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{{Short description|TDs from March to November 1982}}
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{{Infobox legislative term
 | name                   = 23rd Dáil
 | image                  = Oireachtas logo.svg
 | image_size             = 100px
 | body                   = [[Dáil Éireann]]
 | country                = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
 | meeting_place          = [[Leinster House]]
 | election               = [[February 1982 Irish general election|February 1982 general election]]
 | government             = [[18th government of Ireland]]
 | term_start             = 9 March 1982
 | term_end               = 4 November 1982
 | before                 = [[22nd Dáil]]
 | after                  = [[24th Dáil]]
 | membership1            = 166
 | chamber1_leader1_type  = [[Ceann Comhairle]]
 | chamber1_leader1       = [[John O'Connell (Dublin politician)|John O'Connell]]
 | chamber1_leader2_type  = [[Taoiseach]]
 | chamber1_leader2       = [[Charles Haughey]]
 | chamber1_leader3_type  = [[Tánaiste]]
 | chamber1_leader3       = [[Ray MacSharry]]
 | chamber1_leader4_type  = [[Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach|Chief Whip]]
 | chamber1_leader4       = [[Bertie Ahern]]
 | chamber1_leader5_type  = [[Leader of the Opposition (Ireland)|Leader of the Opposition]]
 | chamber1_leader5       = [[Garret FitzGerald]]
 | session1_start         = 9 March 1982
 | session1_end           = 16 July 1982
 | session2_start         = 27 October 1982
 | session2_end           = 4 November 1982
}}
The '''23rd Dáil''' was elected at the [[February 1982 Irish general election|February 1982 general election]] on 18 February 1982 and met on 9 March 1982. The members of [[Dáil Éireann]], the [[house of representatives]] of the [[Oireachtas]] (legislature), of [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] are known as [[Teachta Dála|TD]]s. It sat with the [[16th Seanad]] as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.

On 4 November 1982, [[President of Ireland|President]] [[Patrick Hillery]] dissolved the Dáil at the request of the [[Taoiseach]] [[Charles Haughey]] after the loss of a [[confidence motions in Dáil Éireann|vote of confidence]]. The 23rd Dáil is the third shortest Dáil in history, lasting {{age in years and days|9 Mar 1982|4 Nov 1982}}.

==Composition of the 23rd Dáil==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
|- 
!colspan=2|Party
!Feb. 1982
!Nov. 1982
!class="unsortable"|Change
|-
! style="background-color: {{party color|Fianna Fáil}}" |{{colorbull|black|round}}
|[[Fianna Fáil]]
|align="center"| 81
|align="center"| 80
|align="center"| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| {{party name with colour|Fine Gael}}
|align="center"| 63
|align="center"| 64
|align="center"| {{increase}} 1
|-
| {{party name with colour|Labour Party (Ireland)}}
|align="center"| 15
|align="center"| 14
|align="center"| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| {{party name with colour|Sinn Féin The Workers' Party}}
|align="center"| 3
|align="center"| 3
|align="center"| {{nochange}}
|-
| {{party name with colour|Democratic Socialist Party (Ireland)}}
|align="center"| 1
|align="center"| 1
|align="center"| {{nochange}}
|-
| {{party name with colour|Independent politician (Ireland)}}
|align="center"| 3
|align="center"| 2
|align="center"| {{decrease}} 1
|-
| {{party name with colour|Ceann Comhairle}}
|{{n/a}}
|align="center"| 1
|align="center"| {{increase}} 1
|-
| {{party name with colour|Casual vacancy}}
|{{n/a}}
|align="center"| 1
|align="center"| {{increase}} 1
|-
!colspan="2"|Total
!colspan="3" align="center"|166
|}
Fianna Fáil, which formed the [[18th government of Ireland]], is marked with a bullet ({{colorbull|black|round}}).

===Graphical representation===
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 23rd Dáil from March 1982. This was not the official seating plan.

