25th Dáil
{{Short description|TDs from 1987 to 1989}}
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{{Infobox legislative term
| name = 25th Dáil
| image = Oireachtas logo.svg
| image_size = 100px
| body = Dáil Éireann
| country = Ireland
| meeting_place = Leinster House
| election = 1987 general election
| government = 20th government of Ireland
| term_start = 10 March 1987
| term_end = 25 May 1989
| before = 24th Dáil
| after = 26th Dáil
| membership1 = 166
| chamber1_leader1_type = Ceann Comhairle
| chamber1_leader1 = Seán Treacy
| chamber1_leader2_type = Taoiseach
| chamber1_leader2 = Charles Haughey
| chamber1_leader3_type = Tánaiste
| chamber1_leader3 = Brian Lenihan
| chamber1_leader4_type = Chief Whip
| chamber1_leader4 = Vincent Brady
| chamber1_leader5_type = Leader of the Opposition
| chamber1_leader5 = Alan Dukes
| session1_start = 10 March 1987
| session1_end = 26 June 1987
| session2_start = 14 October 1987
| session2_end = 30 June 1988
| session3_start = 19 October 1988
| session3_end = 25 May 1989
}}
The 25th Dáil was elected at the 1987 general election on 17 February 1987 and met on 10 March 1987. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 18th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
The 25th Dáil was dissolved by President Patrick Hillery on 25 May 1989, at the request of the Taoiseach Charles Haughey. The 25th Dáil lasted {{age in years and days|10 Mar 1987|25 May 1989}}. There were no by-elections during the 25th Dáil.
Composition of the 25th Dáil
| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" |
| colspan=2|Party
!Feb. 1987 !May 1989 !class="unsortable"|Change |
|---|
| style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |{{colorbull|black|round}}
|align="center"| 81 |align="center"| 80 |align="center"| {{decrease}} 1 |
| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}
|align="center"| 51 |align="center"| 50 |align="center"| {{decrease}} 1 |
| {{party name with colour|Progressive Democrats}}
|align="center"| 14 |align="center"| 14 |align="center"| {{nochange}} |
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|align="center"| 12 |align="center"| 11 |align="center"| {{decrease}} 1 |
| {{party name with colour|Workers' Party (Ireland)}}
|align="center"| 4 |align="center"| 4 |align="center"| {{nochange}} |
| {{party name with colour|Democratic Socialist Party (Ireland)}}
|align="center"| 1 |align="center"| 1 |align="center"| {{nochange}} |
| {{party name with colour|Independent politician (Ireland)}}
|align="center"| 3 |align="center"| 3 |align="center"| {{nochange}} |
| {{party name with colour|Ceann Comhairle}}
|{{n/a}} |align="center"| 1 |align="center"| {{increase}} 1 |
| {{party name with colour|Casual vacancy}}
|{{n/a}} |align="center"| 2 |align="center"| {{increase}} 2 |
| colspan="2"|Total
!colspan="3" align="center"|166 |
Fianna Fáil, denoted with bullet ({{colorbull|black|round}}), formed the 20th government of Ireland.
=Graphical representation=
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 25th Dáil from March 1987. This was not the official seating plan.
Ceann Comhairle
On 10 March 1987, Seán Treacy (Ind) was proposed by Charles Haughey and seconded by Brian Lenihan for the position of Ceann Comhairle. He was approved without a vote.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1987-03-10/2/|title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (25th Dáil)|date=10 March 1987|access-date=30 June 2022|website=Houses of the Oireachtas|archive-date=30 June 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220630210256/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1987-03-10/2/|url-status=live}}
TDs by constituency
The list of the 166 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.{{cite web |title=TDs & Senators (25th Dáil) |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/tds/?term=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fhouse%2Fdail%2F25 |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=30 June 2022 |archive-date=5 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505061923/http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=25&MemberID=1&ConstID=137 |url-status=live }}
{{Dáil members begin|title=Members of the 25th Dáil}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Carlow–Kilkenny
|seats = 5
|td1 = Liam Aylward
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = Kieran Crotty
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3 = Martin Gibbons
|party3 = Progressive Democrats
|td4 = M. J. Nolan
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
|td5 = Séamus Pattison
|party5 = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Cavan–Monaghan
|seats = 5
|td1 = Andrew Boylan
|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 = 4
|td1 = Donal Carey
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2 = Brendan Daly
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3 = Síle de Valera
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4 = Madeleine Taylor-Quinn
|party4 = Fine Gael
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Cork East
|seats = 4
|td1 = Michael Ahern
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = Patrick Hegarty
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3 = Ned O'Keeffe
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4 = Joe Sherlock
|party4 = Workers' Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Cork North-Central
|seats = 5
|td1 = Bernard Allen
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2 = Liam Burke
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3 = Denis Lyons
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4 = Máirín Quill
|party4 = Progressive Democrats
|td5 = Dan Wallace
|party5 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Cork North-West
|seats = 3
|td1 = Donal Creed
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2 = Frank Crowley
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3 = Donal Moynihan
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Cork South-Central
|seats = 5
|td1 = Peter Barry
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2 = John Dennehy
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3 = Batt O'Keeffe
