| 24th Dáil | |
| Term Start: | 14 December 1982 |
| Term End: | 20 January 1987 |
| Membership1: | 166 |
| Chamber1 Leader3: | Peter Barry — Dick Spring |
| Chamber1 Leader4: | Fergus O'Brien — Seán Barrett |
| Session1 Start: | 14 December 1982 |
| Session1 End: | 8 July 1983 |
| Session2 Start: | 5 July 1984 |
| Session2 End: | 30 June 1988 |
| Session3 Start: | 10 October 1984 |
| Session3 End: | 11 July 1985 |
| Session4 Start: | 23 October 1985 |
| Session4 End: | 4 July 1986 |
| Session5 Start: | 22 October 1986 |
| Session5 End: | 19 December 1986 |
The 24th Dáil was elected at the November 1982 general election on 24 November 1982 and met on 14 December 1982. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature), of Ireland are known as TDs. It sat with the 17th Seanad as the two Houses of the Oireachtas.
On 20 January 1987, President Patrick Hillery dissolved the Dáil at the request of the Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald. The 24th Dáil lasted days.
| Party | Nov. 1982 | Jan. 1987 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | 71 | |||
| Fine Gael | 70 | 67 | ||
| Labour Party | 16 | 14 | ||
| 2 | 2 | |||
| 1 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 3 | |||
| 1 | ||||
| 5 | ||||
| 1 | ||||
| Total | 166 | |||
Fine Gael and the Labour Party, denoted with bullets, formed the 19th government of Ireland. Labour left the government on 20 January 1987, after which FitzGerald sought a dissolution of the Dáil.
This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 24th Dáil from December 1982. This was not the official seating plan.
On the meeting of the Dáil, Tom Fitzpatrick (FG) was proposed by Garret FitzGerald (FG) and seconded by Peter Barry (FG) for the position of Ceann Comhairle. John O'Connell (Ind), who had served in the position in the previous two Dála, was proposed by Neil Blaney (IFF) and seconded by Charles Haughey (FF). Fitzpatrick was elected on a vote of 86 to 80.[1]
The list of the 166 TDs elected is given in alphabetical order by Dáil constituency.[2]