This is a list of the 15 members of the European Parliament for Ireland elected at the 1979 European Parliament election. They served in the 1979 to 1984 session.
| Name | Constituency | National party | EP group | ||
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| Leinster | |||||
| † | Munster | ||||
| Munster | |||||
| † | Munster | ||||
| Dublin | |||||
| Connacht–Ulster | |||||
| † | Leinster | ||||
| Leinster | |||||
| Munster | |||||
| Connacht–Ulster | |||||
| † | Dublin | ||||
| Munster | |||||
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†Replaced during term, see table below for details.
| Party | Outgoing | Constituency | Reason | Date | Replacement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Munster | Desmond appointed as Minister for Health on 30 June 1981 | 7 July 1981 | Seán Treacy | |||
| Leinster | Kavanagh appointed as Minister for Labour on 30 June 1981 | 9 July 1981 | Séamus Pattison† | |||
| John O'Connell | Dublin | O'Connell appointed as Ceann Comhairle on 30 June 1981 | 21 October 1981 | John Horgan† | ||
| Michael O'Leary | Dublin | O'Leary appointed as Tánaiste on 30 June 1981 | 1 July 1981 | Frank Cluskey† | ||
| Séamus Pattison | Leinster | Pattison resigned on 15 December 1983 | 8 February 1984 | Justin Keating | ||
| John Horgan | Dublin | Horgan resigned on 1 January 1983 | 2 March 1983 | Flor O'Mahony | ||
| Frank Cluskey | Dublin | Cluskey resigned on 14 December 1982 | 2 March 1982 | Brendan Halligan | ||
| Munster | Cronin resigned on 23 May 1984 | 23 May 1984 | None | |||