[[File:23rd Dáil.svg|290px]]

==Ceann Comhairle==
On the meeting of the Dáil, [[John O'Connell (Dublin politician)|John O'Connell]] (Ind), who had served as [[Ceann Comhairle]] in the previous Dáil, was proposed by [[Neil Blaney]] (IFF) and seconded by [[Garret FitzGerald]] (FG) for the position. He was elected without a vote.<ref name=cc>{{cite web |title=Election of Ceann Comhairle – Dáil Éireann (23rd Dáil) – Vol. 333 No. 1 |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1982-03-09/3/ |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=28 August 2022 |date=9 March 1982 |archive-date=25 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625072514/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1982-03-09/3/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==TDs by constituency==
The list of the 166 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by [[Dáil constituency]].<ref>{{cite web |title=TDs & Senators (23rd Dáil) |url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/tds/?term=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fhouse%2Fdail%2F23 |website=Houses of the Oireachtas |access-date=29 June 2022 |archive-date=5 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505074854/http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0&HouseNum=23&MemberID=76&ConstID=92 |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{Dáil members begin|title=Members of the 23rd Dáil}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Carlow–Kilkenny (Dáil constituency)|Carlow–Kilkenny]]
|seats  = 5
|td1    = [[Liam Aylward]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[Kieran Crotty]]
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3    = [[Jim Gibbons (Irish politician)|Jim Gibbons]]
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4    = [[Desmond Governey]]
|party4 = Fine Gael
|td5    = [[Séamus Pattison]]
|party5 = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Cavan–Monaghan (Dáil constituency)|Cavan–Monaghan]]
|seats  = 5
|td1    = [[John Conlan (Monaghan politician)|John Conlan]]
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2    = [[Thomas J. Fitzpatrick (Cavan politician)|Tom Fitzpatrick]]
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3    = [[Jimmy Leonard]]
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4    = [[Rory O'Hanlon]]
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
|td5    = [[John Wilson (Irish politician)|John Wilson]]
|party5 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Clare (Dáil constituency)|Clare]]
|seats  = 4
|td1    = [[Sylvester Barrett]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[Donal Carey]]
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3    = [[Brendan Daly (politician)|Brendan Daly]]
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4    = [[Bill Loughnane]]
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Cork East (Dáil constituency)|Cork East]]
|seats  = 4
|td1    = [[Michael Ahern (Irish politician)|Michael Ahern]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[Myra Barry]]
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3    = [[Patrick Hegarty]]
|party3 = Fine Gael
|td4    = [[Joe Sherlock]]
|party4 = Sinn Féin the Workers Party
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Cork North-Central (Dáil constituency)|Cork North-Central]]
|seats  = 5
|td1    = [[Bernard Allen (Irish politician)|Bernard Allen]]
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2    = [[Liam Burke]]
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3    = [[Seán French (1931–2011)|Seán French]]
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4    = [[Denis Lyons]]
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
|td5    = [[Toddy O'Sullivan]]
|party5 = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Cork North-West (Dáil constituency)|Cork North-West]]
|seats  = 3
|td1    = [[Donal Creed]]
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2    = [[Frank Crowley (politician)|Frank Crowley]]
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3    = [[Thomas Meaney]]
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Cork South-Central (Dáil constituency)|Cork South-Central]]
|seats  = 5
|td1    = [[Peter Barry (politician)|Peter Barry]]
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2    = [[Jim Corr (politician)|Jim Corr]]
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3    = [[Eileen Desmond]]
|party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)
|td4    = [[Gene Fitzgerald]]
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
|td5    = [[Pearse Wyse]]
|party5 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Cork South-West (Dáil constituency)|Cork South-West]]
|seats  = 3
|td1    = [[Jim O'Keeffe]]
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2    = [[P. J. Sheehan]]
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3    = [[Joe Walsh (Irish politician)|Joe Walsh]]
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Donegal North-East (Dáil constituency)|Donegal North-East]]
|seats  = 3
|td1    = [[Neil Blaney]]
|party1 = Independent Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[Hugh Conaghan]]
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3    = [[Paddy Harte]]
|party3 = Fine Gael
