21st Dáil

In July 1977, Fianna Fáil, denoted with a bullet ({{colorbull|black|round}}), formed the 15th government of Ireland, a majority government, led by Jack Lynch as Taoiseach. In December 1979, Charles Haughey succeeded as Fianna Fáil leader and Taoiseach, forming the 16th government of Ireland.

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 21st Dáil from July 1977. This was not the official seating plan.

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On the meeting of the Dáil, Joseph Brennan (FF) was proposed by Jack Lynch (FF) and seconded by George Colley (FF) for the position of Ceann Comhairle. Seán Treacy (Lab) was proposed by Garret FitzGerald (FG) and seconded by Joseph Bermingham (Lab) for the position. Brennan was elected by a vote of 84 to 60.{{cite web |title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (21st Dáil) – Vol. 300 No. 1 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1977-07-05/3/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=27 August 2022 |date=5 July 1977 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708074956/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1977-07-05/3/ |url-status=live }}

Brennan died on 13 July 1980.{{cite web |title=Death of Ceann Comhairle: Expression of Sympathy – Dáil Éireann (21st Dáil) – Vol. 323 No. 1 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1980-10-15/3/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=27 August 2022 |date=15 October 1980 |archive-date=8 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220708074954/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1980-10-15/3/ |url-status=live }} On 15 October 1980, Pádraig Faulkner (FF) was appointed Ceann Comhairle on a temporary basis.{{cite web |title=Office of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (21st Dáil) – Vol. 323 No. 1 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1980-10-15/2/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=27 August 2022 |date=15 October 1980 |archive-date=3 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003181722/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1980-10-15/2/ |url-status=live }} On 16 October 1980, Faulkner was proposed by Jack Lynch for the position on a permanent basis, and was elected without a vote.{{cite web |title=Office of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (21st Dáil) – Vol. 323 No. 2 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1980-10-16/15/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=27 August 2022 |date=16 October 1980 |archive-date=3 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003181741/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1980-10-16/15/ |url-status=live }}

The list of the 148 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.{{cite web |title=TDs & Senators (21st Dáil) |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/tds/?term=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fhouse%2Fdail%2F21 |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=22 June 2022 |archive-date=5 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505090826/http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=21&MemberID=180&ConstID=81 |url-status=live }}

{{Dáil members begin|title=Members of the 21st Dáil}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Carlow–Kilkenny

|seats = 5

|td1 = Liam Aylward

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Kieran Crotty

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Jim Gibbons

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Tom Nolan

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

|td5 = Séamus Pattison

|party5 = Labour Party (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Cavan–Monaghan

|seats = 5

|td1 = John Conlan

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Tom Fitzpatrick

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Jimmy Leonard

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Rory O'Hanlon

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

|td5 = John Wilson

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Clare

|seats = 3

|td1 = Sylvester Barrett

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Brendan Daly

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Frank Taylor

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Cork City

|seats = 5

|td1 = Peter Barry

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Seán French

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Patrick Kerrigan

|party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td4 = Jack Lynch

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

|td5 = Pearse Wyse

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Cork Mid

|seats = 5

|td1 = Barry Cogan

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Donal Creed

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Eileen Desmond

|party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td4 = Gene Fitzgerald

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

|td5 = Thomas Meaney

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Cork North-East

|seats = 4

|td1 = Richard Barry

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Seán Brosnan

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Jerry Cronin

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Patrick Hegarty

|party4 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Cork South-West

|seats = 3

|td1 = Michael Murphy

|party1 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td2 = Jim O'Keeffe

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Joe Walsh

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Donegal

|seats = 5

|td1 = Neil Blaney{{efn|group=IFF|Blaney was a member of Independent Fianna Fáil.}}

|party1 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td2 = Joseph Brennan

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Hugh Conaghan

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Paddy Harte

|party4 = Fine Gael

|td5 = James White

|party5 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin Artane

|seats = 3

|td1 = Noël Browne

|party1 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td2 = Charles Haughey

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Timothy Killeen

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin Ballyfermot

|seats = 3

|td1 = Eileen Lemass

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Jim Mitchell

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = John O'Connell

|party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin Cabra

|seats = 3

|td1 = Hugh Byrne

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Vivion de Valera

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Tom Leonard

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin Clontarf

|seats = 3

|td1 = George Colley

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Michael Joe Cosgrave

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Michael Woods

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin County Mid

|seats = 3

|td1 = Síle de Valera

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Larry McMahon

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Seán Walsh

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin County North

|seats = 3

|td1 = John Boland

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Ray Burke

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Joe Fox

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin County South

|seats = 3

|td1 = Niall Andrews

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = John Horgan

|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td3 = John Kelly

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin County West

|seats = 3

|td1 = Mark Clinton

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Liam Lawlor

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Brian Lenihan

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin Finglas

|seats = 3

|td1 = Bertie Ahern

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Luke Belton

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Jim Tunney

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin North-Central

|seats = 3

|td1 = Vincent Brady

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Michael Keating

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Michael O'Leary

|party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin Rathmines West

|seats = 3

|td1 = Gerard Brady

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Ben Briscoe

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Richie Ryan

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin South-Central

|seats = 3

|td1 = Frank Cluskey

|party1 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td2 = Tom Fitzpatrick