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4 = Toddy O'Sullivan
|party4 = Labour Party (Ireland)
|td5 = Pearse Wyse
|party5 = Progressive Democrats
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Cork South-West
|seats = 3
|td1 = Jim O'Keeffe
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2 = P. J. Sheehan
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3 = Joe Walsh
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Donegal North-East
|seats = 3
|td1 = Neil Blaney
|party1 = Independent Fianna Fáil
|td2 = Hugh Conaghan
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3 = Paddy Harte
|party3 = Fine Gael
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Donegal South-West
|seats = 3
|td1 = Mary Coughlan
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = Pat "the Cope" Gallagher
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3 = Dinny McGinley
|party3 = Fine Gael
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Dublin Central
|seats = 5
|td1 = Bertie Ahern
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = Dermot Fitzpatrick
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3 = Tony Gregory
|party3 = Independent politician (Ireland)
|td4 = Michael Keating
|party4 = Progressive Democrats
|td5 = John Stafford
|party5 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Dublin North
|seats = 3
|td1 = Ray Burke
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = John Boland
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3 = G. V. Wright
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Dublin North-Central
|seats = 4
|td1 = Vincent Brady
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = Richard Bruton
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3 = George Birmingham
|party3 = Fine Gael
|td4 = Charles Haughey
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Dublin North-East
|seats = 4
|td1 = Michael Joe Cosgrave
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2 = Liam Fitzgerald
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3 = Pat McCartan
|party3 = Workers' Party (Ireland)
|td4 = Michael Woods
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Dublin North-West
|seats = 4
|td1 = Michael Barrett
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = Proinsias De Rossa
|party2 = Workers' Party (Ireland)
|td3 = Mary Flaherty
|party3 = Fine Gael
|td4 = Jim Tunney
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Dublin South
|seats = 5
|td1 = Séamus Brennan
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = Anne Colley
|party2 = Progressive Democrats
|td3 = John Kelly
|party3 = Fine Gael
|td4 = Tom Kitt
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
|td5 = Alan Shatter
|party5 = Fine Gael
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Dublin South-Central
|seats = 5
|td1 = Ben Briscoe
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = Frank Cluskey
|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)
|td3 = Gay Mitchell
|party3 = Fine Gael
|td4 = Mary Mooney
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
|td5 = Fergus O'Brien
|party5 = Fine Gael
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Dublin South-East
|seats = 4
|td1 = Gerard Brady
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = Garret FitzGerald
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3 = Michael McDowell
|party3 = Progressive Democrats
|td4 = Ruairi Quinn
|party4 = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Dublin South-West
|seats = 4
|td1 = Chris Flood
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = Mary Harney
|party2 = Progressive Democrats
|td3 = Mervyn Taylor
|party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)
|td4 = Seán Walsh
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Dublin West
|seats = 5
|td1 = Liam Lawlor
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = Brian Lenihan
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3 = Tomás Mac Giolla
|party3 = Workers' Party (Ireland)
|td4 = Jim Mitchell
|party4 = Fine Gael
|td5 = Patrick O'Malley
|party5 = Progressive Democrats
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Dún Laoghaire
|seats = 5
|td1 = David Andrews
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = Monica Barnes
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3 = Seán Barrett
|party3 = Fine Gael
|td4 = Barry Desmond
|party4 = Labour Party (Ireland)
|td5 = Geraldine Kennedy
|party5 = Progressive Democrats
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Galway East
|seats = 3
|td1 = Paul Connaughton Snr
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2 = Michael P. Kitt
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3 = Noel Treacy
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Galway West
|seats = 5
|td1 = John Donnellan
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2 = Frank Fahey
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3 = Máire Geoghegan-Quinn
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4 = Michael D. Higgins
|party4 = Labour Party (Ireland)
|td5 = Bobby Molloy
|party5 = Progressive Democrats
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Kerry North
|seats = 3
|td1 = Jimmy Deenihan
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2 = Denis Foley
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3 = Dick Spring
|party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Kerry South
|seats = 3
|td1 = Michael Begley
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2 = John O'Donoghue
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3 = John O'Leary
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Kildare
|seats = 5
|td1 = Alan Dukes
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2 = Bernard Durkan
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3 = Charlie McCreevy
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4 = Paddy Power
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
|td5 = Emmet Stagg
|party5 = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Laois–Offaly
|seats = 5
|td1 = Ger Connolly
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = Brian Cowen
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3 = Tom Enright
|party3 = Fine Gael
|td4 = Charles Flanagan