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Donegal South-West (Dáil constituency)|Donegal South-West]]
|seats  = 3
|td1    = [[Clement Coughlan]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[Pat "the Cope" Gallagher]]
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3    = [[Dinny McGinley]]
|party3 = Fine Gael
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Dublin Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Central]]
|seats  = 5
|td1    = [[Bertie Ahern]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[George Colley]]
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3    = [[Tony Gregory]]
|party3 = Independent politician (Ireland)
|td4    = [[Michael Keating (Irish politician)|Michael Keating]]
|party4 = Fine Gael
|td5    = [[Michael O'Leary (politician)|Michael O'Leary]]
|party5 = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Dublin North (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North]]
|seats  = 3
|td1    = [[John Boland (Fine Gael politician)|John Boland]]
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2    = [[Ray Burke (Irish politician)|Ray Burke]]
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3    = [[Nora Owen]]
|party3 = Fine Gael
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Dublin North-Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North-Central]]
|seats  = 4
|td1    = [[George Birmingham]]
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2    = [[Vincent Brady]]
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3    = [[Richard Bruton]]
|party3 = Fine Gael
|td4    = [[Charles Haughey]]
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Dublin North-East (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North-East]]
|seats  = 4
|td1    = [[Ned Brennan]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[Michael Joe Cosgrave]]
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3    = [[Maurice Manning]]
|party3 = Fine Gael
|td4    = [[Michael Woods (Irish politician)|Michael Woods]]
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Dublin North-West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin North-West]]
|seats  = 4
|td1    = [[Michael Barrett (Irish politician)|Michael Barrett]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[Proinsias De Rossa]]
|party2 = Sinn Féin the Workers Party
|td3    = [[Mary Flaherty (politician)|Mary Flaherty]]
|party3 = Fine Gael
|td4    = [[Jim Tunney (Irish politician)|Jim Tunney]]
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Dublin South (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South]]
|seats  = 5
|td1    = [[Niall Andrews]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[Séamus Brennan]]
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3    = [[Nuala Fennell]]
|party3 = Fine Gael
|td4    = [[John M. Kelly (politician)|John Kelly]]
|party4 = Fine Gael
|td5    = [[Alan Shatter]]
|party5 = Fine Gael
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-Central]]
|seats  = 5
|td1    = [[Ben Briscoe]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[Frank Cluskey]]
|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)
|td3    = [[Thomas J. Fitzpatrick (Dublin politician)|Tom Fitzpatrick]]
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4    = [[Gay Mitchell]]
|party4 = Fine Gael
|td5    = [[John O'Connell (Dublin politician)|John O'Connell]]
|party5 = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Dublin South-East (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-East]]
|seats  = 4
|td1    = [[Gerard Brady]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[Alexis FitzGerald Jnr|Alexis FitzGerald]]
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3    = [[Garret FitzGerald]]
|party3 = Fine Gael
|td4    = [[Ruairi Quinn]]
|party4 = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Dublin South-West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-West]]
|seats  = 4
|td1    = [[Mary Harney]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[Larry McMahon]]
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3    = [[Mervyn Taylor]]
|party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)
|td4    = [[Seán Walsh (politician)|Seán Walsh]]
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Dublin West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin West]]
|seats  = 5
|td1    = [[Richard Burke (Irish politician)|Richard Burke]]
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2    = [[Brian Fleming]]
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3    = [[Liam Lawlor]]
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4    = [[Brian Lenihan Snr|Brian Lenihan]]
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
|td5    = [[Jim Mitchell (politician)|Jim Mitchell]]
|party5 = Fine Gael
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Dún Laoghaire (Dáil constituency)|Dún Laoghaire]]
|seats  = 5
|td1    = [[David Andrews (politician)|David Andrews]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[Seán Barrett (politician)|Seán Barrett]]
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3    = [[Liam T. Cosgrave]]
|party3 = Fine Gael
|td4    = [[Barry Desmond]]
|party4 = Labour Party (Ireland)
|td5    = [[Martin O'Donoghue]]
|party5 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Galway East (Dáil constituency)|Galway East]]
