29th Dáil

29th Dáil
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Overview
Legislative body	Dáil Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	6 June 2002 – 26 April 2007
Election	2002 general election
Government	26th government of Ireland
Members	166
Ceann Comhairle	Rory O'Hanlon
Taoiseach	Bertie Ahern
Tánaiste	Michael McDowell — Mary Harney until 13 September 2006
Chief Whip	Tom Kitt — Mary Hanafin until 29 September 2004
Leader of the Opposition	Enda Kenny
Sessions
1st 6 June 2002 – 11 July 2002 2nd 4 September 2002 – 12 July 2003 3rd 30 September 2003 – 10 July 2004 4th 29 September 2004 – 14 July 2005 5th 28 September 2005 – 16 July 2006 6th 27 September 2006 – 26 April 2007

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.

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.

Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats, denoted with bullets (●), formed the 26th government of Ireland.

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 29th Dáil from June 2002. This was not the official seating plan.

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]

This is a list of the 166 TDs elected to Dáil Éireann in the 2002 general election, sorted by party.^[2] The Changes table below records all changes in party affiliation during the 29th Dáil.

• Kennedy, Geraldine, ed. (2002). Nealon's Guide to the 29th Dáil and Seanad. Dublin: The Irish Times/Gill & Macmillan. ISBN 0-7171-3288-9.

• Houses of the Oireachtas: Debates: 29th Dáil