[1] Tim Healy, the first Governor-General of the Irish Free State, made addresses in 1922 and 1923 modelled on the British speech from the throne.
The Official Report of Dáil and Seanad proceedings takes special care when recording such events and the transcript of speeches may be supplemented with description of ancillary actions.
On 28 April 1949, Jawaharlal Nehru, the Prime Minister of India, was received on the floor of the Dáil; he did not make a speech.
[42] On 21 January 2019, a programme of events in the Mansion House, to mark the centenary of the First Dáil, included an address by President Michael D. Higgins[43][44] and a joint sitting of the 32nd Dáil and 25th Seanad;[45][43] however, the address was not formally part of the joint sitting.
[45][43] On 18 April 2019, Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, addressed current and former members of the Oireachtas, but not at a formal sitting of the Dáil or Seanad.