The 15th Dáil was elected at the
1954 general election on 14 May 1954 and met on 2 June 1954. The members of
Dáil Éireann
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, the
house of representatives
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of the
Oireachtas
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(legislature), of
Ireland
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are known as
TDs. It sat with the
8th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
On 12 February 1957,
President
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Seán T. O'Kelly dissolved the Dáil at the request of the
Taoiseach
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John A. Costello on 4 February. The 15th Dáil lasted .
Composition of the 15th Dáil
Fine Gael, the Labour Party, and Clann na Talmhan, denoted with bullets (), formed the
7th government of Ireland
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, a
minority government
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dependent on the support of Clann na Poblachta.
Graphical representation
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 15th Dáil from June 1954. This was not the official seating plan.
Ceann Comhairle
On the meeting of the Dáil,
Patrick Hogan (Lab), who had served as
Ceann Comhairle
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in the previous Dáil, was proposed by
Éamon de Valera
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(FF) and seconded by
Richard Mulcahy
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(FG) for the position. His election was approved without a vote.
Hogan had served as Leas-Cheann Comhairle from 1927 to 1928, from 1932 to 1938 and from 1948 to 1951.
TDs by constituency
The list of the 147 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by
Dáil constituency.
Changes
References
External links
Houses of the Oireachtas: Debates: 15th Dáil
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