Date (link to text) |
Assembly |
Speaker |
Role |
Country etc. |
Notes |
01922-12-12December 12, 1922 12 December 1922 |
203 Dáil (3rd) with Seanad (1st) members present |
Healy , T. M.T. M. Healy |
Governor-General |
Irish Free State |
Governor-General's Address six days after the creation of the Irish Free State. |
01923-10-03October 3, 1923 3 October 1923 |
204 Dáil (4th) with Seanad (1st) members present |
Healy , T. M.T. M. Healy |
Governor-General |
Irish Free State |
Governor-General's Address after the 1923 general election |
01963-06-28June 28, 1963 28 June 1963 |
117 Joint sitting of 17th Dáil and 10th Seanad |
Kennedy , John F.John F. Kennedy |
President |
United States |
Kennedy presented the banner of the Irish Brigade under Thomas Francis Meagher flown at the Battle of Fredericksburg in 1862. His speech included the famous line, 'George Bernard Shaw, speaking as an Irishman, summed up an approach to life: "Other peoples," he said, "see things and say: `Why?' ... But I dream things that never were—and I say: `Why not?". |
01969-01-21January 21, 1969 21 January 1969 |
118 Simultaneous sitting of 18th Dáil and 11th Seanad |
Devalera, EamonÉamon de Valera |
President |
Ireland |
Address under Article 13.7, on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the first meeting of the First Dáil. The speech was in Irish. |
01984-06-04June 4, 1984 4 June 1984 |
124 Joint sitting of 24th Dáil and 17th Seanad |
Reagan, RonaldRonald Reagan |
President |
United States |
|
01987-10-21October 21, 1987 21 October 1987 |
225 Dáil (25th) |
Hawke , BobBob Hawke |
Prime Minister |
Australia |
|
01988-02-26February 26, 1988 26 February 1988 |
125 Joint sitting of 25th Dáil and 18th Seanad |
Mitterrand, FrancoisFrançois Mitterrand |
President |
France |
The speech was in French. |
01990-07-02July 2, 1990 2 July 1990 |
226 Dáil (26th) |
Mandela , NelsonNelson Mandela |
Deputy Leader of the African National Congress |
South Africa |
Several months after his release from prison, and early in the negotiated end to apartheid. |
01992-07-08July 8, 1992 8 July 1992 |
126 Joint sitting of 26th Dáil and 19th Seanad |
Robinson, MaryMary Robinson |
President |
Ireland |
Address under Article 13.7, on the topic "the Irish Identity in Europe".[7] |
01993-09-20September 20, 1993 20 September 1993 |
227 Dáil (27th) |
Keating, PaulPaul Keating |
Prime Minister |
Australia |
|
01995-02-02February 2, 1995 2 February 1995 |
127 Joint sitting of 27th Dáil and 20th Seanad |
Robinson , MaryMary Robinson |
President |
Ireland |
Address under Article 13.7 on the topic "Cherishing the Irish Diaspora"[8] |
01995-12-01December 1, 1995 1 December 1995 |
127 Joint sitting of 27th Dáil and 20th Seanad |
Clinton, BillBill Clinton |
President |
United States |
Address made at an early stage in the Northern Ireland peace process |
01996-10-02October 2, 1996 2 October 1996 |
227 Dáil (27th) |
Kohl , HelmutHelmut Kohl |
Chancellor |
Germany |
The speech was in German. |
01996-03-28March 28, 1996 28 March 1996 |
320 Seanad (20th) |
Dooge, JamesJames Dooge |
Member of the Institute of European Affairs |
Ireland |
Former professor, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cathaoirleach. |
01996-10-29October 29, 1996 29 October 1996 |
