Government of the 16th Dáil

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Govt of the 14th Dáil	(1948)
Govt of the 15th Dáil	(1954)
Govt of the 16th Dáil	(1957)
Govt of the 17th Dáil	(1961)
Govt of the 18th Dáil	(1965)

The 16th Dáil (20 March 1957–15 September 1961) was elected on March 5, 1957 and first met on March 20 when the 8th Government of Ireland was appointed. The 16th Dáil lasted for 1,674 days.

Contents 1 8th Government of Ireland 1.1 Changes May 16, 1957 1.2 Changes June 26, 1957 1.3 Changes November 16, 1957 1.4 Changes November 27, 1957 1.5 Changes December 4, 1957 2 9th Government of Ireland 2.1 Changes July 23, 1959 2.2 Changes July 27, 1959 3 Footnotes 4 See also

[edit] 8th Government of Ireland

The 8th Government of Ireland (March 20, 1957–June 23, 1959) was formed by the Fianna Fáil party.

Office	Name	Term
An Taoiseach	Éamon de Valera	1957–1959
An Tánaiste	Seán Lemass	1957–1959
Minister for Agriculture	Frank Aiken	1957
Minister for Defence	Kevin Boland	1957–1959
Minister for Education	Jack Lynch	1957–1959
Minister for External Affairs	Frank Aiken	1957–1959
Minister for Finance	James Ryan	1957–1959
Minister for the Gaeltacht	Jack Lynch	1957
Minister for Health	Seán MacEntee	1957–1959
Minister for Industry & Commerce	Seán Lemass	1957–1959
Minister for Justice	Oscar Traynor	1957–1959
Minister for Lands	Erskine Childers	1957–1959
Minister for Local Government	Patrick Smith	1957
Minister for Posts & Telegraphs	Neil Blaney	1957
Minister for Social Welfare	Patrick Smith	1957–1959

The government positions are listed in alphabetical order, rather than in terms of seniority.

[edit] Changes May 16, 1957

Office	Name	Term
Minister for Agriculture	Seán Moylan	1957

[edit] Changes June 26, 1957

Office	Name	Term
Minister for the Gaeltacht	Micheál Ó Móráin	1957–1959

[edit] Changes November 16, 1957

Office	Name	Term
Minister for Agriculture	Frank Aiken	(acting)

[edit] Changes November 27, 1957

Office	Name	Term
Minister for Agriculture	Patrick Smith	1957–1959
Minister for Local Government	Neil Blaney	1957–1959
Minister for Social Welfare	Seán MacEntee	1957–1959

[edit] Changes December 4, 1957

Office	Name	Term
Minister for Posts & Telegraphs	John Ormonde	1957–1959

[edit] 9th Government of Ireland

The 9th Government of Ireland (June 23, 1959–November 11, 1961) was formed by the Fianna Fáil party with Seán Lemass as Taoiseach following the resignation of Éamon de Valera.

Office	Name	Term
An Taoiseach	Seán Lemass	1959–1961
An Tánaiste	Seán MacEntee	1959–1961
Minister for Agriculture	Patrick Smith	1959–1961
Minister for Defence	Kevin Boland	1959–1961
Minister for Education	Patrick Hillery	1959–1961
Minister for External Affairs	Frank Aiken	1959–1961
Minister for Finance	James Ryan	1959–1961
Minister for the Gaeltacht	Micheál Ó Móráin	1959
Minister for Health	Seán MacEntee	1959–1961
Minister for Industry & Commerce	Jack Lynch	1959–1961
Minister for Justice	Oscar Traynor	1959–1961
Minister for Lands	Erskine Childers	1959–1961
Minister for Local Government	Neil Blaney	1959–1961
Minister for Posts & Telegraphs	Michael Hilliard	1959–1961
Minister for Social Welfare	Seán MacEntee	1959–1961

The government positions are listed in alphabetical order, rather than in terms of seniority.

[edit] Changes July 23, 1959

Office	Name	Term
Minister for the Gaeltacht	Gerald Bartley	1959–1961

[edit] Changes July 27, 1959

Office	Name	Term
Minister for Transport & Power[1]	Erskine Childers	1959–1961
Minister for Lands	Micheál Ó Móráin	1959–1961

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] See also

• Members of the 16th Dáil
• Dáil Éireann
• Irish Government
• Bunreacht na hÉireann
• Irish general election, 1957
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland

Governments of Ireland Rialtais na hÉireann
Govt of the 1st Dáil (1918–21) | Govt of the 2nd Dáil (1921–22) | Govt of the 3rd Dáil (1922–23) | Govt of the 4th Dáil (1923–27) | Govt of the 5th Dáil (1927) | Govt of the 6th Dáil (1927–33) | Govt of the 7th Dáil (1932–33) | Govt of the 8th Dáil (1933–37) | Govt of the 9th Dáil (1937–38) | Govt of the 10th Dáil (1938–43) | Govt of the 11th Dáil (1943–44) | Govt of the 12th Dáil (1944–48) | Govt of the 13th Dáil (1948–51) | Govt of the 14th Dáil (1951–54) | Govt of the 15th Dáil (1954–57) | Govt of the 16th Dáil (1957–61) | Govt of the 17th Dáil (1961–65) | Govt of the 18th Dáil (1965–69) | Govt of the 19th Dáil (1969–73) | Govt of the 20th Dáil (1973–77) | Govt of the 21st Dáil (1977–81) | Govt of the 22nd Dáil (1981–82) | Govt of the 23rd Dáil (1982) | Govt of the 24th Dáil (1982–87) | Govt of the 25th Dáil (1987–89) | Govt of the 26th Dáil (1989–92) | Govt of the 27th Dáil (1992–97) | Govt of the 28th Dáil (1997–2002) | Govt of the 29th Dáil (2002–)