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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28th Dáil canonical 4

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

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29th Dáil precededBy 28th Dáil
Michael Ring parliamentaryTerm 28th Dáil
Kildare North firstUsedInDáil 28th Dáil
subject linked to: Kildare North constituency