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In the debate on the nomination of Taoiseach, outgoing Taoiseach John A. Costello of Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil leader Éamon de Valera were both proposed. Costello was defeated by a vote of 72 to 74, while de Valera was approved by a vote of 74 to 69. [1] De Valera was appointed as Taoiseach by President Seán T. O'Kelly. [2]
In the ensuing Dáil debate, Fianna Fáil TDs Kit Ahern [24] and Niall Andrews [25] quoted Haughey's description approvingly in supporting the Bill. However, liberal opponents of the 1979 Act quoted Haughey's words ironically and derisively in subsequent criticism, bringing a permanent change to the meaning of the phrase. [4] [26] Noël Browne ...
Contemporaneous record of the debate on the Treaty in Dáil Éireann. Record of the Dáil debate on the Treaty and vote on the 7 January 1922. De Valera's preferred Treaty, 'Document No.2', published on 10 January 1922. Dáil may not vote before Christmas – New York Times archive, 19 December 1921.
Of the 174 TDs, over sixty were elected for the first time; [3] 44 are women (25%) and 130 are men. [4]^ +: Elected for the first time at the 2024 general election. ^ ‡: Previously served as member of the Dáil non-consecutively to the current consecutive terms of office.
On 28 April 1949, Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India, was received on the floor of the Dáil; he did not make a speech. [42]On 21 January 2019, a programme of events in the Mansion House, to mark the centenary of the First Dáil, included an address by President Michael D. Higgins [43] [44] and a joint sitting of the 32nd Dáil and 25th Seanad; [45] [43] however, the address was not ...
Oliver James Flanagan (22 May 1920 – 26 April 1987) was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Minister for Defence from 1976 to 1977 and as a Parliamentary Secretary from 1954 to 1957 and from 1975 to 1976.
Links to Oireachtas debates on bills: Dáil Eireann Loans and Funds Act 1924; Dáil Éireann Loans and Funds (Amendment) Act 1933; Dáil Eireann Loans and Funds (Amendment) Act 1936; Financing the First Dáil (Dáil 100 website) The Dáil Bonds Film 1919 propaganda newsreel, from the Irish Film Institute archive
Debate on the Seanad's future has focused on whether it would be better to reform it (with or without constitutional amendment) or to abolish it altogether. [4] In October 2009, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny stated that it was his intention that a Fine Gael government would abolish the Seanad, and along with reducing the number of TDs by 20, it ...