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Fergus O'Brien

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dublin South-East

|seats = 3

|td1 = Garret FitzGerald

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Seán Moore

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Ruairi Quinn

|party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Dún Laoghaire

|seats = 4

|td1 = David Andrews

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Barry Desmond

|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td3 = Liam Cosgrave

|party3 = Fine Gael

|td4 = Martin O'Donoghue

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Galway East

|seats = 4

|td1 = Johnny Callanan

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = John Donnellan

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Thomas Hussey

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Mark Killilea Jnr

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Galway West

|seats = 4

|td1 = Máire Geoghegan-Quinn

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Bill Loughnane

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = John Mannion Jnr

|party3 = Fine Gael

|td4 = Bobby Molloy

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Kerry North

|seats = 3

|td1 = Kit Ahern

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Tom McEllistrim

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Dan Spring

|party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Kerry South

|seats = 3

|td1 = Michael Begley

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Timothy O'Connor

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = John O'Leary

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Kildare

|seats = 3

|td1 = Joseph Bermingham

|party1 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td2 = Charlie McCreevy

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Paddy Power

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Laois–Offaly

|seats = 5

|td1 = Ger Connolly

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Bernard Cowen

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Tom Enright

|party3 = Fine Gael

|td4 = Oliver J. Flanagan

|party4 = Fine Gael

|td5 = Patrick Lalor

|party5 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Limerick East

|seats = 4

|td1 = Michael Herbert

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Michael Lipper

|party2 = Independent politician (Ireland)

|td3 = Tom O'Donnell

|party3 = Fine Gael

|td4 = Desmond O'Malley

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Limerick West

|seats = 3

|td1 = Gerry Collins

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Michael J. Noonan

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = William O'Brien

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Longford–Westmeath

|seats = 4

|td1 = Seán Keegan

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Gerry L'Estrange

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Albert Reynolds

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Joe Sheridan

|party4 = Independent politician (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Louth

|seats = 4

|td1 = Paddy Donegan

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Joseph Farrell

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Pádraig Faulkner

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Eddie Filgate

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Mayo East

|seats = 3

|td1 = Seán Calleary

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = P. J. Morley

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Paddy O'Toole

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Mayo West

|seats = 3

|td1 = Pádraig Flynn

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Denis Gallagher

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Enda Kenny

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Meath

|seats = 4

|td1 = John Bruton

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Brendan Crinion

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Jim Fitzsimons

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = James Tully

|party4 = Labour Party (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Roscommon–Leitrim

|seats = 3

|td1 = Joan Burke

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Seán Doherty

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Terry Leyden

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Sligo–Leitrim

|seats = 3

|td1 = James Gallagher

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Eugene Gilhawley

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Ray MacSharry

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Tipperary North

|seats = 3

|td1 = Michael O'Kennedy

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = John Ryan

|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td3 = Michael Smith

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Tipperary South

|seats = 3

|td1 = Noel Davern

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Brendan Griffin

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Seán Treacy

|party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Waterford

|seats = 4

|td1 = Edward Collins

|party1 = Fine Gael

|td2 = Austin Deasy

|party2 = Fine Gael

|td3 = Jackie Fahey

|party3 = Fianna Fáil

|td4 = Billy Kenneally

|party4 = Fianna Fáil

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Wexford

|seats = 4

|td1 = Lorcan Allen

|party1 = Fianna Fáil

|td2 = Seán Browne

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Brendan Corish

|party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td4 = Michael D'Arcy

|party4 = Fine Gael

}}

{{Dáil constituency

|name = Wicklow

|seats = 3

|td1 = Liam Kavanagh

|party1 = Labour Party (Ireland)

|td2 = Ciarán Murphy

|party2 = Fianna Fáil

|td3 = Godfrey Timmins

|party3 = Fine Gael

}}

{{end}}

{{Notelist|group=IFF}}

{{Constituency changes start}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 5

|month = July

|year = 1977

|con = Donegal

|gain = Ceann Comhairle

|loss = Fianna Fáil

|note = Joseph Brennan takes office as Ceann Comhairle

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 18

|month = April

|year = 1979

|con = Cork North-East

|gain =

|loss = Fianna Fáil

|note = Death of Seán Brosnan

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 4

|month = July

|year = 1979

|con = Cork City

|gain =

|loss = Labour Party (Ireland)

|note = Death of Patrick Kerrigan

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 7

|month = November

|year = 1979

|con = Cork North-East

|gain = Fine Gael

|loss =

|note = Myra Barry wins seat vacated by the death of Brosnan

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 7

|month = November

|year = 1979

|con = Cork City

|gain = Fine Gael

|loss =

|note = Liam Burke wins seat vacated by the death of Kerrigan

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 13

|month = July

|year = 1980

|con = Donegal

|gain =

|loss = Ceann Comhairle

|note = Death of Joseph Brennan

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 16

|month = October

|year = 1980

|con = Louth

|gain = Ceann Comhairle

|loss = Fianna Fáil

|note = Pádraig Faulkner takes office as Ceann Comhairle

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 6

|month = November

|year = 1980

|con = Donegal

|gain = Fianna Fáil

|loss =

|note = Clement Coughlan holds seat vacated by the death of Brennan

}}

{{Constituency changes

|date = 27

|month = January

|year = 1981

|con = Tipperary North

|gain =

|loss = Fianna Fáil

|note = Resignation of Michael O'Kennedy on appointment as EC Commissioner{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1981-01-27/25/|title=Resignation of Member – Dáil Éireann (21st Dáil) – Vol. 326 No. 1|date=27 January 1981|access-date=22 June 2022|website=Houses of the Oireachtas|archive-date=22 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622165602/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1981-01-27/25/|url-status=live}}

}}{{end}}

On 11 February 1981, a motion to move the writ for the vacancy in Tipperary North was rejected on a vote of 40 to 66.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1981-02-11/3/|title=Issue of Writ: Motion – Dáil Éireann (21st Dáil) – Vol. 326 No. 8|date=11 February 1981|access-date=27 August 2022|website=Houses of the Oireachtas|archive-date=4 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104185950/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1981-02-11/3/|url-status=live}}

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