Topic summary
27th Dáil
15 May 1997
- 23rd government of Ireland (1993–1994)
- 24th government of Ireland (1994–1997)
— Albert Reynolds
until 15 December 1994
— Bertie Ahern
until 15 December 1994
— Dick Spring
until 17 November 1994
— John Wilson
until 12 January 1993
— Seán Barrett
until 23 May 1995
— Noel Dempsey
until 15 December 1994
of the Opposition
— John Bruton
until 15 December 1994
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.