28th Dáil

28th Dáil
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Overview
Legislative bodyDáil Éireann
JurisdictionIreland
Meeting placeLeinster House
Term26 June 1997 – 25 April 2002
Election1997 general election
Government25th government of Ireland
Members166
Ceann ComhairleSéamus Pattison
TaoiseachBertie Ahern
TánaisteMary Harney
Chief WhipSéamus Brennan
Leader of the OppositionMichael Noonan
— John Bruton
until 9 February 2001
Sessions
1st26 June 1997 – 10 July 1997
2nd10 September 1997 – 3 July 1998
3rd2 September 1998 – 2 July 1999
4th29 September 1999 – 30 June 2000
5th3 October 2000 – 6 July 2001
6th18 September 2001 – 25 April 2002

The 28th Dáil was elected at the 1997 general election on 6 June 1997 and met on 26 June 1997. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 21st Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.

The 28th Dáil was dissolved by President Mary McAleese on 25 April 2002, at the request of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern. The 28th Dáil lasted 4 years, 303 days, the second longest after the 10th Dáil.

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