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22nd Dáil
TDs from June 1981 to January 1982 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The 22nd Dáil was elected at the 1981 general election on 11 June 1981 and met on 30 June 1981. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 15th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
On 27 January 1982, President Patrick Hillery dissolved the Dáil at the request of the Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald. The 22nd Dáil is the second shortest Dáil in history, lasting 211 days. There were no by-elections during the 22nd Dáil.
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Composition of the 22nd Dáil
Fine Gael and the Labour Party, denoted with bullets (●), formed the 17th government of Ireland.
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This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 22nd Dáil from June 1981. This was not the official seating plan.
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Ceann Comhairle
On the meeting of the Dáil, 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]
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The list of the 166 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.[2]
- Contested election under Anti H-Block label.
- Blaney was a member of Independent Fianna Fáil.
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Changes
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 Dáil was dissolved on the following day following the defeat of the budget.[6]
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