|seats  = 3
|td1    = [[Johnny Callanan]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[Paul Connaughton Snr]]
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3    = [[Michael P. Kitt]]
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Galway West (Dáil constituency)|Galway West]]
|seats  = 5
|td1    = [[John Donnellan]]
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2    = [[Frank Fahey (politician)|Frank Fahey]]
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3    = [[Máire Geoghegan-Quinn]]
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4    = [[Michael D. Higgins]]
|party4 = Labour Party (Ireland)
|td5    = [[Bobby Molloy]]
|party5 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Kerry North (Dáil constituency)|Kerry North]]
|seats  = 3
|td1    = [[Denis Foley]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[Tom McEllistrim (1926–2000)|Tom McEllistrim]]
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3    = [[Dick Spring]]
|party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Kerry South (Dáil constituency)|Kerry South]]
|seats  = 3
|td1    = [[Michael Begley (politician)|Michael Begley]]
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2    = [[Michael Moynihan (Kerry politician)|Michael Moynihan]]
|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)
|td3    = [[John O'Leary (Kerry politician)|John O'Leary]]
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Kildare (Dáil constituency)|Kildare]]
|seats  = 5
|td1    = [[Joseph Bermingham]]
|party1 = Labour Party (Ireland)
|td2    = [[Gerry Brady]]
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3    = [[Alan Dukes]]
|party3 = Fine Gael
|td4    = [[Charlie McCreevy]]
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
|td5    = [[Paddy Power (Irish politician)|Paddy Power]]
|party5 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Laois–Offaly (Dáil constituency)|Laois–Offaly]]
|seats  = 5
|td1    = [[Ger Connolly]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[Bernard Cowen]]
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3    = [[Tom Enright]]
|party3 = Fine Gael
|td4    = [[Oliver J. Flanagan]]
|party4 = Fine Gael
|td5    = [[Liam Hyland]]
|party5 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Limerick East (Dáil constituency)|Limerick East]]
|seats  = 5
|td1    = [[Jim Kemmy]]
|party1 = Democratic Socialist Party (Ireland)
|td2    = [[Michael Noonan (Fine Gael politician)|Michael Noonan]]
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3    = [[Willie O'Dea]]
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4    = [[Tom O'Donnell (politician)|Tom O'Donnell]]
|party4 = Fine Gael
|td5    = [[Desmond O'Malley]]
|party5 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Limerick West (Dáil constituency)|Limerick West]]
|seats  = 3
|td1    = [[Gerry Collins (politician)|Gerry Collins]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[Michael J. Noonan (Fianna Fáil politician)|Michael J. Noonan]]
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3    = [[William O'Brien (Fine Gael politician)|William O'Brien]]
|party3 = Fine Gael
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Longford–Westmeath (Dáil constituency)|Longford–Westmeath]]
|seats  = 4
|td1    = [[Patrick Cooney]]
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2    = [[Seán Keegan]]
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3    = [[Gerry L'Estrange]]
|party3 = Fine Gael
|td4    = [[Albert Reynolds]]
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Louth (Dáil constituency)|Louth]]
|seats  = 4
|td1    = [[Thomas Bellew (Louth politician)|Thomas Bellew]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[Pádraig Faulkner]]
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3    = [[Eddie Filgate]]
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4    = [[Bernard Markey]]
|party4 = Fine Gael
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Mayo East (Dáil constituency)|Mayo East]]
|seats  = 3
|td1    = [[Seán Calleary]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[P. J. Morley]]
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3    = [[Paddy O'Toole]]
|party3 = Fine Gael
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Mayo West (Dáil constituency)|Mayo West]]
|seats  = 3
|td1    = [[Pádraig Flynn]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[Denis Gallagher]]
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3    = [[Enda Kenny]]
|party3 = Fine Gael
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Meath (Dáil constituency)|Meath]]
|seats  = 5
|td1    = [[John Bruton]]
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2    = [[John V. Farrelly|John Farrelly]]
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3    = [[Jim Fitzsimons]]
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4    = [[Colm Hilliard]]
|party4 = Fianna Fáil
|td5    = [[Michael Lynch (Irish politician)|Michael Lynch]]
|party5 = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Roscommon (Dáil constituency)|Roscommon]]
|seats  = 3
|td1    = [[Seán Doherty (Roscommon politician)|Seán Doherty]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[Terry Leyden]]
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3    = [[Liam Naughten]]
