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25th Dáil
25th Dáil
Overview
Legislative body	Dáil Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	10 March 1987 – 25 May 1989
Election	1987 general election
Government	20th government of Ireland
Members	166
Ceann Comhairle	Seán Treacy
Taoiseach	Charles Haughey
Tánaiste	Brian Lenihan
Chief Whip	Vincent Brady
Leader of the Opposition	Alan Dukes
Sessions
1st
1st	10 March 1987 – 26 June 1987
2nd	14 October 1987 – 30 June 1988
3rd	19 October 1988 – 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 808 days. There were no by-elections during the 25th Dáil.

Composition of the 25th Dáil

Party		Feb. 1987	May 1989	Change
●	Fianna Fáil	81	80	1
	Fine Gael	51	50	1
	Progressive Democrats	14	14
	Labour	12	11	1
	Workers' Party	4	4
	Democratic Socialist	1	1
	Independent	3	3
	Ceann Comhairle	—	1	1
	Vacant	—	2	2
Total		166

Fianna Fáil, denoted with bullet (●), 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.^[1]

TDs by constituency

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

Members of the 25th Dáil
Constituency	Name	Party
Carlow–Kilkenny	Liam Aylward		Fianna Fáil
	Kieran Crotty		Fine Gael
	Martin Gibbons		Progressive Democrats
	M. J. Nolan		Fianna Fáil
	Séamus Pattison		Labour
Cavan–Monaghan	Andrew Boylan		Fine Gael
	Tom Fitzpatrick		Fine Gael
	Jimmy Leonard		Fianna Fáil
	Rory O'Hanlon		Fianna Fáil
	John Wilson		Fianna Fáil
Clare	Donal Carey		Fine Gael
	Brendan Daly		Fianna Fáil
	Síle de Valera		Fianna Fáil
	Madeleine Taylor-Quinn		Fine Gael
Cork East	Michael Ahern		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick Hegarty		Fine Gael
	Ned O'Keeffe		Fianna Fáil
	Joe Sherlock		Workers' Party
Cork North-Central	Bernard Allen		Fine Gael
	Liam Burke		Fine Gael
	Denis Lyons		Fianna Fáil
	Máirín Quill		Progressive Democrats
	Dan Wallace		Fianna Fáil
Cork North-West	Donal Creed		Fine Gael
	Frank Crowley		Fine Gael
	Donal Moynihan		Fianna Fáil
Cork South-Central	Peter Barry		Fine Gael
	John Dennehy		Fianna Fáil
	Batt O'Keeffe		Fianna Fáil
	Toddy O'Sullivan		Labour
	Pearse Wyse		Progressive Democrats
Cork South-West	Jim O'Keeffe		Fine Gael
	P. J. Sheehan		Fine Gael
	Joe Walsh		Fianna Fáil
Donegal North-East	Neil Blaney		Independent Fianna Fáil
	Hugh Conaghan		Fianna Fáil
	Paddy Harte		Fine Gael
Donegal South-West	Mary Coughlan		Fianna Fáil
	Pat "the Cope" Gallagher		Fianna Fáil
	Dinny McGinley		Fine Gael
Dublin Central	Bertie Ahern		Fianna Fáil
	Dermot Fitzpatrick		Fianna Fáil
	Tony Gregory		Independent
	Michael Keating		Progressive Democrats
	John Stafford		Fianna Fáil
Dublin North	Ray Burke		Fianna Fáil
	John Boland		Fine Gael
	G. V. Wright		Fianna Fáil
Dublin North-Central	Vincent Brady		Fianna Fáil
	Richard Bruton		Fine Gael
	George Birmingham		Fine Gael
	Charles Haughey		Fianna Fáil
Dublin North-East	Michael Joe Cosgrave		Fine Gael
	Liam Fitzgerald		Fianna Fáil
	Pat McCartan		Workers' Party
	Michael Woods		Fianna Fáil
Dublin North-West	Michael Barrett		Fianna Fáil
	Proinsias De Rossa		Workers' Party
	Mary Flaherty		Fine Gael
	Jim Tunney		Fianna Fáil
Dublin South	Séamus Brennan		Fianna Fáil
	Anne Colley		Progressive Democrats
	John Kelly		Fine Gael
	Tom Kitt		Fianna Fáil
	Alan Shatter		Fine Gael
Dublin South-Central	Ben Briscoe		Fianna Fáil
	Frank Cluskey		Labour
	Gay Mitchell		Fine Gael
	Mary Mooney		Fianna Fáil
	Fergus O'Brien		Fine Gael
Dublin South-East	Gerard Brady		Fianna Fáil
	Garret FitzGerald		Fine Gael
	Michael McDowell		Progressive Democrats
	Ruairi Quinn		Labour
Dublin South-West	Chris Flood		Fianna Fáil
	Mary Harney		Progressive Democrats
	Mervyn Taylor		Labour
	Seán Walsh		Fianna Fáil
Dublin West	Liam Lawlor		Fianna Fáil
	Brian Lenihan		Fianna Fáil
	Tomás Mac Giolla		Workers' Party
	Jim Mitchell		Fine Gael
	Patrick O'Malley		Progressive Democrats
Dún Laoghaire	David Andrews		Fianna Fáil
	Monica Barnes		Fine Gael
	Seán Barrett		Fine Gael
	Barry Desmond		Labour
	Geraldine Kennedy		Progressive Democrats
Galway East	Paul Connaughton Snr		Fine Gael
	Michael P. Kitt		Fianna Fáil
	Noel Treacy		Fianna Fáil
Galway West	John Donnellan		Fine Gael
	Frank Fahey		Fianna Fáil
	Máire Geoghegan-Quinn		Fianna Fáil
	Michael D. Higgins		Labour
	Bobby Molloy		Progressive Democrats
Kerry North	Jimmy Deenihan		Fine Gael
	Denis Foley		Fianna Fáil
	Dick Spring		Labour
Kerry South	Michael Begley		Fine Gael
	John O'Donoghue		Fianna Fáil
	John O'Leary		Fianna Fáil
Kildare	Alan Dukes		Fine Gael
	Bernard Durkan		Fine Gael
	Charlie McCreevy		Fianna Fáil
	Paddy Power		Fianna Fáil
	Emmet Stagg		Labour
Laois–Offaly	Ger Connolly		Fianna Fáil
	Brian Cowen		Fianna Fáil
	Tom Enright		Fine Gael
	Charles Flanagan		Fine Gael
	Liam Hyland		Fianna Fáil
Limerick East	Peadar Clohessy		Progressive Democrats
	Jim Kemmy		Democratic Socialist
	Michael Noonan		Fine Gael
	Willie O'Dea		Fianna Fáil
	Desmond O'Malley		Progressive Democrats
Limerick West	Gerry Collins		Fianna Fáil
	John McCoy		Progressive Democrats
	Michael J. Noonan		Fianna Fáil
Longford–Westmeath	Henry Abbott		Fianna Fáil
	Patrick Cooney		Fine Gael
	Mary O'Rourke		Fianna Fáil
	Albert Reynolds		Fianna Fáil
Louth	Dermot Ahern		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Bell		Labour
	Séamus Kirk		Fianna Fáil
	Brendan McGahon		Fine Gael
Mayo East	Seán Calleary		Fianna Fáil
	Jim Higgins		Fine Gael
	P. J. Morley		Fianna Fáil
Mayo West	Pádraig Flynn		Fianna Fáil
	Denis Gallagher		Fianna Fáil
	Enda Kenny		Fine Gael
Meath	John Bruton		Fine Gael
	Noel Dempsey		Fianna Fáil
	John Farrelly		Fine Gael
	Colm Hilliard		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Lynch		Fianna Fáil
Roscommon	Seán Doherty		Fianna Fáil
	Terry Leyden		Fianna Fáil
	Liam Naughten		Fine Gael
Sligo–Leitrim	Matt Brennan		Fianna Fáil
	John Ellis		Fianna Fáil
	Ray MacSharry		Fianna Fáil
	Ted Nealon		Fine Gael
Tipperary North	Michael Lowry		Fine Gael
	Michael O'Kennedy		Fianna Fáil
	Michael Smith		Fianna Fáil
Tipperary South	Noel Davern		Fianna Fáil
	Brendan Griffin		Fine Gael
	Seán McCarthy		Fianna Fáil
	Seán Treacy		Independent
Waterford	Martin Cullen		Progressive Democrats
	Austin Deasy		Fine Gael
	Jackie Fahey		Fianna Fáil
	Brian Swift		Fianna Fáil
Wexford	John Browne		Fianna Fáil
	Hugh Byrne		Fianna Fáil
	Avril Doyle		Fine Gael
	Brendan Howlin		Labour
	Ivan Yates		Fine Gael
Wicklow	Gemma Hussey		Fine Gael
	Joe Jacob		Fianna Fáil
	Liam Kavanagh		Labour
	Dick Roche		Fianna Fáil

