| 25th Dáil | |||||||
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| Legislative body | Dáil Éireann | ||||||
| Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||||
| Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||||
| Term | 10 March 1987 – 25 May 1989 | ||||||
| Election | 1987 general election | ||||||
| Government | 20th government of Ireland | ||||||
| Members | 166 | ||||||
| Ceann Comhairle | Seán Treacy | ||||||
| Taoiseach | Charles Haughey | ||||||
| Tánaiste | Brian Lenihan | ||||||
| Chief Whip | Vincent Brady | ||||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Alan Dukes | ||||||
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The25th Dáil was elected at the1987 general election on 17 February 1987 and met on 10 March 1987. The members ofDáil Éireann, thehouse of representatives of theOireachtas (legislature), ofIreland are known asTDs. It sat with the18th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
The 25th Dáil was dissolved byPresidentPatrick Hillery on 25 May 1989, at the request of theTaoiseachCharles Haughey. The 25th Dáil lasted 2 years, 76 days. There were noby-elections during the 25th Dáil.
| Party | Feb. 1987 | May 1989 | Change | |
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| ● | Fianna Fáil | 81 | 80 |  1 |
| Fine Gael | 51 | 50 | 1 | |
| Progressive Democrats | 14 | 14 |  | |
| Labour | 12 | 11 | 1 | |
| Workers' Party | 4 | 4 | | |
| Democratic Socialist | 1 | 1 | | |
| Independent | 3 | 3 | | |
| Ceann Comhairle | — | 1 |  1 | |
| Vacant | — | 2 | 2 | |
| Total | 166 | |||
Fianna Fáil, denoted with bullet (●), formed the20th government of Ireland.
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 25th Dáil from March 1987. This was not the official seating plan.
On 10 March 1987,Seán Treacy (Ind) was proposed byCharles Haughey and seconded byBrian Lenihan for the position of Ceann Comhairle. He was approved without a vote.[1]
The list of the 166 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order byDáil constituency.[2]
| Date | Constituency | Loss | Gain | Note | ||
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| 10 March 1987 | Tipperary South | Independent | Ceann Comhairle | Seán Treacy (Ind) takes office as Ceann Comhairle[1] | ||
| 20 April 1988 | Galway West | Fine Gael | Independent | John Donnellan (FG) expelled from the parliamentary party[3] | ||
| 25 January 1989 | Sligo–Leitrim | Fianna Fáil | Ray MacSharry nominated as EC Commissioner[4] | |||
| 7 May 1989 | Dublin South-Central | Labour | Death ofFrank Cluskey[5] | |||