# 24th Dáil

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 4 years, 37 days.

## Composition of the 24th Dáil

| Party | Party | Nov. 1982 | Jan. 1987 | Change |
| | Fianna Fáil | 75 | 71 | 4 |
| ● | Fine Gael | 70 | 67 | 3 |
| ● | Labour | 16 | 14 | 2 |
| | Workers' Party | 2 | 2 | |
| | Progressive Democrats | — | 5 | 5 |
| | Independent | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| | Ceann Comhairle | — | 1 | 1 |
| | Vacant | — | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 166 | 166 | 166 |
Fine Gael and the Labour Party, denoted with bullets (●), 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.

## 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.
Members of the 24th Dáil :
| Constituency | Name | Party |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Liam Aylward | Fianna Fáil |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Kieran Crotty | Fine Gael |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Dick Dowling | Fine Gael |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | M. J. Nolan | Fianna Fáil |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Séamus Pattison | Labour |
| Cavan–Monaghan | John Conlan | Fine Gael |
| Cavan–Monaghan | Tom Fitzpatrick | Fine Gael |
| Cavan–Monaghan | Jimmy Leonard | Fianna Fáil |
| Cavan–Monaghan | Rory O'Hanlon | Fianna Fáil |
| Cavan–Monaghan | John Wilson | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Sylvester Barrett | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Donal Carey | Fine Gael |
| Clare | Brendan Daly | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Madeleine Taylor-Quinn | Fine Gael |
| Cork East | Michael Ahern | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork East | Myra Barry | Fine Gael |
| Cork East | Patrick Hegarty | Fine Gael |
| Cork East | Ned O'Keeffe | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork North-Central | Bernard Allen | Fine Gael |
| Cork North-Central | Liam Burke | Fine Gael |
| Cork North-Central | Denis Lyons | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork North-Central | Toddy O'Sullivan | Labour |
| Cork North-Central | Dan Wallace | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork North-West | Donal Creed | Fine Gael |
| Cork North-West | Frank Crowley | Fine Gael |
| Cork North-West | Donal Moynihan | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork South-Central | Peter Barry | Fine Gael |
| Cork South-Central | Hugh Coveney | Fine Gael |
| Cork South-Central | Eileen Desmond | Labour |
| Cork South-Central | Gene Fitzgerald | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork South-Central | Pearse Wyse | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork South-West | Jim O'Keeffe | Fine Gael |
| Cork South-West | P. J. Sheehan | Fine Gael |
| Cork South-West | Joe Walsh | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal North-East | Neil Blaney | Independent Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal North-East | Hugh Conaghan | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal North-East | Paddy Harte | Fine Gael |
| Donegal South-West | Clement Coughlan | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal South-West | Pat "the Cope" Gallagher | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal South-West | Dinny McGinley | Fine Gael |
| Dublin Central | Bertie Ahern | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin Central | George Colley | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin Central | Alice Glenn | Fine Gael |
| Dublin Central | Tony Gregory | Independent |
| Dublin Central | Michael Keating | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North | John Boland | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North | Ray Burke | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North | Nora Owen | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North-Central | Vincent Brady | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-Central | Richard Bruton | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North-Central | George Birmingham | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North-Central | Charles Haughey | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-East | Michael Joe Cosgrave | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North-East | Liam Fitzgerald | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-East | Maurice Manning | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North-East | Michael Woods | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-West | Michael Barrett | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-West | Proinsias De Rossa | Workers' Party |
| Dublin North-West | Mary Flaherty | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North-West | Jim Tunney | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South | Niall Andrews | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South | Séamus Brennan | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South | Nuala Fennell | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South | John Kelly | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South | Alan Shatter | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South-Central | Ben Briscoe | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-Central | Frank Cluskey | Labour |
