| Members of the European Parliament for Ireland | |
|---|---|
| 1st delegation | (1973) |
| 2nd delegation | (1973–1977) |
| 3rd delegation | (1977–1979) |
| 1st term | (1979) |
| 2nd term | (1984) |
| 3rd term | (1989) |
| 4th term | (1994) |
| 5th term | (1999) |
| 6th term | (2004) |
| 7th term | (2009) |
| 8th term | (2014) |
| 9th term | (2019) |
| 10th term | (2024) |
| List of women MEPs | |
This is a list of the 10 members of the European Parliament for Ireland appointed to the delegation from the Oireachtas after the 1977 general election who served from December 1977 until the first direct elections in 1979.
| Name | National party | National office | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seán Brosnan | Fianna Fáil | Teachta Dála | |
| Ruairí Brugha | Fianna Fáil | Teachta Dála | |
| Michael Herbert | Fianna Fáil | Teachta Dála | |
| Liam Kavanagh | Labour | Teachta Dála | |
| Gerry L'Estrange | Fine Gael | Teachta Dála | |
| Charles McDonald | Fine Gael | Senator | |
| Tom Nolan | Fianna Fáil | Teachta Dála | |
| Paddy Power | Fianna Fáil | Teachta Dála | |
| Richie Ryan | Fine Gael | Teachta Dála | |
| Michael Yeats | Fianna Fáil | Senator | |
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Richard Ryan was an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as Minister for Finance and Minister for the Public Service from 1973 to 1977 and a Member of the European Court of Auditors from 1986 to 1989. He served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 1977 to 1986. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) from 1959 to 1982.
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