|party3 = Fine Gael
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Sligo–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)|Sligo–Leitrim]]
|seats  = 4
|td1    = [[Matt Brennan (politician)|Matt Brennan]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[John Ellis (Fianna Fáil politician)|John Ellis]]
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3    = [[Ray MacSharry]]
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4    = [[Ted Nealon]]
|party4 = Fine Gael
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Tipperary North (Dáil constituency)|Tipperary North]]
|seats  = 3
|td1    = [[David Molony]]
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2    = [[Michael O'Kennedy]]
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3    = [[John Ryan (Irish politician)|John Ryan]]
|party3 = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Tipperary South (Dáil constituency)|Tipperary South]]
|seats  = 4
|td1    = [[Seán Byrne (politician)|Seán Byrne]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[Brendan Griffin (Tipperary politician)|Brendan Griffin]]
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3    = [[Seán McCarthy (Tipperary politician)|Seán McCarthy]]
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4    = [[Seán Treacy (politician)|Seán Treacy]]
|party4 = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Waterford (Dáil constituency)|Waterford]]
|seats  = 4
|td1    = [[Edward Collins (Irish politician)|Edward Collins]]
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2    = [[Austin Deasy]]
|party2 = Fine Gael
|td3    = [[Jackie Fahey]]
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4    = [[Patrick Gallagher (politician)|Patrick Gallagher]]
|party4 = Sinn Féin the Workers Party
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Wexford (Dáil constituency)|Wexford]]
|seats  = 5
|td1    = [[Lorcan Allen]]
|party1 = Fianna Fáil
|td2    = [[Seán Browne]]
|party2 = Fianna Fáil
|td3    = [[Hugh Byrne (Fianna Fáil politician)|Hugh Byrne]]
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4    = [[Michael D'Arcy]]
|party4 = Fine Gael
|td5    = [[Ivan Yates]]
|party5 = Fine Gael
}}
{{Dáil constituency
|name   = [[Wicklow (Dáil constituency)|Wicklow]]
|seats  = 4
|td1    = [[Gemma Hussey]]
|party1 = Fine Gael
|td2    = [[Liam Kavanagh]]
|party2 = Labour Party (Ireland)
|td3    = [[Ciarán Murphy]]
|party3 = Fianna Fáil
|td4    = [[Godfrey Timmins]]
|party4 = Fine Gael
}}
{{end}}

==Changes==
{{Constituency changes start}}
{{Constituency changes
|date  = 9
|month = March
|year  = 1982
|con   = [[Dublin South-Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin South-Central]]
|gain  = Ceann Comhairle
|loss  = Independent politician (Ireland)
|note  = [[John O'Connell (Dublin politician)|John O'Connell]] takes office as Ceann Comhairle<ref name=cc />
}}
{{Constituency changes
|date  = 31
|month = March
|year  = 1982
|con   = [[Dublin West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin West]]
|gain  = 
|loss  = Fine Gael
|note  = Resignation of [[Richard Burke (Irish politician)|Richard Burke]] on his nomination as [[European Commissioner]]
}}
{{Constituency changes
|date  = 25
|month = May
|year  = 1982
|con   = [[Dublin West (Dáil constituency)|Dublin West]]
|gain  = Fine Gael
|loss  = 
|note  = [[Liam Skelly]] holds seat vacated by the resignation of Burke
}}
{{Constituency changes
|date  = 15
|month = June
|year  = 1982
|con   = [[Galway East (Dáil constituency)|Galway East]]
|gain  = 
|loss  = Fianna Fáil
|note  = Death of [[Johnny Callanan]]
}}
{{Constituency changes
|date  = 20
|month = July
|year  = 1982
|con   = [[Galway East (Dáil constituency)|Galway East]]
|gain  = Fianna Fáil
|loss  = 
|note  = [[Noel Treacy]] holds seat vacated by the death of Callanan
}}
{{Constituency changes
|date  = 18
|month = October
|year  = 1982
|con   = [[Clare (Dáil constituency)|Clare]]
|gain  = 
|loss  = Fianna Fáil
|note  = Death of [[Bill Loughnane]]
}}
{{Constituency changes
|date  = 28
|month = October
|year  = 1982
|con   = [[Dublin Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Central]]
|gain  = Independent politician (Ireland)
|loss  = Labour Party (Ireland)
|note  = [[Michael O'Leary (politician)|Michael O'Leary]] resigns as Labour Party leader and party member<ref>{{cite news |title=O'Leary gives up leadership and party |first=Dick |last=Walsh |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1982/1029/Pg001.html#Ar00100 |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 August 2022 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |date=29 October 1982}}</ref>
}}
{{Constituency changes
|date  = 3
|month = November
|year  = 1982
|con   = [[Dublin Central (Dáil constituency)|Dublin Central]]
|gain  = Fine Gael
|loss  = Independent politician (Ireland)
|note  = Michael O'Leary joins Fine Gael<ref>{{cite news |title=O'Leary welcomed as member of Fine Gael |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1982/1104/Pg001.html#Ar00104 |url-access=subscription |access-date=28 August 2022 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=4 November 1982}}</ref>
}}{{end}}

==References==
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==External links==
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