28th Dáil Éireann | |||||||||||||
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Overview | |||||||||||||
Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||||||||||
Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||||||||||
Term | 26 June 1997 – 25 April 2002 | ||||||||||||
Election | 1997 general election | ||||||||||||
Government | Government of the 28th Dáil | ||||||||||||
Members | 166 | ||||||||||||
Ceann Comhairle | Séamus Pattison | ||||||||||||
Taoiseach | Bertie Ahern | ||||||||||||
Tánaiste | Mary Harney | ||||||||||||
Chief Whip | Séamus Brennan | ||||||||||||
Leader of the Opposition |
Michael Noonan — John Bruton until 9 February 2001 |
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Sessions | |||||||||||||
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1st | 26 June 1997 – 10 July 1997 |
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2nd | 10 September 1997 – 3 July 1998 |
3rd | 2 September 1998 – 2 July 1999 |
4th | 29 September 1999 – 30 June 2000 |
5th | 3 October 2000 – 6 July 2001 |
6th | 18 September 2001 – 25 April 2002 |
This is a list of members who were elected to the 28th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These TDs (Members of Parliament) were elected at the 1997 general election on 6 June 1997 and met on 26 June 1997. The 28th Dáil was dissolved by President Mary McAleese, at the request of the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern on 25 April 2002. The 28th Dáil lasted 1,764 days, the 2nd longest after the 10th Dáil.
Government coalition parties are denoted by "●".
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 28th Dáil from June 1997.
The list of the 166 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by constituency.