22nd Dail

22nd Dail
22nd Dail
Overview
Legislative body	Dail Eireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	30 June 1981 ? 27 January 1982
Election	1981 general election
Government	17th government of Ireland
Members	166
Ceann Comhairle	John O'Connell
Taoiseach	Garret FitzGerald
Tanaiste	Michael O'Leary
Chief Whip	Fergus O'Brien ; ? Gerry L'Estrange ; until 11 November 1981
Leader of the Opposition	Charles Haughey
Sessions
1st
1st	30 June 1981 ? 23 July 1981
2nd	20 October 1981 ? 27 January 1982

The 22nd Dail was elected at the 1981 general election on 11 June 1981 and met on 30 June 1981. The members of Dail Eireann , the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs . On 27 January 1982, President Patrick Hillery dissolved the Dail at the request of the Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald . The 22nd Dail is the second shortest Dail in history, lasting 212 days. There were no by-elections during the 22nd Dail.

Composition of the 22nd Dail [ edit ]

Party		June 1981	Jan. 1982
	Fianna Fail	78	78
●	Fine Gael	65	65
●	Labour Party	15	15
	Anti H-Block	2	1
	Sinn Fein The Workers' Party	1	1
	Socialist Labour	1	1
	Independent Fianna Fail	1	1
	Independent	3	2
	Ceann Comhairle	?	1
	Vacant	?	1

Fine Gael and the Labour Party , denoted with bullets ( ● ), formed the 17th government of Ireland .

Graphical representation [ edit ]

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 22nd Dail from June 1981. This was not the official seating plan.

Ceann Comhairle [ edit ]

On the meeting of the Dail, John O'Connell (Ind) was proposed by Peter Barry (FG) and seconded by James Tully (Lab) for the position of Ceann Comhairle . He was elected without a vote. ^[1]

TDs by constituency [ edit ]

The list of the 166 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dail constituency . ^[2]

