The 17th Dáil was elected at the 1961 general election on 4 October 1961 and met on 11 October 1961. The members of

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, the

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of the

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(legislature) of

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, are known as TDs. It sat with the 10th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas. On 18 March 1965

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dissolved the Dáil on the request of

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Seán Lemass Seán Francis Lemass (born John Francis Lemass; 15 July 1899 – 11 May 1971) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as Taoiseach and Leader of Fianna Fáil from 1959 to 1966. He also served as Tánaiste from 1957 to 1959, 1951 to 1954 ...

. The 17th Dáil lasted .

Composition of the 17th Dáil

Fianna Fáil, denoted with a bullet (), formed the 10th government of Ireland led by

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 17th Dáil from October 1961. This was not the official seating plan.

Ceann Comhairle

On the meeting of the Dáil, Patrick Hogan (Lab), who had served as

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since 1951, was proposed by

(FF) and seconded by James Dillon (FG) for the position. His election was approved without a vote.

TDs by constituency

The list of the 144 TDs elected, is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.

Changes

Notes

References

External links

Houses of the Oireachtas: Debates: 17th Dáil
{{DEFAULTSORT:17th Dail Lists of Teachtaí Dála by term