| Dublin South-Central | Gay Mitchell | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South-Central | Fergus O'Brien | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South-Central | John O'Connell | Independent |
| Dublin South-East | Gerard Brady | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-East | Joe Doyle | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South-East | Garret FitzGerald | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South-East | Ruairi Quinn | Labour |
| Dublin South-West | Mary Harney | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-West | Michael O'Leary | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South-West | Mervyn Taylor | Labour |
| Dublin South-West | Seán Walsh | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin West | Eileen Lemass | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin West | Brian Lenihan | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin West | Tomás Mac Giolla | Workers' Party |
| Dublin West | Jim Mitchell | Fine Gael |
| Dublin West | Liam Skelly | Fine Gael |
| Dún Laoghaire | David Andrews | Fianna Fáil |
| Dún Laoghaire | Monica Barnes | Fine Gael |
| Dún Laoghaire | Seán Barrett | Fine Gael |
| Dún Laoghaire | Barry Desmond | Labour |
| Dún Laoghaire | Liam T. Cosgrave | Fine Gael |
| Galway East | Paul Connaughton Snr | Fine Gael |
| Galway East | Michael P. Kitt | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway East | Noel Treacy | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway West | Fintan Coogan Jnr | Fine Gael |
| Galway West | John Donnellan | Fine Gael |
| Galway West | Frank Fahey | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway West | Máire Geoghegan-Quinn | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway West | Bobby Molloy | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry North | Denis Foley | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry North | Tom McEllistrim | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry North | Dick Spring | Labour |
| Kerry South | Michael Begley | Fine Gael |
| Kerry South | Michael Moynihan | Labour |
| Kerry South | John O'Leary | Fianna Fáil |
| Kildare | Joseph Bermingham | Labour |
| Kildare | Alan Dukes | Fine Gael |
| Kildare | Bernard Durkan | Fine Gael |
| Kildare | Charlie McCreevy | Fianna Fáil |
| Kildare | Paddy Power | Fianna Fáil |
| Laois–Offaly | Ger Connolly | Fianna Fáil |
| Laois–Offaly | Bernard Cowen | Fianna Fáil |
| Laois–Offaly | Tom Enright | Fine Gael |
| Laois–Offaly | Oliver J. Flanagan | Fine Gael |
| Laois–Offaly | Liam Hyland | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick East | Michael Noonan | Fine Gael |
| Limerick East | Willie O'Dea | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick East | Tom O'Donnell | Fine Gael |
| Limerick East | Desmond O'Malley | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick East | Frank Prendergast | Labour |
| Limerick West | Gerry Collins | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick West | Michael J. Noonan | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick West | William O'Brien | Fine Gael |
| Longford–Westmeath | Patrick Cooney | Fine Gael |
| Longford–Westmeath | Gerry L'Estrange | Fine Gael |
| Longford–Westmeath | Mary O'Rourke | Fianna Fáil |
| Longford–Westmeath | Albert Reynolds | Fianna Fáil |
| Louth | Michael Bell | Labour |
| Louth | Pádraig Faulkner | Fianna Fáil |
| Louth | Séamus Kirk | Fianna Fáil |
| Louth | Brendan McGahon | Fine Gael |
| Mayo East | Seán Calleary | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo East | P. J. Morley | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo East | Paddy O'Toole | Fine Gael |
| Mayo West | Pádraig Flynn | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo West | Denis Gallagher | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo West | Enda Kenny | Fine Gael |
| Meath | John Bruton | Fine Gael |
| Meath | John Farrelly | Fine Gael |
| Meath | Jim Fitzsimons | Fianna Fáil |
| Meath | Colm Hilliard | Fianna Fáil |
| Meath | Frank McLoughlin | Labour |
| Roscommon | Seán Doherty | Fianna Fáil |
| Roscommon | Terry Leyden | Fianna Fáil |
| Roscommon | Liam Naughten | Fine Gael |
| Sligo–Leitrim | Matt Brennan | Fianna Fáil |
| Sligo–Leitrim | Joe McCartin | Fine Gael |
| Sligo–Leitrim | Ray MacSharry | Fianna Fáil |
| Sligo–Leitrim | Ted Nealon | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary North | David Molony | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary North | Michael O'Kennedy | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary North | John Ryan | Labour |
| Tipperary South | Seán Byrne | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary South | Brendan Griffin | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary South | Seán McCarthy | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary South | Seán Treacy | Labour |
| Waterford | Edward Collins | Fine Gael |
| Waterford | Austin Deasy | Fine Gael |
| Waterford | Jackie Fahey | Fianna Fáil |
| Waterford | Donal Ormonde | Fianna Fáil |
| Wexford | John Browne | Fianna Fáil |
| Wexford | Hugh Byrne | Fianna Fáil |
| Wexford | Michael D'Arcy | Fine Gael |
| Wexford | Avril Doyle | Fine Gael |
| Wexford | Ivan Yates | Fine Gael |
| Wicklow | Paudge Brennan | Fianna Fáil |
| Wicklow | Gemma Hussey | Fine Gael |
| Wicklow | Liam Kavanagh | Labour |
| Wicklow | Godfrey Timmins | Fine Gael |

## Changes

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