29th Dáil
The 29th Dáil was elected at the 2002 general election on 17 May 2002 and met on 6 June 2002. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 22nd Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
29th Dáil
6 June 2002 – 26 April 2007
166
Michael McDowell
— Mary Harney
until 13 September 2006
Tom Kitt
— Mary Hanafin
until 29 September 2004
6 June 2002 – 11 July 2002
6 June 2002 – 11 July 2002
4 September 2002 – 12 July 2003
30 September 2003 – 10 July 2004
29 September 2004 – 14 July 2005
28 September 2005 – 16 July 2006
27 September 2006 – 26 April 2007
The 29th Dáil was dissolved by President Mary McAleese on 26 April 2007, at the request of the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. The 29th Dáil lasted 1,786 days, the 3rd longest after the 10th Dáil and the 28th Dáil.
Ceann Comhairle[edit]
On 6 June 2002, Rory O'Hanlon (FF) was proposed by Bertie Ahern for the position of Ceann Comhairle. O'Hanlon was approved without a vote.[1]