24th Seanad

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24th Seanad
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Overview
Legislative bodySeanad Éireann
JurisdictionIreland
Meeting placeLeinster House
Term25 May 2011 – 9 February 2016
Government29th government of Ireland
Members60
CathaoirleachPaddy Burke (FG)
Leas-ChathaoirleachDenis O'Donovan (FF)
Leader of the
Seanad		Maurice Cummins (FG)
Deputy leader of the SeanadIvana Bacik (Lab)
Leader of the
Opposition		Darragh O'Brien (FF)
Sessions
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1st25 May 2011 – 27 July 2011
2nd14 September 2011 – 20 July 2012
3rd19 September 2012 – 24 July 2013
4th20 August 2013 – 31 July 2014
5th17 September 2014 – 21 July 2015
6th23 September 2015 – 9 February 2016

The 24th Seanad was in office from 2011 to 2016. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 2011 general election to the 31st Dáil on 25 February.[1][2] There are 60 seats in the Seanad: 43 were elected on five vocational panels by serving politicians, for which polling closed on 26 April; 6 were elected in two university constituencies, for which polling closed on 27 April; and 11 were nominated by the Taoiseach (Enda Kenny) on 20 May 2011.[3] The 24th Seanad first met at Leinster House on 25 May 2011.[4] It remained in office until the close of poll for the 25th Seanad in April 2016.

Cathaoirleach

On 25 May 2011, Paddy Burke (FG) was elected as the new Cathaoirleach of the Seanad.[5][6] On 1 June 2011, Denis O'Donovan (FF) was elected as Leas-Cathaoirleach.[7]

Composition of the 24th Seanad

There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad: 43 were elected on the vocational panels, 6 were elected by universities and 11 were nominated by the Taoiseach.

The following table shows the composition by party when the 24th Seanad first met on 25 May 2011.

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Admin Agri Cult & Educ Ind & Comm Labour
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Total 7 11 5 9 11 3 3 11 60

Effect of changes

This table shows the political composition of the 24th Seanad at the start and the end of its term.

  May 2011 Feb. 2016
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Total 60

List of senators

  • Note: The entries for Senators who were elected or appointed to fill vacancies are shown in italics
Name Panel Party Notes
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Script error: No such module "sort". Administrative Panel   Script error: No such module "political party". Lost the Fianna Fáil party whip in December 2014.[9]
Re-gained the party whip in February 2015.[10]
Script error: No such module "sort". Administrative Panel   Script error: No such module "political party". Elected to Dáil at the 2016 general election
Script error: No such module "sort". Administrative Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Administrative Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Administrative Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Administrative Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Agricultural Panel   Script error: No such module "political party". Lost the Fine Gael party whip in July 2013. Joined Renua in March 2015.
Script error: No such module "sort". Agricultural Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Agricultural Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Agricultural Panel   Script error: No such module "political party". Lost the Labour Party whip in December 2012. Joined the Social Democrats in September 2015.
Script error: No such module "sort". Agricultural Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Agricultural Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Agricultural Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Agricultural Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Agricultural Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Agricultural Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Agricultural Panel   Script error: No such module "political party". Resigned the Fianna Fáil party whip in March 2015[11]
Script error: No such module "sort". Cultural and Educational Panel   Script error: No such module "political party". Elected to Dáil at the 2016 general election
Script error: No such module "sort". Cultural and Educational Panel   Script error: No such module "political party". Resigned from the Seanad in May 2014 after being elected to the European Parliament[12]
Script error: No such module "sort". Cultural and Educational Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Cultural and Educational Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Cultural and Educational Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Cultural and Educational Panel   Script error: No such module "political party". Elected in a by-election on 10 October 2014, replacing Deirdre Clune[13]
Script error: No such module "sort". Industrial and Commercial Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Industrial and Commercial Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Industrial and Commercial Panel   Script error: No such module "political party". Resigned from the Seanad in September 2015[14]
Script error: No such module "sort". Industrial and Commercial Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Industrial and Commercial Panel   Script error: No such module "political party". Elected to Dáil at the 2016 general election
Script error: No such module "sort". Industrial and Commercial Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Industrial and Commercial Panel   Script error: No such module "political party". Resigned from Fianna Fáil in May 2015[15]
Script error: No such module "sort". Industrial and Commercial Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Industrial and Commercial Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Industrial and Commercial Panel   Script error: No such module "political party". Elected in a by-election on 13 November 2015, replacing Jimmy Harte.
Script error: No such module "sort". Labour Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Labour Panel   Script error: No such module "political party". Elected to Dáil at the 2016 general election
Script error: No such module "sort". Labour Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Labour Panel   Script error: No such module "political party". Lost the Fine Gael party whip in July 2013
Script error: No such module "sort". Labour Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Labour Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Labour Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Labour Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Labour Panel   Script error: No such module "political party". Elected to Dáil at the 2016 general election
Script error: No such module "sort". Labour Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Labour Panel   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". National University of Ireland   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". National University of Ireland   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". National University of Ireland   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Dublin University   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Dublin University   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Dublin University   Script error: No such module "political party".  
Script error: No such module "sort". Nominated by the Taoiseach   Script error: No such module "political party". Joined Fine Gael on 7 February 2012[16]
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Script error: No such module "sort". Nominated by the Taoiseach   Script error: No such module "political party". Resigned from the Seanad on 5 February 2013[17]
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Script error: No such module "sort". Nominated by the Taoiseach   Script error: No such module "political party". Elected to Dáil at the 2016 general election
Script error: No such module "sort". Nominated by the Taoiseach   Script error: No such module "political party". Appointed on 19 July 2013, replacing Martin McAleese.[18]
Elected to Dáil at the 2016 general election