|party4 = Fine Gael
|td5 = Liam Hyland
|party5 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Limerick East
|seats = 5
|td1 = Peadar Clohessy
|party1 = Progressive Democrats
|td2 = Jim Kemmy
|party2 = Democratic Socialist Party (Ireland)
|td3 = Michael Noonan
|party3 = Fine Gael
|td4 = Willie O'Dea
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
|td5 = Desmond O'Malley
|party5 = Progressive Democrats
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Limerick West
|seats = 3
|td1 = Gerry Collins
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = John McCoy
|party2 = Progressive Democrats
|td3 = Michael J. Noonan
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Longford–Westmeath
|seats = 4
|td1 = Henry Abbott
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = Patrick Cooney
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3 = Mary O'Rourke
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4 = Albert Reynolds
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Louth
|seats = 4
|td1 = Dermot Ahern
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = Michael Bell
|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)
|td3 = Séamus Kirk
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4 = Brendan McGahon
|party4 = Fine Gael
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Mayo East
|seats = 3
|td1 = Seán Calleary
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = Jim Higgins
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3 = P. J. Morley
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{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 = 5
|td1 = John Bruton
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2 = Noel Dempsey
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3 = John Farrelly
|party3 = Fine Gael
|td4 = Colm Hilliard
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
|td5 = Michael Lynch
|party5 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Roscommon
|seats = 3
|td1 = Seán Doherty
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = Terry Leyden
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3 = Liam Naughten
|party3 = Fine Gael
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Sligo–Leitrim
|seats = 4
|td1 = Matt Brennan
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = John Ellis
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3 = Ray MacSharry
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4 = Ted Nealon
|party4 = Fine Gael
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Tipperary North
|seats = 3
|td1 = Michael Lowry
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2 = Michael O'Kennedy
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3 = Michael Smith
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Tipperary South
|seats = 4
|td1 = Noel Davern
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = Brendan Griffin
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3 = Seán McCarthy
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4 = Seán Treacy
|party4 = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Waterford
|seats = 4
|td1 = Martin Cullen
|party1 = Progressive Democrats
|td2 = Austin Deasy
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3 = Jackie Fahey
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4 = Brian Swift
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Wexford
|seats = 5
|td1 = John Browne
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2 = Hugh Byrne
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3 = Avril Doyle
|party3 = Fine Gael
|td4 = Brendan Howlin
|party4 = Labour Party (Ireland)
|td5 = Ivan Yates
|party5 = Fine Gael
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name = Wicklow
|seats = 4
|td1 = Gemma Hussey
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2 = Joe Jacob
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3 = Liam Kavanagh
|party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)
|td4 = Dick Roche
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{end}}
Changes
{{Constituency changes start}}
{{Constituency changes
|date = 10
|month = March
|year = 1987
|con = Tipperary South
|gain = Ceann Comhairle
|loss = Independent politician (Ireland)
|note = Seán Treacy (Ind) takes office as Ceann Comhairle
}}
{{Constituency changes
|date = 20
|month = April
|year = 1988
|con = Galway West
|gain = Independent politician (Ireland)
|loss = Fine Gael
|note = John Donnellan (FG) expelled from the parliamentary party{{cite news |last1=Brennock |first1=Mark |title=FG removes whip from Donnellan |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1988/0421/Pg001.html#Ar00102 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=21 April 1988 |url-access=subscription}}
}}
{{Constituency changes
|date = 25
|month = January
|year = 1989
|con = Sligo–Leitrim
|gain =
|loss = Fianna Fáil
|note = Ray MacSharry nominated as EC Commissioner{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1989-01-25/16/|title=Resignation of Member – Dáil Éireann (25th Dáil)|date=25 January 1989|access-date=19 September 2019|website=Houses of the Oireachtas|archive-date=5 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105175457/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1989-01-25/16/|url-status=live}}
}}
{{Constituency changes
|date = 7
|month = May
|year = 1989
|con = Dublin South-Central
|gain =
|loss = Labour Party (Ireland)
|note = Death of Frank Cluskey{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1989-05-09/24/|title=Death of Member: Expression of Sympathy – Dáil Éireann (25th Dáil)|date=9 May 1989|access-date=8 June 2021|website=Houses of the Oireachtas|archive-date=8 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608085050/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1989-05-09/24/|url-status=live}}
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References
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External links
- [https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/find/?debateType=dail&datePeriod=term&term=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fhouse%2Fdail%2F25 Houses of the Oireachtas: Debates: 25th Dáil]
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