Addresses to the Houses of the Oireachtas
1922 - 1999

Joint Sittings of the Houses of the Oireachtas

• 28 June 1963 : President John F. Kennedy (United States of America)

• 4 June 1984 : President Ronald Reagan (United States of America)

• 26 February 1988 : President François Mitterrand (French Republic)

• 8 July 1992 : President of Ireland (President Mary Robinson)
  [Address under Article 13.7 of the Constitution]

• 2 February 1995 : President of Ireland (President Mary Robinson)
  [Address under Article 13.7 of the Constitution]

• 1 December 1995 : President Bill Clinton (United States of America)

• 26 November 1998 : Prime Minister Tony Blair (United Kingdom)

• 16 December 1999 : President of Ireland (President Mary McAleese) [Address under Article 13.7 of the Constitution]

Addresses to Dáil Éireann

• 21 October 1987 : Prime Minister Bob Hawke
  (Australia)

• 2 July 1990 : Nelson Mandela (Deputy Leader of the
  African National Congress, South Africa)

• 20 September 1993 : Prime Minister Paul Keating
  (Australia)

• 2 October 1996 : Chancellor Helmut Kohl (Federal Republic of Germany)

Reception on the Floor of the House

• 28 April 1949 : Prime Minister Pandit Nehru (India)

Simultaneous Sitting of Both Houses
Sitting on the Fiftieth Anniversary of the
First Meeting of First Dáil Éireann

• 21 January 1969 : President of Ireland (President Éamon de Valera) [Address under Article 13.7 of the Constitution]

Address to Dáil Éireann
Members of Seanad Éireann invited to attend

• 12 December 1922 : Governor-General of the Irish Free State
  Timothy Michael Healy

• 03 October, 1923 : Governor-General of the Irish Free State
  Timothy Michael Healy

The full text of the revised Parliamentary Debates 1919 ---, and unrevised debates is now available on the Houses website

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(Last updated: 30 December 2003)