The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs.
On 27 January 1982, President Patrick Hillery dissolved the Dáil at the request of the Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.
Fine Gael and the Labour Party, denoted with bullets (●), formed the 17th government of Ireland.
On the meeting of the Dáil, John O'Connell (Ind) was proposed by Peter Barry (FG) and seconded by James Tully (Lab) for the position of Ceann Comhairle.
[1] The list of the 166 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.