gael
	M. J. Nolan		Fianna Fáil
	Séamus Pattison		Labour Party
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
	Madeleine Taylor-Quinn		Fine Gael
Cork East	Michael Ahern		Fianna Fáil
	Myra Barry		Fine Gael
	Patrick Hegarty		Fine Gael
	Ned O'Keeffe		Fianna Fáil
Cork North Central	Bernard Allen		Fine Gael
	Liam Burke		Fine Gael
	Denis Lyons		Fianna Fáil
	Toddy O'Sullivan		Labour Party
	Dan Wallace		Fianna Fáil
Cork North West	Donal Creed		Fine Gael
	Frank Crowley		Fine Gael
	Donal Moynihan		Fianna Fáil
Cork South Central	Peter Barry		Fine Gael
	Hugh Coveney		Fine Gael
	Eileen Desmond		Labour Party
	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
	Alice Glenn		Fine Gael
	Tony Gregory		Independent
	Michael Keating		Fine Gael
Dublin North	John Boland		Fine Gael
	Ray Burke		Fianna Fáil
	Nora Owen		Fine Gael
Dublin North Central	Vincent Brady		Fianna Fáil
	Richard Bruton		Fine Gael
	George Birmingham		Fine Gael
	Charles Haughey		Fianna Fáil
Dublin North East	Michael Joe Cosgrave		Fine Gael
	Liam Fitzgerald		Fianna Fáil
	Maurice Manning		Fine Gael
	Michael Woods		Fianna Fáil
Dublin North West	Michael Barrett		Fianna Fáil
	Proinsias De Rossa		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 Party
	Gay Mitchell		Fine Gael
	Fergus O'Brien		Fine Gael
	John O'Connell		Ceann Comhairle
Dublin South East	Gerard Brady		Fianna Fáil
	Joe Doyle		Fine Gael
	Garret FitzGerald		Fine Gael
	Ruairi Quinn		Labour Party
Dublin South West	Mary Harney		Fianna Fáil
	Michael O'Leary		Fine Gael
	Mervyn Taylor		Labour Party
	Seán Walsh		Fianna Fáil
Dublin West	Eileen Lemass		Fianna Fáil
	Brian Lenihan		Fianna Fáil
	Tomás Mac Giolla		Workers' Party
	Jim Mitchell		Fine Gael
	Liam Skelly		Fine Gael
Dún Laoghaire	David Andrews		Fianna Fáil
	Monica Barnes		Fine Gael
	Seán Barrett		Fine Gael
	Barry Desmond		Labour Party
	Liam T. Cosgrave		Fine Gael
Galway East	Paul Connaughton		Fine Gael
	Michael P. Kitt		Fianna Fáil
	Noel Treacy		Fianna Fáil
Galway West	Fintan Coogan, Jnr		Fine Gael
	John Donnellan		Fine Gael
	Frank Fahey		Fianna Fáil
	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn		Fianna Fáil
	Bobby Molloy		Fianna Fáil
Kerry North	Denis Foley		Fianna Fáil
	Tom McEllistrim		Fianna Fáil
	Dick Spring		Labour Party
Kerry South	Michael Begley		Fine Gael
	Michael Moynihan		Labour Party
	John O'Leary		Fianna Fáil
Kildare	Joseph Bermingham		Labour Party
	Alan Dukes		Fine Gael
	Bernard Durkan		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	Michael Noonan		Fine Gael
	Willie O'Dea		Fianna Fáil
	Tom O'Donnell		Fine Gael
	Desmond O'Malley		Fianna Fáil
	Frank Prendergast		Labour Party
Limerick West	Gerry Collins		Fianna Fáil
	Michael J. Noonan		Fianna Fáil
	William O'Brien		Fine Gael
Longford–Westmeath	Patrick Cooney		Fine Gael
	Gerry L'Estrange		Fine Gael
	Mary O'Rourke		Fianna Fáil
	Albert Reynolds		Fianna Fáil
Louth	Michael Bell		Labour Party
	Pádraig Faulkner		Fianna Fáil
	Séamus Kirk		Fianna Fáil
	Brendan McGahon		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
	Frank McLoughlin		Labour Party
Roscommon	Seán Doherty		Fianna Fáil
	Terry Leyden		Fianna Fáil
	Liam Naughten		Fine Gael
Sligo–Leitrim	Matt Brennan		Fianna Fáil
	Joe McCartin		Fine Gael
	Ray MacSharry		Fianna Fáil
	Ted Nealon		Fine Gael
Tipperary North	David Molony		Fine Gael
	Michael O'Kennedy		Fianna Fáil
	John Ryan		Labour Party
Tipperary South	Seán Byrne		Fianna Fáil
	Brendan Griffin		Fine Gael
	Seán McCarthy		Fianna Fáil
	Seán Treacy		Labour Party
Waterford	Edward Collins		Fine Gael
	Austin Deasy		Fine Gael
	Jackie Fahey		Fianna Fáil
	Donal Ormonde		Fianna Fáil
Wexford	John Browne		Fianna Fáil
	Hugh Byrne		Fianna Fáil
	Michael D'Arcy		Fine Gael
	Avril Doyle		Fine Gael
	Ivan Yates		Fine Gael
Wicklow	Paudge Brennan		Fianna Fáil
	Gemma Hussey		Fine Gael
	Liam Kavanagh		Labour Party
	Godfrey Timmins		Fine Gael

[edit] Changes

Date	Constituency		Gain		Loss	Note
1983-05-13 13 May 1983	Donegal South West		Fianna Fáil		Fianna Fáil	Cathal Coughlan (FF) holds the seat vacated by the death of his brother Clement Coughlan (FF)
1983-11-23 23 November 1983	Dublin Central		Fianna Fáil		Fianna Fáil	Tom Leonard (FF) holds the seat vacated by the death of George Colley (FF)
1984-06-14 14 June 1984	Laois–Offaly		Fianna Fáil		Fianna Fáil	Brian Cowen (FF) holds the seat vacated by the death of his father Bernard Cowen (FF)
1985-12-21 21 December 1985	Limerick East		Progressive Democrats		Fianna Fáil	Desmond O'Malley (FF) leaves Fianna Fáil and founds the Progressive Democrats
1985-12-21 21 December 1985	Dublin South West		Progressive Democrats		Fianna Fáil	Mary Harney (FF) leaves Fianna Fáil and joins the Progressive Democrats
1985-12-00 December 1985	Galway West		Progressive Democrats		Fianna Fáil	Bobby Molloy (FF) leaves Fianna Fáil and joins the Progressive Democrats
1985-12-00 December 1985	Cork South Central		Progressive Democrats		Fianna Fáil	Pearse Wyse (FF) leaves Fianna Fáil and joins the Progressive Democrats
1985-12-00 December 1985	Dublin Central		Progressive Democrats		Fine Gael	Michael Keating (FG) leaves Fine Gael and joins the Progressive Democrats

[edit] See also

• Government of the 24th Dáil
• Ministers of State of the 24th Dáil
• Members of the 17th Seanad
• Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland

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