# 27th Dáil

The 27th Dáil was elected at the 1992 general election on 25 November 1992 and met on 14 December 1992. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 20th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
The 27th Dáil saw a change of Taoiseach from Albert Reynolds to John Bruton in December 1994, the only time there was a new Taoiseach with a change in the party composition of the government during a Dáil term. The 27th Dáil was dissolved by President Mary Robinson on 15 May 1997, at the request of the Taoiseach, John Bruton. The 27th Dáil lasted 4 years, 152 days.

## Composition of the 27th Dáil

| Party | Party | Nov. 1992 | | May 1997 | Change |
| ● | Fianna Fáil | 68 | | 67 | 1 |
| | Fine Gael | 45 | † | 47 | 2 |
| ● | Labour | 33 | † | 32 | 1 |
| | Progressive Democrats | 10 | | 8 | 2 |
| | Democratic Left | 4 | † | 6 | 2 |
| | Green | 1 | | 1 | |
| | Independent | 5 | | 3 | 2 |
| | Ceann Comhairle | — | | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 166 | 166 | 166 | 166 |
* 23rd government of Ireland (1993–1994) coalition parties denoted with bullets (●)
* 24th government of Ireland (1994–1997) coalition parties denoted with daggers (†)

### Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 27th Dáil from January 1993. This was not the official seating plan.

## Ceann Comhairle

On 14 December 1992, Seán Treacy (Ind) was proposed by Albert Reynolds and seconded by John Bruton for the position of Ceann Comhairle. Treacy was approved without a vote. On 23 April 1997, Treacy announced to the Dáil that would not be availing of his constitutional right to automatic re-election to the 28th Dáil.

