27th Dáil
The 27th Dáil was elected at the 1992 general election on 25 November 1992 and met on 14 December 1992. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 20th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
27th Dáil
14 December 1992 – 15 May 1997
- 23rd government of Ireland (1993–1994)
- 24th government of Ireland (1994–1997)
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John Bruton
— Albert Reynolds
until 15 December 1994
Dick Spring
— Bertie Ahern
until 15 December 1994
— Dick Spring
until 17 November 1994
— John Wilson
until 12 January 1993
Jim Higgins
— Seán Barrett
until 23 May 1995
— Noel Dempsey
until 15 December 1994
Bertie Ahern
— John Bruton
until 15 December 1994
14 December 1992 – 21 July 1993
14 December 1992 – 21 July 1993
20 September 1993 – 1 July 1994
25 August 1994 – 26 July 1995
20 September 1995 – 25 July 1996
25 September 1996 – 15 May 1997
The 27th Dáil saw a change of Taoiseach from Albert Reynolds to John Bruton in December 1994, the only time there was a new Taoiseach with a change in the party composition of the government during a Dáil term. The 27th Dáil was dissolved by President Mary Robinson on 15 May 1997, at the request of the Taoiseach, John Bruton. The 27th Dáil lasted 1,614 days.
Ceann Comhairle[edit]
On 14 December 1992, Seán Treacy (Ind) was proposed by Albert Reynolds and seconded by John Bruton for the position of Ceann Comhairle. Treacy was approved without a vote.[1] On 23 April 1997, Treacy announced to the Dáil that would not be availing of his constitutional right to automatic re-election to the 28th Dáil.[2]