Members of the 29th Dáil

29th Dáil Éireann
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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	Government of the 29th Dáil
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

This is a list of members who were elected to the 29th Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These TDs (Members of Parliament) were elected at the 2002 general election on 17 May 2002 and met on 6 June 2002. The 29th Dáil was dissolved by President Mary McAleese, at the request of the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern on 26 April 2007. The 29th Dáil lasted 1788 days, the 3rd longest after the 28th Dáil and the 10th Dáil.

Composition of the 29th Dáil[]

Government coalition parties denoted with bullets (●)

Graphical representation[]

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 29th Dáil from June 2002.

• Note that this was not the official seating plan.

List of TDs[]

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

Changes[]

See also[]

• Government of the 29th Dáil
• Ministers of State of the 29th Dáil
• Members of the 22nd Seanad
• Dáil constituencies