# 29th Dáil

The 29th Dáil was elected at the 2002 general election on 17 May 2002 and met on 6 June 2002. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 22nd Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
The 29th Dáil was dissolved by President Mary McAleese on 26 April 2007, at the request of the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. The 29th Dáil lasted 4 years, 324 days, the third longest after the 10th Dáil and the 28th Dáil.

## Composition of the 29th Dáil

| Party | Party | June 2002 | April 2007 | Change |
| ● | Fianna Fáil | 81 | 78 | 3 |
| | Fine Gael | 31 | 32 | 1 |
| | Labour | 21 | 21 | |
| ● | Progressive Democrats | 8 | 8 | |
| | Green | 6 | 6 | |
| | Sinn Féin | 5 | 5 | |
| | Socialist Party | 1 | 1 | |
| | Independent | 13 | 14 | 1 |
| | Ceann Comhairle | — | 1 | 1 |
| Total | Total | 166 | 166 | 166 |
Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats, denoted with bullets (●), formed the 26th government of Ireland.

### Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 29th Dáil from June 2002. This was not the official seating plan.

## Ceann Comhairle

On 6 June 2002, Rory O'Hanlon (FF) was proposed by Bertie Ahern for the position of Ceann Comhairle. O'Hanlon was approved without a vote.

## List of TDs

This is a list of the 166 TDs elected to Dáil Éireann in the 2002 general election, sorted by party. The Changes table below records all changes in party affiliation during the 29th Dáil.
| Party | Name | Constituency |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Bertie Ahern | Dublin Central |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Dermot Ahern | Louth |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Michael Ahern | Cork East |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Noel Ahern | Dublin North-West |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Barry Andrews | Dún Laoghaire |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Seán Ardagh | Dublin South-Central |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Liam Aylward | Carlow–Kilkenny |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Johnny Brady | Meath |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Martin Brady | Dublin North-East |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Séamus Brennan | Dublin South |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | John Browne | Wexford |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Joe Callanan | Galway East |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Ivor Callely | Dublin North-Central |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Pat Carey | Dublin North-West |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | John Carty | Mayo |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Donie Cassidy | Westmeath |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Michael J. Collins | Limerick West |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Mary Coughlan | Donegal South-West |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Brian Cowen | Laois–Offaly |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | John Cregan | Limerick West |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Martin Cullen | Waterford |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | John Curran | Dublin Mid-West |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Noel Davern | Tipperary South |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Síle de Valera | Clare |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Noel Dempsey | Meath |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Tony Dempsey | Wexford |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | John Dennehy | Cork South-Central |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Jimmy Devins | Sligo–Leitrim |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | John Ellis | Sligo–Leitrim |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Frank Fahey | Galway West |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Michael Finneran | Longford–Roscommon |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Dermot Fitzpatrick | Dublin Central |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Seán Fleming | Laois–Offaly |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Beverley Flynn | Mayo |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Pat "the Cope" Gallagher | Donegal South-West |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Jim Glennon | Dublin North |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Mary Hanafin | Dún Laoghaire |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Seán Haughey | Dublin North-Central |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Máire Hoctor | Tipperary North |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Joe Jacob | Wicklow |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Cecilia Keaveney | Donegal North-East |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Billy Kelleher | Cork North-Central |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Peter Kelly | Longford–Roscommon |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Tony Killeen | Clare |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Séamus Kirk | Louth |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Tom Kitt | Dublin South |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Brian Lenihan | Dublin West |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Conor Lenihan | Dublin South-West |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Micheál Martin | Cork South-Central |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Charlie McCreevy | Kildare North |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Jim McDaid | Donegal North-East |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Tom McEllistrim | Kerry North |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | John McGuinness | Carlow–Kilkenny |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | John Moloney | Laois–Offaly |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Donal Moynihan | Cork North-West |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Michael Moynihan | Cork North-West |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Michael Mulcahy | Dublin South-Central |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | M. J. Nolan | Carlow–Kilkenny |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Éamon Ó Cuív | Galway West |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Charlie O'Connor | Dublin South-West |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Willie O'Dea | Limerick East |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | John O'Donoghue | Kerry South |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Denis O'Donovan | Cork South-West |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Seán Ó Fearghaíl | Kildare South |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Noel O'Flynn | Cork North-Central |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Rory O'Hanlon | Cavan–Monaghan |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Batt O'Keeffe | Cork South-Central |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Ned O'Keeffe | Cork East |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Peter Power | Limerick East |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Seán Power | Kildare South |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Dick Roche | Wicklow |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Eoin Ryan | Dublin South-East |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Brendan Smith | Cavan–Monaghan |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Michael Smith | Tipperary North |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Noel Treacy | Galway East |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Dan Wallace | Cork North-Central |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Mary Wallace | Meath |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Joe Walsh | Cork South-West |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Ollie Wilkinson | Waterford |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | Michael Woods | Dublin North-East |
| Fianna Fáil (81) | G. V. Wright | Dublin North |
| Fine Gael (31) | Bernard Allen | Cork North-Central |
| Fine Gael (31) | Pat Breen | Clare |
| Fine Gael (31) | John Bruton | Meath |
| Fine Gael (31) | Richard Bruton | Dublin North-Central |
| Fine Gael (31) | Paul Connaughton Snr | Galway East |
| Fine Gael (31) | Simon Coveney | Cork South-Central |
| Fine Gael (31) | Seymour Crawford | Cavan–Monaghan |
| Fine Gael (31) | John Deasy | Waterford |
| Fine Gael (31) | Jimmy Deenihan | Kerry North |
| Fine Gael (31) | Bernard Durkan | Kildare North |
| Fine Gael (31) | Damien English | Meath |
| Fine Gael (31) | Olwyn Enright | Laois–Offaly |
| Fine Gael (31) | Tom Hayes | Tipperary South |
| Fine Gael (31) | Phil Hogan | Carlow–Kilkenny |
| Fine Gael (31) | Paul Kehoe | Wexford |
| Fine Gael (31) | Enda Kenny | Mayo |
| Fine Gael (31) | Pádraic McCormack | Galway West |
| Fine Gael (31) | Dinny McGinley | Donegal South-West |
| Fine Gael (31) | Paul McGrath | Westmeath |
