The 23rd Dáil was elected at the February 1982 general election on 18 February 1982 and met on 9 March 1982. The members of

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, the

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of the

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(legislature), of

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are known as TDs. It sat with the 16th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas. On 4 November 1982,

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Patrick Hillery Patrick John Hillery (; 2 May 1923 – 12 April 2008) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as the sixth president of Ireland from December 1976 to December 1990. He also served as vice-president of the European Commission and Europea ...

dissolved the Dáil at the request of the

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after the loss of a

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. The 23rd Dáil is the third shortest Dáil in history, lasting .

Composition of the 23rd Dáil

Fianna Fáil, which formed the 18th government of Ireland, is marked with a bullet ().

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 23rd Dáil from March 1982. This was not the official seating plan.

Ceann Comhairle

On the meeting of the Dáil, John O'Connell (Ind), who had served as

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in the previous Dáil, was proposed by Neil Blaney (IFF) and seconded by

Garret FitzGerald Garret Desmond FitzGerald (9 February 192619 May 2011) was an Irish Fine Gael politician, economist, and barrister who served twice as Taoiseach, serving from 1981 to 1982 and 1982 to 1987. He served as Leader of Fine Gael from 1977 to 1987 an ...

(FG) for the position. He was elected without a vote.

TDs by constituency

The list of the 166 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.

Changes

References

External links

Houses of the Oireachtas: Debates: 23rd Dáil
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