- Members of the 22nd Seanad
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20th Seanad (1993) 21st Seanad (1997) 22nd Seanad (2002) 23rd Seanad (2007) 24th Seanad (2011) This is a list of the members of the 22nd Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These Senators were elected or appointed in 2002, after the 2002 general election and served until the close of poll for the 23rd Seanad at the end of July 2007.[1]
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Composition of the 22nd Seanad
There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad. 43 Senators are elected by the Vocational Panels, 6 elected by the Universities and 11 are nominated by the Taoiseach.
The following table shows the composition by party when the 22nd Seanad first met on 12 September 2002.
Administrative Panel Agricultural Panel Cultural and Educational Panel Industrial and Commercial Panel Labour Panel National University of Ireland University of Dublin Nominated by the Taoiseach Total Fianna Fáil 4 6 3 5 6 0 0 6 30 Fine Gael 2 4 2 3 4 0 0 0 15 Labour Party 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 Progressive Democrats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 Independents 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 6 Total 7 11 5 9 11 3 3 11 60 Effect of changes
Party 20021 May 20072 July 20073 Fianna Fáil 30 27 24 Fine Gael 15 15 9 Labour Party 5 5 4 Progressive Democrats 4 5 5 Independents 6 8 8 Vacant 0 0 10 Total 60 - Notes
- ^ The 2002 column refers to the state of parties when 22nd Seanad first met in 2002
- ^ The May 2007 column refers to the state of parties immediately prior to the 2007 Dáil election
- ^ The July 2007 column refers to the state of parties when the Seanad reassembled after the 2007 Dáil election, when 14 senators were elected to the 30th Dáil, including 4 senators who had been nominated by the Taoiseach, who were replaced by 4 new nominees.
List of senators
- Note: The entries for Senators who were elected or appointed to fill vacancies are shown in italics
Changes
There were no by-elections to the 22nd Seanad.
The first vacancy was caused by the death of Kate Walsh, who had been nominated by the Taoiseach and was replaced by another nominee.
Fourteen senators were elected to the 30th Dáil at the general election on 24 May 2007. Four of these had been nominated by the Taoiseach and were replaced by new nominees, but the seats of then ten elected senators remained vacant until the Seanad was dissolved. (The vacant seats were those of seats of James Bannon, Ulick Burke, Noel Coonan, Timmy Dooley, Frank Feighan, Brian Hayes, Martin Mansergh, Joe McHugh, Eamon Scanlon and Joanna Tuffy).
Date Panel Gain Loss Notes 29 April 2004 Nominated by the Taoiseach Progressive Democrats Fianna Fáil Michael Brennan (FF) joins the Progressive Democrats 27 March 2007 Labour Panel Independent Fianna Fáil Liam Fitzgerald (FF) resigns from Fianna Fáil 4 April 2007 Industrial and Commercial Panel Independent Fianna Fáil Margaret Cox (FF) resigns from Fianna Fáil 24 April 2007 Nominated by the Taoiseach Progressive Democrats Death of Kate Walsh (PD) 3 May 2007 Nominated by the Taoiseach Progressive Democrats Colm O'Gorman (PD) nominated to replace Kate Walsh 24 May 2007 Administrative Panel Fianna Fáil Timmy Dooley (FF) elected to Dáil Éireann 24 May 2007 Administrative Panel Fine Gael Frank Feighan (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann 24 May 2007 Administrative Panel Fine Gael Joe McHugh (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann 24 May 2007 Administrative Panel Labour Party Joanna Tuffy (Lab) elected to Dáil Éireann 24 May 2007 Agricultural Panel Fine Gael Ulick Burke (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann 24 May 2007 Agricultural Panel Fianna Fáil Martin Mansergh (FF) elected to Dáil Éireann 24 May 2007 Cultural and Educational Panel Fine Gael Noel Coonan (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann 24 May 2007 Cultural and Educational Panel Fine Gael Brian Hayes (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann 24 May 2007 Industrial and Commercial Panel Fine Gael James Bannon (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann 24 May 2007 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Mary O'Rourke (FF) elected to Dáil Éireann 24 May 2007 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Cyprian Brady (FF) elected to Dáil Éireann 24 May 2007 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Michael Kitt (FF) elected to Dáil Éireann 24 May 2007 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Brendan Kenneally (FF) elected to Dáil Éireann 23 June 2007 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Donie Cassidy (FF) nominated to replace Mary O'Rourke 23 June 2007 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Chris Wall (FF) nominated to replace Cyprian Brady 23 June 2007 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Seán Dorgan (FF) nominated to replace Michael Kitt 23 June 2007 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Peter Sands (FF) nominated to replace Brendan Kenneally See also
References
- ^ The close of poll for the 23rd Seanad was on the 23 July 2007 for panel members and on the 24 July 2007 for university members.
External links
- "22nd Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database. http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=1&HouseNum=22&disp=mem. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
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