28th Dáil

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The 28th Dáil was the lower house of the Irish parliament elected in the 1997 general election, serving as Ireland’s national legislature until its dissolution in 2002.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Dáil Éireann
lower house of parliament
ceannComhairle Séamus Pattison NERFINISHED
ceannComhairleParty Labour Party NERFINISHED
chamber Dáil Éireann NERFINISHED
coalitionPartner1 Progressive Democrats NERFINISHED
country Ireland NERFINISHED
dissolutionDate 2002-05-25
election 1997 Irish general election NERFINISHED
endDate 2002-05-25
firstMeetingDate 1997-06-26
followedBy 29th Dáil NERFINISHED
government1 21st Government of Ireland NERFINISHED
government2 22nd Government of Ireland NERFINISHED
government3 23rd Government of Ireland NERFINISHED
house lower house
jurisdiction Republic of Ireland NERFINISHED
languageOfProceedings English
Irish
legislativeTermNumber 28
legislatureOf Ireland NERFINISHED
mainGoverningParty1 Fianna Fáil NERFINISHED
mainOppositionParty Fine Gael NERFINISHED
meetingCity Dublin NERFINISHED
meetingPlace Leinster House NERFINISHED
numberOfConstituencies 41
numberOfTDs 166
oppositionLeader1 John Bruton NERFINISHED
oppositionLeader2 Alan Dukes NERFINISHED
oppositionLeader3 Michael Noonan NERFINISHED
otherOppositionParty Democratic Left NERFINISHED
Green Party NERFINISHED
Independent TDs
Labour Party NERFINISHED
Progressive Democrats NERFINISHED
Sinn Féin NERFINISHED
parliamentName Oireachtas NERFINISHED
partOf Oireachtas NERFINISHED
precededBy 27th Dáil NERFINISHED
speakerTitle Ceann Comhairle NERFINISHED
startDate 1997-06-26
taoiseach1 Bertie Ahern NERFINISHED
taoiseach1Party Fianna Fáil NERFINISHED
termStartUnderPresident Mary McAleese NERFINISHED
typeOfElectionSystem proportional representation
tánaiste1 Mary Harney NERFINISHED
tánaiste1Party Progressive Democrats NERFINISHED
votingSystem single transferable vote

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