## TDs by constituency

The list of the 166 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.
Members of the 27th Dáil :
| Constituency | Name | Party |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Liam Aylward | Fianna Fáil |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | John Browne | Fine Gael |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Phil Hogan | Fine Gael |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | M. J. Nolan | Fianna Fáil |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Séamus Pattison | Labour |
| Cavan–Monaghan | Andrew Boylan | Fine Gael |
| Cavan–Monaghan | Seymour Crawford | Fine Gael |
| Cavan–Monaghan | Jimmy Leonard | Fianna Fáil |
| Cavan–Monaghan | Rory O'Hanlon | Fianna Fáil |
| Cavan–Monaghan | Brendan Smith | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Moosajee Bhamjee | Labour |
| Clare | Donal Carey | Fine Gael |
| Clare | Síle de Valera | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Tony Killeen | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork East | Michael Ahern | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork East | Paul Bradford | Fine Gael |
| Cork East | Ned O'Keeffe | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork East | John Mulvihill | Labour |
| Cork North-Central | Bernard Allen | Fine Gael |
| Cork North-Central | Liam Burke | Fine Gael |
| Cork North-Central | Gerry O'Sullivan | Labour |
| Cork North-Central | Máirín Quill | Progressive Democrats |
| Cork North-Central | Dan Wallace | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork North-West | Michael Creed | Fine Gael |
| Cork North-West | Donal Moynihan | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork North-West | Frank Crowley | Fine Gael |
| Cork South-Central | Peter Barry | Fine Gael |
| Cork South-Central | Pat Cox | Progressive Democrats |
| Cork South-Central | Micheál Martin | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork South-Central | Batt O'Keeffe | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork South-Central | Toddy O'Sullivan | Labour |
| 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 | Paddy Harte | Fine Gael |
| Donegal North-East | Jim McDaid | Fianna Fáil |
| Donegal South-West | Mary 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 | Joe Costello | Labour |
| Dublin Central | Tony Gregory | Independent |
| Dublin Central | Jim Mitchell | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North | Ray Burke | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North | Nora Owen | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North | Seán Ryan | Labour |
| Dublin North | Trevor Sargent | Green |
| Dublin North-Central | Richard Bruton | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North-Central | Ivor Callely | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-Central | Seán Haughey | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-Central | Derek McDowell | Labour |
| Dublin North-East | Tommy Broughan | Labour |
| Dublin North-East | Liam Fitzgerald | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-East | Seán Kenny | Labour |
| Dublin North-East | Michael Woods | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-West | Noel Ahern | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North-West | Mary Flaherty | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North-West | Proinsias De Rossa | Democratic Left |
| Dublin North-West | Róisín Shortall | Labour |
| Dublin South | Séamus Brennan | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South | Eithne FitzGerald | Labour |
| Dublin South | Tom Kitt | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South | Liz O'Donnell | Progressive Democrats |
| Dublin South | Alan Shatter | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South-Central | Ben Briscoe | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-Central | Gay Mitchell | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South-Central | John O'Connell | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-Central | Pat Upton | Labour |
| Dublin South-East | Frances Fitzgerald | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South-East | Michael McDowell | Progressive Democrats |
| Dublin South-East | Ruairi Quinn | Labour |
| Dublin South-East | Eoin Ryan | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-West | Chris Flood | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-West | Mary Harney | Progressive Democrats |
| Dublin South-West | Pat Rabbitte | Democratic Left |
| Dublin South-West | Mervyn Taylor | Labour |
| Dublin South-West | Éamonn Walsh | Labour |
| Dublin West | Austin Currie | Fine Gael |
| Dublin West | Joan Burton | Labour |
| Dublin West | Liam Lawlor | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin West | Brian Lenihan Snr | Fianna Fáil |
| Dún Laoghaire | David Andrews | Fianna Fáil |
| Dún Laoghaire | Seán Barrett | Fine Gael |
| Dún Laoghaire | Niamh Bhreathnach | Labour |
| Dún Laoghaire | Eamon Gilmore | Democratic Left |
| Dún Laoghaire | Helen Keogh | Progressive Democrats |
| Galway East | Paul Connaughton Snr | Fine Gael |
| Galway East | Michael P. Kitt | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway East | Noel Treacy | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway West | Máire Geoghegan-Quinn | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway West | Michael D. Higgins | Labour |
| Galway West | Pádraic McCormack | Fine Gael |
| Galway West | Bobby Molloy | Progressive Democrats |
| Galway West | Éamon Ó Cuív | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry North | Jimmy Deenihan | Fine Gael |
| Kerry North | Denis Foley | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry North | Dick Spring | Labour |
| Kerry South | Breeda Moynihan-Cronin | Labour |
| Kerry South | John O'Donoghue | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry South | John O'Leary | Fianna Fáil |
| Kildare | Alan Dukes | Fine Gael |
| Kildare | Bernard Durkan | Fine Gael |
| Kildare | Charlie McCreevy | Fianna Fáil |
| Kildare | Seán Power | Fianna Fáil |
| Kildare | Emmet Stagg | Labour |
| Laois–Offaly | Ger Connolly | Fianna Fáil |
| Laois–Offaly | Brian Cowen | Fianna Fáil |
| Laois–Offaly | Charles Flanagan | Fine Gael |
| Laois–Offaly | Pat Gallagher | Labour |
| Laois–Offaly | Liam Hyland | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick East | Peadar Clohessy | Progressive Democrats |
| Limerick East | Jim Kemmy | Labour |
| Limerick East | Michael Noonan | Fine Gael |
| Limerick East | Willie O'Dea | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick East | Desmond O'Malley | Progressive Democrats |
| Limerick West | Gerry Collins | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick West | Michael Finucane | Fine Gael |
| Limerick West | Michael J. Noonan | Fianna Fáil |
| Longford–Roscommon | John Connor | Fine Gael |
| Longford–Roscommon | Seán Doherty | Fianna Fáil |
| Longford–Roscommon | Tom Foxe | Independent |
| Longford–Roscommon | Albert Reynolds | Fianna Fáil |
| Louth | Dermot Ahern | Fianna Fáil |
| Louth | Michael Bell | Labour |
| Louth | Séamus Kirk | Fianna Fáil |
| Louth | Brendan McGahon | Fine Gael |
| Mayo East | Jim Higgins | Fine Gael |
| Mayo East | Tom Moffatt | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo East | P. J. Morley | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo West | Pádraig Flynn | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo West | Enda Kenny | Fine Gael |
| Mayo West | Séamus Hughes | Fianna Fáil |
| Meath | John Bruton | Fine Gael |
| Meath | Noel Dempsey | Fianna Fáil |
| Meath | Brian Fitzgerald | Labour |
| Meath | Colm Hilliard | Fianna Fáil |
| Meath | Mary Wallace | Fianna Fáil |
| Sligo–Leitrim | Declan Bree | Labour |
| Sligo–Leitrim | Matt Brennan | Fianna Fáil |
| Sligo–Leitrim | John Ellis | Fianna Fáil |
| Sligo–Leitrim | Ted Nealon | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary North | Michael Lowry | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary North | John Ryan | Labour |
| Tipperary North | Michael Smith | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary South | Theresa Ahearn | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary South | Noel Davern | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary South | Michael Ferris | Labour |
| Tipperary South | Seán Treacy | Independent |
| Waterford | Martin Cullen | Progressive Democrats |
| Waterford | Austin Deasy | Fine Gael |
| Waterford | Brendan Kenneally | Fianna Fáil |
| Waterford | Brian O'Shea | Labour |
| Westmeath | Paul McGrath | Fine Gael |
| Westmeath | Mary O'Rourke | Fianna Fáil |
| Westmeath | Willie Penrose | Labour |
| Wexford | John Browne | Fianna Fáil |
| Wexford | Hugh Byrne | Fianna Fáil |
| Wexford | Avril Doyle | Fine Gael |
| Wexford | Brendan Howlin | Labour |
| Wexford | Ivan Yates | Fine Gael |
| Wicklow | Johnny Fox | Independent |
| Wicklow | Joe Jacob | Fianna Fáil |
| Wicklow | Liam Kavanagh | Labour |
| Wicklow | Liz McManus | Democratic Left |
| Wicklow | Godfrey Timmins | Fine Gael |

