Government of the 24th Dáil

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Govt of the 26th Dáil	(1989)

The 24th Dáil was elected on was elected at the second general election of 1982 on 24 November and first met on 14 December when the 19th Government of Ireland was appointed. The 24th Dáil lasted for 1,546 days.

1 19th Government of Ireland
2 Footnotes
3 See also

[edit] 19th Government of Ireland

The 19th Government of Ireland (14 December 1982–10 March 1987) was formed by Fine Gael and the Labour Party.

Office		Term	Party
An Taoiseach	Garret FitzGerald	1982–1987	Fine Gael
An Tánaiste	Dick Spring	1982–1987	Labour Party
Minister for Agriculture	Austin Deasy	1982–1987	Fine Gael
Minister for Defence	Patrick Cooney	1982–1986	Fine Gael
Minister for Education	Gemma Hussey	1982–1986	Fine Gael
Minister for the Environment	Dick Spring	1982–1983	Labour Party
Minister for Finance	Alan Dukes	1982–1986	Fine Gael
Minister for Fisheries & Forestry	Paddy O'Toole	1982–1986	Fine Gael
Minister for Foreign Affairs	Peter Barry	1982–1987	Fine Gael
Minister for the Gaeltacht	Paddy O'Toole	1982–1987	Fine Gael
Minister for Health	Barry Desmond	1982–1987	Labour Party
Minister for Industry & Energy	John Bruton	1982–1983	Fine Gael
Minister for Justice	Michael Noonan	1982–1986	Fine Gael
Minister for Labour	Liam Kavanagh	1982–1983	Labour Party
Minister for Posts & Telegraphs	Jim Mitchell	1982–1984	Fine Gael
Minister for the Public Service	John Boland	1982–1986	Fine Gael
Minister for Social Welfare	Barry Desmond	1982–1986	Labour Party
Minister for Trade, Commerce & Tourism	Frank Cluskey	1982–1983	Labour Party
Minister for Transport	Jim Mitchell	1982–1987	Fine Gael

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

[edit] Changes 13 December 1983

Office		Term	Party
Minister for Energy^[1]	Dick Spring	1983–1987	Labour Party
Minister for the Environment	Liam Kavanagh	1983–1986	Labour Party
Minister for Industry, Trade, Commerce & Tourism^[2]	Garret FitzGerald^[3]	1983 (acting)	Fine Gael
Minister for Industry, Trade, Commerce & Tourism^[2]	John Bruton	1983–1986	Fine Gael
Minister for Labour	Ruairi Quinn	1983–1987	Labour Party

[edit] Changes 2 January 1984

The Department of Posts & Telegraphs was abolished and replaced by the Department of Communications.

Office	Name		Term	Party
Minister for Communications		Jim Mitchell	1984–1987	Fine Gael

[edit] Changes February 14, 1986

Office		Term	Party
Minister for Education	Patrick Cooney	1986–1987	Fine Gael
Minister for the Environment	John Boland	1986–1987	Fine Gael
Minister for Defence	Paddy O'Toole	1986–1987	Fine Gael
Minister for Finance	John Bruton	1986–1987	Fine Gael
Minister for Industry & Commerce^[4]	Michael Noonan	1986–1987	Fine Gael
Minister for Justice	Alan Dukes	1986–1987	Fine Gael
Minister for the Public Service	Ruairi Quinn	1986–1987	Labour Party
Minister for Social Welfare	Gemma Hussey	1986–1987	Fine Gael
Minister for Tourism, Fisheries & Forestry^[5]	Liam Kavanagh	1986–1987	Labour Party

[edit] Changes 20 January 1987

On 20 January 1987 the Labour Party members, Dick Spring, Barry Desmond, Liam Kavanagh and Ruairi Quinn, resigned from the government. No new members joined the Cabinet and their portfolios were redistributed as follows.

Office		Term	Party
An Tánaiste	Peter Barry	1987	Fine Gael
Minister for Energy	Michael Noonan	1987	Fine Gael
Minister for Health	John Boland	1987	Fine Gael
Minister for Labour	Gemma Hussey	1987	Fine Gael
Minister for the Public Service	John Bruton	1987	Fine Gael
Minister for Tourism, Fisheries & Forestry	Paddy O'Toole	1987	Fine Gael

[edit] Footnotes

^ On December 12, 1983 the Department of Industry & Energy was renamed as the Department of Energy
^ On December 12, 1983 the Department of Trade, Commerce & Tourism was renamed as the Department of Industry, Trade, Commerce & Tourism
^ Garret FitzGerald took over the Trade, Commerce & Tourism portfolio on a temporary basis, following the resignation of Frank Cluskey.
^ On February 19, 1986 the Department of Industry, Trade, Commerce & Tourism was renamed as the Department of Industry & Commerce.
^ On February 19, 1986 the Department of Fisheries & Forestry was renamed as the Department of Tourism, Fisheries & Forestry.

[edit] See also

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 (2002–07)