Members of the 22nd Dail
Constituency	Name	Party
Carlow?Kilkenny	Liam Aylward		Fianna Fail
	Kieran Crotty		Fine Gael
	Desmond Governey		Fine Gael
	Tom Nolan		Fianna Fail
	Seamus Pattison		Labour
Cavan?Monagahan	John Conlan		Fine Gael
	Kieran Doherty		Anti H-Block
	Tom Fitzpatrick		Fine Gael
	Rory O'Hanlon		Fianna Fail
	John Wilson		Fianna Fail
Clare	Sylvester Barrett		Fianna Fail
	Brendan Daly		Fianna Fail
	Bill Loughnane		Fianna Fail
	Madeline Taylor		Fine Gael
Cork East	Myra Barry		Fine Gael
	Patrick Hegarty		Fine Gael
	Carey Joyce		Fianna Fail
	Joe Sherlock		Sinn Fein The Workers' Party
Cork North-Central	Bernard Allen		Fine Gael
	Liam Burke		Fine Gael
	Sean French		Fianna Fail
	Denis Lyons		Fianna Fail
	Toddy O'Sullivan		Labour
Cork North-West	Donal Creed		Fine Gael
	Frank Crowley		Fine Gael
	Thomas Meaney		Fianna Fail
Cork South-Central	Peter Barry		Fine Gael
	Hugh Coveney		Fine Gael
	Eileen Desmond		Labour
	Gene Fitzgerald		Fianna Fail
	Pearse Wyse		Fianna Fail
Cork South-West	Flor Crowley		Fianna Fail
	Jim O'Keeffe		Fine Gael
	P. J. Sheehan		Fine Gael
Donegal North-East	Neil Blaney		Independent Fianna Fail
	Hugh Conaghan		Fianna Fail
	Paddy Harte		Fine Gael
Donegal South-West	Clement Coughlan		Fianna Fail
	Pat "the Cope" Gallagher		Fianna Fail
	James White		Fine Gael
Dublin Central	Bertie Ahern		Fianna Fail
	George Colley		Fianna Fail
	Alice Glenn		Fine Gael
	Michael Keating		Fine Gael
	Michael O'Leary		Labour
Dublin North	Ray Burke		Fianna Fail
	John Boland		Fine Gael
	Nora Owen		Fine Gael
Dublin North-Central	George Birmingham		Fine Gael
	Vincent Brady		Fianna Fail
	Noel Browne		Socialist Labour
	Charles Haughey		Fianna Fail
Dublin North-East	Michael Joe Cosgrave		Fine Gael
	Liam Fitzgerald		Fianna Fail
	Sean Loftus		Independent
	Michael Woods		Fianna Fail
Dublin North-West	Michael Barrett		Fianna Fail
	Hugh Byrne		Fine Gael
	Mary Flaherty		Fine Gael
	Jim Tunney		Fianna Fail
Dublin South	Niall Andrews		Fianna Fail
	Seamus Brennan		Fianna Fail
	Nuala Fennell		Fine Gael
	John Kelly		Fine Gael
	Alan Shatter		Fine Gael
Dublin South-Central	Ben Briscoe		Fianna Fail
	Tom Fitzpatrick		Fianna Fail
	Gay Mitchell		Fine Gael
	Fergus O'Brien		Fine Gael
	John O'Connell		Independent
Dublin South-East	Gerard Brady		Fianna Fail
	Garret FitzGerald		Fine Gael
	Sean Moore		Fianna Fail
	Richie Ryan		Fine Gael
Dublin South-West	Mary Harney		Fianna Fail
	Larry McMahon		Fine Gael
	Mervyn Taylor		Labour
	Sean Walsh		Fianna Fail
Dublin West	Richard Burke		Fine Gael
	Brian Fleming		Fine Gael
	Eileen Lemass		Fianna Fail
	Brian Lenihan		Fianna Fail
	Jim Mitchell		Fine Gael
Dun Laoghaire	David Andrews		Fianna Fail
	Sean Barrett		Fine Gael
	Liam T. Cosgrave		Fine Gael
	Barry Desmond		Labour
	Martin O'Donoghue		Fianna Fail
Galway East	Johnny Callanan		Fianna Fail
	Paul Connaughton Snr		Fine Gael
	Michael P. Kitt		Fianna Fail
Galway West	John Donnellan		Fine Gael
	Maire Geoghegan-Quinn		Fianna Fail
	Michael D. Higgins		Labour
	Mark Killilea Jnr		Fianna Fail
	Bobby Molloy		Fianna Fail
Kerry North	Denis Foley		Fianna Fail
	Tom McEllistrim		Fianna Fail
	Dick Spring		Labour
Kerry South	Michael Begley		Fine Gael
	Michael Moynihan		Labour
	John O'Leary		Fianna Fail
Kildare	Joseph Bermingham		Labour
	Bernard Durkan		Fine Gael
	Alan Dukes		Fine Gael
	Charlie McCreevy		Fianna Fail
	Paddy Power		Fianna Fail
Laois?Offaly	Ger Connolly		Fianna Fail
	Bernard Cowen		Fianna Fail
	Tom Enright		Fine Gael
	Oliver J. Flanagan		Fine Gael
	Liam Hyland		Fianna Fail
Limerick East	Peadar Clohessy		Fianna Fail
	Jim Kemmy		Independent
	Michael Noonan		Fine Gael
	Tom O'Donnell		Fine Gael
	Desmond O'Malley		Fianna Fail
Limerick West	Gerry Collins		Fianna Fail
	Michael J. Noonan		Fianna Fail
	William O'Brien		Fine Gael
Longford?Westmeath	Patrick Cooney		Fine Gael
	Sean Keegan		Fianna Fail
	Gerry L'Estrange		Fine Gael
	Albert Reynolds		Fianna Fail
Louth	Paddy Agnew		Anti H-Block
	Padraig Faulkner		Fianna Fail
	Eddie Filgate		Fianna Fail
	Bernard Markey		Fine Gael
Mayo East	Sean Calleary		Fianna Fail
	P. J. Morley		Fianna Fail
	Paddy O'Toole		Fine Gael
Mayo West	Padraig Flynn		Fianna Fail
	Denis Gallagher		Fianna Fail
	Enda Kenny		Fine Gael
Meath	John Bruton		Fine Gael
	Brendan Crinion		Fianna Fail
	John Farrelly		Fine Gael
	Jim Fitzsimons		Fianna Fail
	James Tully		Labour
Roscommon	John Connor		Fine Gael
	Sean Doherty		Fianna Fail
	Terry Leyden		Fianna Fail
Sligo?Leitrim	John Ellis		Fianna Fail
	Joe McCartin		Fine Gael
	Ray MacSharry		Fianna Fail
	Ted Nealon		Fine Gael
Tipperary North	David Molony		Fine Gael
	John Ryan		Labour
	Michael Smith		Fianna Fail
Tipperary South	Carrie Acheson		Fianna Fail
	Brendan Griffin		Fine Gael
	Sean McCarthy		Fianna Fail
	Sean Treacy		Labour
Waterford	Edward Collins		Fine Gael
	Austin Deasy		Fine Gael
	Jackie Fahey		Fianna Fail
	Billy Kenneally		Fianna Fail
Wexford	Lorcan Allen		Fianna Fail
	Hugh Byrne		Fianna Fail
	Brendan Corish		Labour
	Michael D'Arcy		Fine Gael
	Ivan Yates		Fine Gael
Wicklow	Paudge Brennan		Fianna Fail
	Liam Kavanagh		Labour
	Ciaran Murphy		Fianna Fail
	Godfrey Timmins		Fine Gael