| Fine Gael (31) | Gay Mitchell | Dublin South-Central |
| Fine Gael (31) | Olivia Mitchell | Dublin South |
| Fine Gael (31) | Gerard Murphy | Cork North-West |
| Fine Gael (31) | Dan Neville | Limerick West |
| Fine Gael (31) | Denis Naughten | Longford–Roscommon |
| Fine Gael (31) | Michael Noonan | Limerick East |
| Fine Gael (31) | Fergus O'Dowd | Louth |
| Fine Gael (31) | Jim O'Keeffe | Cork South-West |
| Fine Gael (31) | John Perry | Sligo–Leitrim |
| Fine Gael (31) | Michael Ring | Mayo |
| Fine Gael (31) | David Stanton | Cork East |
| Fine Gael (31) | Billy Timmins | Wicklow |
| Labour Party (21) | Tommy Broughan | Dublin North-East |
| Labour Party (21) | Joan Burton | Dublin West |
| Labour Party (21) | Joe Costello | Dublin Central |
| Labour Party (21) | Breeda Moynihan-Cronin | Kerry South |
| Labour Party (21) | Eamon Gilmore | Dún Laoghaire |
| Labour Party (21) | Michael D. Higgins | Galway West |
| Labour Party (21) | Brendan Howlin | Wexford |
| Labour Party (21) | Kathleen Lynch | Cork North-Central |
| Labour Party (21) | Liz McManus | Wicklow |
| Labour Party (21) | Brian O'Shea | Waterford |
| Labour Party (21) | Jan O'Sullivan | Limerick East |
| Labour Party (21) | Séamus Pattison | Carlow–Kilkenny |
| Labour Party (21) | Willie Penrose | Westmeath |
| Labour Party (21) | Ruairi Quinn | Dublin South-East |
| Labour Party (21) | Pat Rabbitte | Dublin South-West |
| Labour Party (21) | Seán Ryan | Dublin North |
| Labour Party (21) | Joe Sherlock | Cork East |
| Labour Party (21) | Róisín Shortall | Dublin North-West |
| Labour Party (21) | Emmet Stagg | Kildare North |
| Labour Party (21) | Mary Upton | Dublin South-Central |
| Labour Party (21) | Jack Wall | Kildare South |
| Progressive Democrats (8) | Noel Grealish | Galway West |
| Progressive Democrats (8) | Mary Harney | Dublin Mid-West |
| Progressive Democrats (8) | Michael McDowell | Dublin South-East |
| Progressive Democrats (8) | Liz O'Donnell | Dublin South |
| Progressive Democrats (8) | Fiona O'Malley | Dún Laoghaire |
| Progressive Democrats (8) | Tim O'Malley | Limerick East |
| Progressive Democrats (8) | Tom Parlon | Laois–Offaly |
| Progressive Democrats (8) | Mae Sexton | Longford–Roscommon |
| Green Party (6) | Dan Boyle | Cork South-Central |
| Green Party (6) | Ciarán Cuffe | Dún Laoghaire |
| Green Party (6) | Paul Gogarty | Dublin Mid-West |
| Green Party (6) | John Gormley | Dublin South-East |
| Green Party (6) | Eamon Ryan | Dublin South |
| Green Party (6) | Trevor Sargent | Dublin North |
| Sinn Féin (5) | Seán Crowe | Dublin South-West |
| Sinn Féin (5) | Martin Ferris | Kerry North |
| Sinn Féin (5) | Arthur Morgan | Louth |
| Sinn Féin (5) | Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin | Cavan–Monaghan |
| Sinn Féin (5) | Aengus Ó Snodaigh | Dublin South-Central |
| Socialist Party (1) | Joe Higgins | Dublin West |
| Independent (13) | Niall Blaney | Donegal North-East |
| Independent (13) | James Breen | Clare |
| Independent (13) | Paudge Connolly | Cavan–Monaghan |
| Independent (13) | Jerry Cowley | Mayo |
| Independent (13) | Mildred Fox | Wicklow |
| Independent (13) | Tony Gregory | Dublin Central |
| Independent (13) | Marian Harkin | Sligo–Leitrim |
| Independent (13) | Séamus Healy | Tipperary South |
| Independent (13) | Michael Lowry | Tipperary North |
| Independent (13) | Finian McGrath | Dublin North-Central |
| Independent (13) | Paddy McHugh | Galway East |
| Independent (13) | Jackie Healy-Rae | Kerry South |
| Independent (13) | Liam Twomey | Wexford |

## Changes

| Date | Constituency | Loss | Gain | Note |
| 6 June 2002 | Cavan–Monaghan | Fianna Fáil | Ceann Comhairle | Rory O'Hanlon is elected Ceann Comhairle |
| 27 September 2003 | Limerick West | Fianna Fáil | Independent | Michael J. Collins resigns from Fianna Fáil |
| 5 May 2004 | Mayo | Fianna Fáil | Independent | Beverley Flynn is expelled from Fianna Fáil |
| 22 September 2004 | Wexford | Independent | Fine Gael | Liam Twomey joins Fine Gael |
| 31 October 2004 | Kildare North | Fianna Fáil | | Charlie McCreevy resigns his seat on appointment as European Commissioner |
| 31 October 2004 | Meath | Fine Gael | | John Bruton resigns his seat on his appointment as EU Ambassador to the United States |
| 11 March 2005 | Meath | | Fine Gael | Shane McEntee wins the seat vacated by John Bruton |
| 11 March 2005 | Kildare North | | Independent | Catherine Murphy wins the seat vacated by Charlie McCreevy |
| 26 July 2006 | Donegal North-East | Independent Fianna Fáil | Fianna Fáil | Niall Blaney joins Fianna Fáil |