# 25th Dáil

The 25th Dáil was elected at the 1987 general election on 17 February 1987 and met on 10 March 1987. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 18th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
The 25th Dáil was dissolved by President Patrick Hillery on 25 May 1989, at the request of the Taoiseach Charles Haughey. The 25th Dáil lasted 2 years, 76 days. There were no by-elections during the 25th Dáil.

## Composition of the 25th Dáil

| Party | Party | Feb. 1987 | May 1989 | Change |
| ● | Fianna Fáil | 81 | 80 | 1 |
| | Fine Gael | 51 | 50 | 1 |
| | Progressive Democrats | 14 | 14 | |
| | Labour | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| | Workers' Party | 4 | 4 | |
| | Democratic Socialist | 1 | 1 | |
| | Independent | 3 | 3 | |
| | Ceann Comhairle | — | 1 | 1 |
| | Vacant | — | 2 | 2 |
| Total | Total | 166 | 166 | 166 |
Fianna Fáil, denoted with bullet (●), formed the 20th government of Ireland.

### Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 25th Dáil from March 1987. This was not the official seating plan.

## Ceann Comhairle

On 10 March 1987, Seán Treacy (Ind) was proposed by Charles Haughey and seconded by Brian Lenihan for the position of Ceann Comhairle. He was approved without a vote.

