Government of the 16th Dáil

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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 at the 1957 general election on 5 March 1957 and first met on 20 March 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 16 May 1957 1.2 Changes 26 June 1957 1.3 Changes 16 November 1957 1.4 Changes 27 November 1957 1.5 Changes 4 December 1957 2 9th Government of Ireland 2.1 Changes 23 July 1959 2.2 Changes 27 July 1959 3 Footnotes 4 See also

[edit] 8th Government of Ireland

The 8th Government of Ireland (20 March 1957 – 23 June 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 H. Childers	1957–1959
Minister for Local Government		Paddy Smith	1957
Minister for Posts & Telegraphs		Neil Blaney	1957
Minister for Social Welfare		Paddy Smith	1957–1959
[edit] Changes 16 May 1957
Office	Name		Term
Minister for Agriculture		Seán Moylan	1957
[edit] Changes 26 June 1957
Office	Name		Term
Minister for the Gaeltacht		Micheál Ó Móráin	1957–1959
[edit] Changes 16 November 1957
Office	Name		Term
Minister for Agriculture		Frank Aiken	(acting)
[edit] Changes 27 November 1957
Office	Name		Term
Minister for Agriculture		Paddy Smith	1957–1959
Minister for Local Government		Neil Blaney	1957–1959
Minister for Social Welfare		Seán MacEntee	1957–1959
[edit] Changes 4 December 1957
Office	Name		Term
Minister for Posts & Telegraphs		John Ormonde	1957–1959

[edit] 9th Government of Ireland

The 9th Government of Ireland (23 June 1959 – 11 November 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		Paddy 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 H. 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
[edit] Changes 23 July 1959
Office	Name		Term
Minister for the Gaeltacht		Gerald Bartley	1959–1961
[edit] Changes 27 July 1959
Office	Name		Term
Minister for Transport & Power[1]		Erskine H. Childers	1959–1961
Minister for Lands		Micheál Ó Móráin	1959–1961

[edit] Footnotes

[edit] See also

• Members of the 16th Dáil
• Parliamentary Secretaries of the 16th Dáil
• Dáil Éireann
• Irish Government
• Constitution of Ireland
• Irish general election, 1957
• Politics of Ireland

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