Changes

Date	Constituency			Note
10 March 1987	Tipperary South	Independent	Ceann Comhairle	Seán Treacy (Ind) takes office as Ceann Comhairle^[1]
20 April 1988	Galway West	Fine Gael	Independent	John Donnellan (FG) expelled from the parliamentary party^[3]
25 January 1989	Sligo–Leitrim	Fianna Fáil		Ray MacSharry nominated as EC Commissioner^[4]
7 May 1989	Dublin South-Central	Labour		Death of Frank Cluskey^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (25th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 10 March 1987. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
^ "TDs & Senators (25th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
^ Brennock, Mark (21 April 1988). "FG removes whip from Donnellan". The Irish Times.
^ "Resignation of Member – Dáil Éireann (25th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 25 January 1989. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
^ "Death of Member: Expression of Sympathy – Dáil Éireann (25th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 9 May 1989. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

External links

Houses of the Oireachtas: Debates: 25th Dáil

[cc-1] "Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (25th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 10 March 1987. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

[2] "TDs & Senators (25th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2022.

[3] Brennock, Mark (21 April 1988). "FG removes whip from Donnellan". The Irish Times.

[4] "Resignation of Member – Dáil Éireann (25th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 25 January 1989. Archived from the original on 5 November 2019. Retrieved 19 September 2019.

[5] "Death of Member: Expression of Sympathy – Dáil Éireann (25th Dáil)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 9 May 1989. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

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