Changes [ edit ]

Date	Constituency	Loss		Gain		Note
30 June 1981	Dublin South-Central		Independent		Ceann Comhairle	John O'Connell takes office as Ceann Comhairle ^[1]
2 August 1981	Cavan?Monaghan		Anti H-Block			Kieran Doherty dies on hunger strike ^[3]

On 21 October 1981, a motion to move the writ for the vacancy in Cavan?Monaghan was rejected on a vote of 78 to 80. ^[4] On 26 January 1982, a second motion in the same terms was defeated on a vote of 78 to 81. ^[5] The Dail was dissolved on the following day following the defeat of the budget. ^[6]

References [ edit ]

^ ^a ^b "Election of Ceann Comhairle ? Dail Eireann (22nd Dail) ? Vol. 329 No. 1" . Houses of the Oireachtas . 30 June 1981. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022 . Retrieved 28 August 2022 .
^ "TDs & Senators (22nd Dail)" . Houses of the Oireachtas . Archived from the original on 23 June 2022 . Retrieved 23 June 2022 .
^ "Expressions of Sympathy ? Dail Eireann (22nd Dail) ? Vol. 330 No. 1" . Houses of the Oireachtas . 20 October 1981. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019 . Retrieved 26 September 2019 .
^ "Issue of Writ: Motion ? Dail Eireann (22nd Dail) ? Vol. 330 No. 2" . Houses of the Oireachtas . 21 October 1981. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019 . Retrieved 28 August 2022 .
^ "Issue of Writ: Cavan-Monaghan By-Election ? Dail Eireann (22nd Dail) ? Vol. 332 No. 1" . Houses of the Oireachtas . 26 January 1982. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019 . Retrieved 28 August 2022 .
^ "Financial Resolutions, 1982: Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise ? Beer ? Dail Eireann (22nd Dail) ? Vol. 332 No. 2" . 27 January 1982 . Retrieved 20 December 2023 .

External links [ edit ]

Houses of the Oireachtas: Debates: 22nd Dail

[cc-1] "Election of Ceann Comhairle ? Dail Eireann (22nd Dail) ? Vol. 329 No. 1" . Houses of the Oireachtas . 30 June 1981. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022 . Retrieved 28 August 2022 .

[2] "TDs & Senators (22nd Dail)" . Houses of the Oireachtas . Archived from the original on 23 June 2022 . Retrieved 23 June 2022 .

[3] "Expressions of Sympathy ? Dail Eireann (22nd Dail) ? Vol. 330 No. 1" . Houses of the Oireachtas . 20 October 1981. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019 . Retrieved 26 September 2019 .

[4] "Issue of Writ: Motion ? Dail Eireann (22nd Dail) ? Vol. 330 No. 2" . Houses of the Oireachtas . 21 October 1981. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019 . Retrieved 28 August 2022 .

[5] "Issue of Writ: Cavan-Monaghan By-Election ? Dail Eireann (22nd Dail) ? Vol. 332 No. 1" . Houses of the Oireachtas . 26 January 1982. Archived from the original on 26 September 2019 . Retrieved 28 August 2022 .

[6] "Financial Resolutions, 1982: Financial Resolution No. 1: Excise ? Beer ? Dail Eireann (22nd Dail) ? Vol. 332 No. 2" . 27 January 1982 . Retrieved 20 December 2023 .

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