Government of the 15th Dáil

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Govt of the 13th Dáil (1948)
Govt of the 14th Dáil (1951)
Govt of the 15th Dáil (1954)
Govt of the 16th Dáil (1957)
Govt of the 17th Dáil (1961)

The 15th Dáil was elected at the 1954 general election on 18 May 1954 and first met on 2 June when the 7th Government of Ireland was appointed. The 15th Dáil lasted for 1,022 days.

[edit] 7th Government of Ireland

The 7th Government of Ireland (2 June 195420 March 1957) – or more commonly the Second Inter-Party Government – is the name given to the government which led Ireland from 1954 to 1957. The coalition consisted of Fine Gael, the Labour Party and Clann na Talmhan. Yet again a dislike of Fianna Fáil overcame all other problems in forming a government.

Office Name Term Party
An Taoiseach John A. Costello 1954–1957 Fine Gael
An Tánaiste William Norton 1954–1957 Labour Party
Minister for Agriculture James Dillon 1954–1957 Fine Gael
Minister for Defence Seán Mac Eoin 1954–1957 Fine Gael
Minister for Education Richard Mulcahy 1954–1957 Fine Gael
Minister for External Affairs Liam Cosgrave 1954–1957 Fine Gael
Minister for Finance Gerard Sweetman 1954–1957 Fine Gael
Minister for the Gaeltacht Richard Mulcahy 1956 Fine Gael
Minister for Health Tom O'Higgins 1954–1957 Fine Gael
Minister for Industry & Commerce William Norton 1954–1957 Labour Party
Minister for Justice James Everett 1954–1957 Labour Party
Minister for Lands Joseph Blowick 1954–1957 Clann na Talmhan
Minister for Local Government Patrick O'Donnell 1954–1957 Fine Gael
Minister for Posts & Telegraphs Michael Keyes 1954–1957 Labour Party
Minister for Social Welfare Brendan Corish 1954–1957 Labour Party

[edit] Changes 24 October 1956

Office Name Term Party
Minister for the Gaeltacht Patrick Lindsay 1956–1957 Fine Gael

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