## Changes

| Date | Constituency | Loss | Gain | Note |
| 14 December 1992 | Tipperary South | Independent | Ceann Comhairle | Seán Treacy takes office as Ceann Comhairle |
| 4 January 1993 | Mayo West | Fianna Fáil | | Resignation of Pádraig Flynn on nomination as EC Commissioner |
| 24 February 1993 | Dublin South-Central | Fianna Fáil | | Resignation of John O'Connell |
| 31 March 1993 | Limerick West | Fianna Fáil | Independent | Michael J. Noonan loses whip after criticism of party leader and Taoiseach |
| 7 July 1993 | Clare | Fianna Fáil | Independent | Síle de Valera resigns from parliamentary party in opposition to government policy on Shannon Airport |
| 7 July 1993 | Clare | Fianna Fáil | Independent | Tony Killeen resigns from parliamentary party in opposition to government policy on Shannon Airport |
| 13 May 1994 | Cork South-Central | Progressive Democrats | Independent | Pat Cox resigns from PDs to contest the 1994 European Parliament election as an Independent |
| 9 June 1994 | Dublin South-Central | | Democratic Left | Eric Byrne takes the seat vacated by the resignation of O'Connell |
| 9 June 1994 | Mayo West | | Fine Gael | Michael Ring takes the seat vacated by the resignation of Flynn |
| 15 June 1994 | Clare | Independent | Fianna Fáil | Síle de Valera returns to parliamentary party |
| 15 June 1994 | Clare | Independent | Fianna Fáil | Tony Killeen returns to parliamentary party |
| 19 July 1994 | Cork South-Central | Independent | | Resignation of Pat Cox following his re-election to Munster at the European Parliament election |
| 5 August 1994 | Cork North-Central | Labour | | Death of Gerry O'Sullivan |
| 5 September 1994 | Waterford | Progressive Democrats | Fianna Fáil | Martin Cullen joins Fianna Fáil |
| 10 November 1994 | Cork North-Central | | Democratic Left | Kathleen Lynch takes the seat vacated by the death of O'Sullivan |
| 10 November 1994 | Cork South-Central | Independent | Fine Gael | Hugh Coveney takes the seat vacated by the resignation of Pat Cox |
| 18 January 1995 | Limerick West | Independent | Fianna Fáil | Whip restored to Michael J. Noonan |
| 17 March 1995 | Wicklow | Independent | | Death of Johnny Fox |
| 29 June 1995 | Wicklow | | Independent | Mildred Fox holds the seat vacated by the death of her father Johnny Fox |
| 3 October 1995 | Limerick West | Fianna Fáil | Independent | Michael J. Noonan loses whip after abstaining on divorce amendment |
| 1 November 1995 | Dublin West | Fianna Fáil | | Death of Brian Lenihan Snr |
| 8 November 1995 | Donegal North-East | Independent Fianna Fáil | | Death of Neil Blaney |
| 2 April 1996 | Dublin West | | Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan Jnr holds the seat vacated by the death of his father Brian Lenihan Snr |
| 2 April 1996 | Donegal North-East | | Fianna Fáil | Cecilia Keaveney takes the seat vacated by the death of Blaney |
| 14 May 1997 | Limerick West | Independent | Fianna Fáil | Whip restored to Michael J. Noonan |
On 24 February 1994, Proinsias De Rossa (DL) sought to direct that the writ be moved for the by-elections in Dublin South-Central, and Enda Kenny (FG) sought to direct that the writ be moved for the by-elections in Mayo West. This was opposed by the government. The government moved the writs on 18 May 1994. The by-elections were held at the same date as the European Parliament election and the local elections.