29th Dáil

OverviewLegislative bodyDáil ÉireannJurisdictionIrelandMeeting placeLeinster HouseTerm6 June 2002 –
26 April 2007Election2002 general electionGovernment26th government of IrelandMembers166Ceann ComhairleRory O'HanlonTaoiseachBertie AhernTánaisteMichael McDowell
— Mary Harney
until 13 September 2006Chief WhipTom Kitt
— Mary Hanafin
until 29 September 2004Leader of the OppositionEnda KennySessions

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 PresidentMary McAleese on 26 April 2007, at the request of the TaoiseachBertie Ahern. The 29th Dáil lasted 4 years, 324 days, the third longest after the 10th Dáil and the 28th Dáil.