Changes

Date Panel Loss Gain Note
7 February 2012 Nominated by the Taoiseach Script error: No such module "political party". Script error: No such module "political party". Eamonn Coghlan joins Fine Gael[16]
21 December 2012 Agricultural Panel Script error: No such module "political party". Script error: No such module "political party". James Heffernan loses the parliamentary Labour Party whip
5 February 2013 Nominated by the Taoiseach Script error: No such module "political party".   Martin McAleese resigns from the Seanad[17][19]
16 July 2013 Labour Panel Script error: No such module "political party". Script error: No such module "political party". Fidelma Healy Eames loses the Fine Gael party whip for voting against the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013[20]
16 July 2013 Agricultural Panel Script error: No such module "political party". Script error: No such module "political party". Paul Bradford loses the Fine Gael party whip for voting against the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013[20]
19 July 2013 Nominated by the Taoiseach   Script error: No such module "political party". Hildegarde Naughton appointed to replace Martin McAleese[18][21]
27 May 2014 Cultural and Educational Panel Script error: No such module "political party".   Deirdre Clune resigns from the Seanad after being elected to the European Parliament.[12]
10 October 2014 Cultural and Educational Panel   Script error: No such module "political party". Gerard Craughwell wins by-election to replace Deirdre Clune[22][13][23]
21 December 2014 Administrative Panel Script error: No such module "political party". Script error: No such module "political party". Mark Daly loses the Fianna Fáil party whip on Water Services Bill[9]
3 February 2015 Administrative Panel Script error: No such module "political party". Script error: No such module "political party". Mark Daly re-gains the Fianna Fáil party whip[10]
13 March 2015 Agricultural Panel Script error: No such module "political party". Script error: No such module "political party". Paul Bradford joins Renua on its foundation[24]
26 March 2015 Agricultural Panel Script error: No such module "political party". Script error: No such module "political party". Jim Walsh resigns the Fianna Fáil party whip in opposition to the Children and Family Relationships Bill 2015 and the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill 2015[11]
25 May 2015 Industrial and Commercial Panel Script error: No such module "political party". Script error: No such module "political party". Averil Power resigns from Fianna Fáil[15]
3 September 2015 Agricultural Panel Script error: No such module "political party". Script error: No such module "political party". James Heffernan joins the Social Democrats[25]
23 September 2015 Industrial and Commercial Panel Script error: No such module "political party".   Jimmy Harte resigns from the Seanad[14][26]
13 November 2015 Industrial and Commercial Panel   Script error: No such module "political party". Máiría Cahill elected in by-election[27][28]
26 February 2016 Cultural and Educational Panel Script error: No such module "political party".   Thomas Byrne elected to the 32nd Dáil
26 February 2016 Labour Panel Script error: No such module "political party".   David Cullinane elected to the 32nd Dáil
26 February 2016 Administrative Panel Script error: No such module "political party".   Michael D'Arcy elected to the 32nd Dáil
26 February 2016 Industrial and Commercial Panel Script error: No such module "political party".   Marc MacSharry elected to the 32nd Dáil
26 February 2016 Nominated by the Taoiseach Script error: No such module "political party".   Hildegarde Naughton elected to the 32nd Dáil
26 February 2016 Labour Panel Script error: No such module "political party".   Darragh O'Brien elected to the 32nd Dáil
26 February 2016 Nominated by the Taoiseach Script error: No such module "political party".   Katherine Zappone elected to the 32nd Dáil

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