10th Dáil
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| Legislative body | Dáil Éireann | ||||||||||||
| Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||||||||||
| Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||||||||||
| Term | 30 June 1938 – 26 June 1943 | ||||||||||||
| Election | 1938 general election | ||||||||||||
| Government | 2nd government of Ireland | ||||||||||||
| Members | 138 | ||||||||||||
| Ceann Comhairle | Frank Fahy | ||||||||||||
| Taoiseach | Éamon de Valera | ||||||||||||
| Tánaiste | Seán T. O'Kelly | ||||||||||||
| Chief Whip | Paddy Smith — Patrick Little until 26 September 1939 | ||||||||||||
| Leader of the Opposition | W. T. Cosgrave | ||||||||||||
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The 10th Dáil was elected at the 1938 general election on 17 June 1938 and first met on 30 June 1938. The members of Dáil Éireann, the House of Representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It sat with the 3rd Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
The 10th Dáil is the longest serving Dáil, lasting 4 years, 361 days. The Dáil adjourned on 26 May 1943 and on 31 May President Douglas Hyde called a general election for 17 June at the request of the Taoiseach Éamon de Valera. Exceptionally, the outgoing Dáil was not dissolved until 26 June, after the election.[1] Although the Constitution requires the President to dissolve the Dáil before a general election, this procedure was overridden by the General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Act 1943.[2][3] The act, which would have been unconstitutional under Article 16.3.2° if not for the state of emergency in effect under Article 28.3.3° during World War II, was intended to increase national security by minimising the interval during which no Dáil was in existence.[3]
Composition of the 10th Dáil
[edit]| Party | June 1938 | June 1943 | Change | |
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| Fianna Fáil | 77 | 72 |  5 | |
| Fine Gael | 45 | 41 | 4 | |
| Labour | 9 | 9 |  | |
| Independent | 7 | 8 |  1 | |
| Ceann Comhairle | N/a | 1 | 1 | |
| Vacant | N/a | 7 | 7 | |
| Total | 138 | |||
Graphical representation
[edit]This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 10th Dáil from June 1938. This was not the official seating plan.
Ceann Comhairle
[edit]On 30 June 1938, Frank Fahy (FF), who had served as Ceann Comhairle since 1932, was proposed by Éamon de Valera and seconded by Donnchadh Ó Briain for the position, and was elected without a vote.[4]
TDs by constituency
[edit]The 138 TDs elected at the 1938 general election are listed by Dáil constituency.[5]
Changes
[edit]Due to difficulties holding by-elections during the Emergency, no further by-elections were held to fill vacancies after the 1940 Galway West by-election.
References
[edit]- ↑ "Mr. de Valera to be Taoiseach". The Irish Times. p. 1.
- ↑ "Constitution of Ireland". Irish Statute Book. Article 16.3. Archived from the original on 1 September 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2018.;
General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Act 1943 (No. 11 of 1943). Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 27 March 2018.;
"The General Election: Announcement by Taoiseach". Dáil Debates. 90 (5): 19 c.562. 26 May 1943. Archived from the original on 17 August 2022. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
the Dáil will rise to–day. ... It is my intention to advise the President so that on the 31st May he may issue his direction for the holding of a general election. His proclamation may be issued on the 31st May. ... the 22nd June will be the polling day and then the outgoing Dáil, the present Dáil, would have to be dissolved not later than 8th July. The House is aware that it will be dissolved as soon as the Clerk of the Dáil is able to inform us that he has got returns for all the writs.
- 1 2 "General Elections (Emergency Provisions) Bill, 1943—Second Stage". Dáil Debates. 89 (15). Houses of the Oireachtas. 14 April 1943. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- 1 2 "Election of Ceann Comhairle". Dáil Debates. 72 (1). Houses of the Oireachtas. 30 June 1938. Archived from the original on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
- ↑ Oireachtas Database.
- ↑ "Death of Deputy James Walter Beckett". Dáil Debates. 74 (1). Houses of the Oireachtas. 8 February 1939.
- ↑ "New Deputy Takes His Seat". Dáil Debates. 76 (7). Houses of the Oireachtas. 14 June 1939.
- ↑ "Bás an Teachta Seán O Tiobraide". Dáil Debates (in Irish). 76 (18). Houses of the Oireachtas. 1 August 1939.
- ↑ "Death of a Deputy". Dáil Debates. 78 (12). Houses of the Oireachtas. 21 February 1940. Archived from the original on 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
- ↑ "New Deputy Takes His Seat". Dáil Debates. 80 (12). Houses of the Oireachtas. 5 June 1940.
- ↑ "Death of a Deputy". Dáil Debates. 80 (15). Houses of the Oireachtas. 19 June 1940. Archived from the original on 24 October 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
- ↑ "Death of a Deputy". Dáil Debates. 81 (1). Houses of the Oireachtas. 2 October 1940. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ↑ "Bás an Teachta Seán ó Muinghile". Dáil Debates (in Irish). 85 (1). Houses of the Oireachtas. 29 October 1941. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
- ↑ "Death of Deputy T.P. Dowdall". Dáil Debates. 86 (4). Houses of the Oireachtas. 14 April 1942. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ↑ "Death of Deputy T. Kelly". Dáil Debates. 88 (6). Houses of the Oireachtas. 21 April 1942. Archived from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
- ↑ "Death of a Deputy". Dáil Debates. 88 (9). Houses of the Oireachtas. 14 October 1942. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- 1 2 "Death of Two Deputies". Dáil Debates. 89 (3). Houses of the Oireachtas. 3 February 1943. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
External links
[edit]- "Debates: 10th Dáil". Houses of the Oireachtas.
- "TDs & Senators: 10th Dáil". Houses of the Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
