12th Dáil
| 12th Dáil | |||||||||||
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| Legislative body | Dáil Éireann | ||||||||||
| Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||||||||
| Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||||||||
| Term | 9 June 1944 – 12 January 1948 | ||||||||||
| Election | 1944 general election | ||||||||||
| Government | 4th government of Ireland | ||||||||||
| Members | 138 | ||||||||||
| Ceann Comhairle | Frank Fahy | ||||||||||
| Taoiseach | Éamon de Valera | ||||||||||
| Tánaiste | Seán Lemass — Seán T. O'Kelly until 14 June 1945 | ||||||||||
| Chief Whip | Eamon Kissane | ||||||||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Richard Mulcahy | ||||||||||
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The 12th Dáil was elected at the 1944 general election on 30 May 1944 and first met on 9 June 1944. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 5th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
The 12th Dáil was dissolved by President Seán T. O'Kelly on 12 January 1948, at the request of the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. The 12th Dáil lasted 3 years, 217 days.