320 Seanad (20th) |
Kinnock, NeilNeil Kinnock |
Commissioner for Transport |
European Commission (Santer) |
01998-11-19November 19, 1998 19 November 1998 |
321 Seanad (21st) |
Santer, JacquesJacques Santer |
President |
European Commission (Santer) |
01998-11-26November 26, 1998 26 November 1998 |
128 Joint sitting of 28th Dáil and 21st Seanad |
Blair, TonyTony Blair |
Prime Minister |
United Kingdom |
Address made after the Belfast Agreement. |
01999-12-16December 16, 1999 16 December 1999 |
128 Joint sitting of 28th Dáil and 21st Seanad |
Macaleese, MaryMary McAleese |
President |
Ireland |
Address under Article 13.7 to mark the millennium.[9] |
02001-10-29October 29, 2001 14 November 2001 |
321 Seanad (21st) |
Byrne, DavidDavid Byrne |
Commissioner for Health and Consumer Policy |
European Commission (Prodi) |
02002-10-10October 10, 2002 10 October 2002 |
323 Seanad (22nd) |
Cox, PatPat Cox |
President |
European Parliament |
|
02003-11-13November 13, 2003 13 November 2003 |
323 Seanad (22nd) |
Banotti, MaryMary Banotti |
MEP for Dublin |
Ireland |
Invited under S.O.52A[10] |
02003-11-26November 26, 2003 26 November 2003 |
323 Seanad (22nd) |
Maccartin, JoeJoe McCartin |
MEP for Connacht–Ulster |
Ireland |
Invited under S.O.52A[11] |
02003-11-27November 27, 2003 27 November 2003 |
323 Seanad (22nd) |
Cox, PatPat Cox |
President |
European Parliament |
Cox was invited as a Distinguished Person, rather than as an MEP under S.O.52A.[11] |
02003-11-27November 27, 2003 27 November 2003 |
323 Seanad (22nd) |
Scallon, Dana RosemaryDana Rosemary Scallon |
MEP for Connacht–Ulster |
Ireland |
Invited under S.O.52A[12] |
02003-11-27November 27, 2003 27 November 2003 |
323 Seanad (22nd) |
Ahern, NualaNuala Ahern |
MEP for Leinster |
Ireland |
Invited under S.O.52A[12] |
02003-11-27November 27, 2003 27 November 2003 |
323 Seanad (22nd) |
O'Neachtain, SeanSeán Ó Neachtain |
MEP for Connacht–Ulster |
Ireland |
Invited under S.O.52A[13] |
02003-12-11December 11, 2003 11 December 2003 |
323 Seanad (22nd) |
Doyle, AvrilAvril Doyle |
MEP for Leinster |
Ireland |
Invited under S.O.52A[13] |
02003-12-11December 11, 2003 11 December 2003 |
323 Seanad (22nd) |
Crowley, BrianBrian Crowley |
MEP for Munster |
Ireland |
Invited under S.O.52A[13] |
02004-03-03March 3, 2004 3 March 2004 |
323 Seanad (22nd) |
Hume, JohnJohn Hume |
Member for Northern Ireland |
European Parliament |
|
02006-05-23May 23, 2006 23 May 2006 |
229 Dáil (29th) |
Howard , JohnJohn Howard |
Prime Minister |
Australia |
|
02006-11-08November 8, 2006 8 November 2006 |
323 Seanad (22nd) |
Bruton, JohnJohn Bruton |
Ambassador to the United States |
European Union |
|
02008-04-08April 8, 2008 8 April 2008 |
323 Seanad (23rd) |
Pottering, Hans-GertHans-Gert Pöttering |
President |
European Parliament |
|
02011-07-12July 12, 2011 12 July 2011 |
324 Seanad (24th) |
Buzek, JerzyJerzy Buzek |
President |
European Parliament |
|
02011-09-28September 28, 2011 28 September 2011 |
324 Seanad (24th) |
Manning, MauriceMaurice Manning |
President of the Irish Human Rights Commission |
Ireland |
Invited under S.O.57(2).[14] Chair of the European Group of National Human Rights Institutions; Chancellor of the National University of Ireland; Former Leader of the Seanad |