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 1954 – 20 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. This is the earliest Irish cabinet to have one of its members, specifically Liam Cosgrave, still living.

Office	Name		Term	Party
Taoiseach		John A. Costello	1954–1957	Fine Gael
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 and 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 and 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

[edit] See also

• Members of the 15th Dáil
• Parliamentary Secretaries of the 15th Dáil
• Members of the 8th Seanad
• Dáil Éireann
• Constitution of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland

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