## TDs by constituency

The list of the 166 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.
Members of the 25th Dáil :
| Constituency | Name | Party |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Liam Aylward | Fianna Fáil |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Kieran Crotty | Fine Gael |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Martin Gibbons | Progressive Democrats |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | M. J. Nolan | Fianna Fáil |
| Carlow–Kilkenny | Séamus Pattison | Labour |
| Cavan–Monaghan | Andrew Boylan | 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 | Donal Carey | Fine Gael |
| Clare | Brendan Daly | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Síle de Valera | Fianna Fáil |
| Clare | Madeleine Taylor-Quinn | Fine Gael |
| Cork East | Michael Ahern | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork East | Patrick Hegarty | Fine Gael |
| Cork East | Ned O'Keeffe | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork East | Joe Sherlock | Workers' Party |
| Cork North-Central | Bernard Allen | Fine Gael |
| Cork North-Central | Liam Burke | Fine Gael |
| Cork North-Central | Denis Lyons | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork North-Central | Máirín Quill | Progressive Democrats |
| 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 | John Dennehy | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork South-Central | Batt O'Keeffe | Fianna Fáil |
| Cork South-Central | Toddy O'Sullivan | Labour |
| Cork South-Central | Pearse Wyse | Progressive Democrats |
| 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 | 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 | Dermot Fitzpatrick | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin Central | Tony Gregory | Independent |
| Dublin Central | Michael Keating | Progressive Democrats |
| Dublin Central | John Stafford | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North | Ray Burke | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin North | John Boland | Fine Gael |
| Dublin North | G. V. Wright | Fianna Fáil |
| 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 | Pat McCartan | Workers' Party |
| 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 | Séamus Brennan | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South | Anne Colley | Progressive Democrats |
| Dublin South | John Kelly | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South | Tom Kitt | Fianna Fáil |
| 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 | Mary Mooney | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-Central | Fergus O'Brien | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South-East | Gerard Brady | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-East | Garret FitzGerald | Fine Gael |
| Dublin South-East | Michael McDowell | Progressive Democrats |
| Dublin South-East | Ruairi Quinn | Labour |
| Dublin South-West | Chris Flood | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin South-West | Mary Harney | Progressive Democrats |
| Dublin South-West | Mervyn Taylor | Labour |
| Dublin South-West | Seán Walsh | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin West | Liam Lawlor | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin West | Brian Lenihan | Fianna Fáil |
| Dublin West | Tomás Mac Giolla | Workers' Party |
| Dublin West | Jim Mitchell | Fine Gael |
| Dublin West | Patrick O'Malley | Progressive Democrats |
| 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 | Geraldine Kennedy | Progressive Democrats |
| Galway East | Paul Connaughton Snr | Fine Gael |
| Galway East | Michael P. Kitt | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway East | Noel Treacy | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway West | John Donnellan | Fine Gael |
| Galway West | Frank Fahey | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway West | Máire Geoghegan-Quinn | Fianna Fáil |
| Galway West | Michael D. Higgins | Labour |
| Galway West | Bobby Molloy | Progressive Democrats |
| Kerry North | Jimmy Deenihan | Fine Gael |
| Kerry North | Denis Foley | Fianna Fáil |
| Kerry North | Dick Spring | Labour |
| Kerry South | Michael Begley | Fine Gael |
| 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 | Paddy Power | Fianna Fáil |
| Kildare | Emmet Stagg | Labour |
| Laois–Offaly | Ger Connolly | Fianna Fáil |
| Laois–Offaly | Brian Cowen | Fianna Fáil |
| Laois–Offaly | Tom Enright | Fine Gael |
| Laois–Offaly | Charles Flanagan | Fine Gael |
| Laois–Offaly | Liam Hyland | Fianna Fáil |
| Limerick East | Peadar Clohessy | Progressive Democrats |
| Limerick East | Jim Kemmy | Democratic Socialist |
| 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 | John McCoy | Progressive Democrats |
| Limerick West | Michael J. Noonan | Fianna Fáil |
| Longford–Westmeath | Henry Abbott | Fianna Fáil |
| Longford–Westmeath | Patrick Cooney | Fine Gael |
| Longford–Westmeath | Mary O'Rourke | Fianna Fáil |
| Longford–Westmeath | 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 | Seán Calleary | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo East | Jim Higgins | Fine Gael |
| Mayo East | P. J. Morley | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo West | Pádraig Flynn | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo West | Denis Gallagher | Fianna Fáil |
| Mayo West | Enda Kenny | Fine Gael |
| Meath | John Bruton | Fine Gael |
| Meath | Noel Dempsey | Fianna Fáil |
| Meath | John Farrelly | Fine Gael |
| Meath | Colm Hilliard | Fianna Fáil |
| Meath | Michael Lynch | Fianna Fáil |
| Roscommon | Seán Doherty | Fianna Fáil |
| Roscommon | Terry Leyden | Fianna Fáil |
| Roscommon | Liam Naughten | Fine Gael |
| Sligo–Leitrim | Matt Brennan | Fianna Fáil |
| Sligo–Leitrim | John Ellis | Fianna Fáil |
| Sligo–Leitrim | Ray MacSharry | Fianna Fáil |
| Sligo–Leitrim | Ted Nealon | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary North | Michael Lowry | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary North | Michael O'Kennedy | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary North | Michael Smith | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary South | Noel Davern | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary South | Brendan Griffin | Fine Gael |
| Tipperary South | Seán McCarthy | Fianna Fáil |
| Tipperary South | Seán Treacy | Independent |
| Waterford | Martin Cullen | Progressive Democrats |
| Waterford | Austin Deasy | Fine Gael |
| Waterford | Jackie Fahey | Fianna Fáil |
| Waterford | Brian Swift | Fianna Fáil |
| 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 | Gemma Hussey | Fine Gael |
| Wicklow | Joe Jacob | Fianna Fáil |
| Wicklow | Liam Kavanagh | Labour |
| Wicklow | Dick Roche | Fianna Fáil |

## Changes

| Date | Constituency | Loss | Gain | Note |
| 10 March 1987 | Tipperary South | Independent | Ceann Comhairle | Seán Treacy (Ind) takes office as Ceann Comhairle |
| 20 April 1988 | Galway West | Fine Gael | Independent | John Donnellan (FG) expelled from the parliamentary party |
| 25 January 1989 | Sligo–Leitrim | Fianna Fáil | | Ray MacSharry nominated as EC Commissioner |
| 7 May 1989 | Dublin South-Central | Labour | | Death of Frank Cluskey |