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]
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.
Origin Party | Admin Panel | Agri Panel | Cult & Educ Panel | Ind & Comm Panel | Labour Panel | NUI | U Dublin | Nominated | 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 | ||
| Independent | 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 | |
| Independent | 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
| Name | Panel | Party | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timmy Dooley | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | Elected to 30th Dáil at general election on 24 May 2007[2] | |
| Frank Feighan | Administrative Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to 30th Dáil at general election on 24 May 2007[2] | |
| Camillus Glynn | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Tony Kett | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Joe McHugh | Administrative Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to 30th Dáil at general election on 24 May 2007[2] | |
| Joanna Tuffy | Administrative Panel | Labour | Elected to 30th Dáil at general election on 24 May 2007[2] | |
| Diarmuid Wilson | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Paul Bradford | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | ||
| Paddy Burke | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | ||
| Ulick Burke | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to 30th Dáil at general election on 24 May 2007[2] | |
| Peter Callanan | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Rory Kiely | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | Cathaoirleach | |
| Martin Mansergh | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | Elected to 30th Dáil at general election on 24 May 2007[2] | |
| Francis O'Brien | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Kathleen O'Meara | Agricultural Panel | Labour | ||
| John Paul Phelan | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | ||
| Eamon Scanlon | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | Elected to 30th Dáil at general election on 24 May 2007[2] | |
| Jim Walsh | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Noel Coonan | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to 30th Dáil at general election on 24 May 2007[2] | |
| Brian Hayes | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to 30th Dáil at general election on 24 May 2007[2] | |
| Paschal Mooney | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Labhrás Ó Murchú | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Ann Ormonde | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
| James Bannon | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to 30th Dáil at general election on 24 May 2007[2] | |
| Eddie Bohan | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Paul Coghlan | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fine Gael | ||
| Margaret Cox | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | Party whip removed on 4 April 2007; thereafter sat as an independent[3] | |
| Marc MacSharry | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Derek McDowell | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Labour | ||
| Kieran Phelan | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Sheila Terry | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fine Gael | ||
| Mary White | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Fergal Browne | Labour Panel | Fine Gael | ||
| Maurice Cummins | Labour Panel | Fine Gael | ||
| Brendan Daly | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Geraldine Feeney | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Michael Finucane | Labour Panel | Fine Gael | ||
| Liam Fitzgerald | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | Left Fianna Fáil on 28 March 2007; thereafter sat as an independent[4] | |
| John Hanafin | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Jim Higgins | Labour Panel | Fine Gael | ||
| Terry Leyden | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Don Lydon | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Michael McCarthy | Labour Panel | Labour | ||
| Joe O'Toole | National University of Ireland | Independent | ||
| Feargal Quinn | National University of Ireland | Independent | ||
| Brendan Ryan | National University of Ireland | Labour | ||
| Mary Henry | University of Dublin | Independent | ||
| David Norris | University of Dublin | Independent | ||
| Shane Ross | University of Dublin | Independent | ||
| Cyprian Brady | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Elected to 30th Dáil at general election on 24 May 2007[2] | |
| Michael Brennan | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Joined the Progressive Democrats on 29 April 2004[5] | |
| John Dardis | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Progressive Democrats | ||
| Maurice Hayes | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Independent | ||
| Brendan Kenneally | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Elected to 30th Dáil at general election on 24 May 2007[2] | |
| Michael Kitt | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Elected to 30th Dáil at general election on 24 May 2007[2] | |
| John Minihan | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Progressive Democrats | ||
| Tom Morrissey | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Progressive Democrats | ||
| Pat Moylan | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | ||
| Mary O'Rourke | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Leader of the Seanad until her election to 30th Dáil on 24 May 2007 | |
| Kate Walsh | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Progressive Democrats | Died on 24 April 2007[6] | |
| Colm O'Gorman | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Progressive Democrats | Nominated on 3 May 2007 to replace Kate Walsh[7] | |
| Donie Cassidy | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Nominated on 23 June 2007 to replace Mary O'Rourke, who was elected to the 30th Dáil at the general election on 24 May 2007.[7] | |
| Seán Dorgan | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Nominated on 23 June 2007 to replace Michael Kitt, who was elected to the 30th Dáil at the general election on 24 May 2007.[7] | |
| Peter Sands | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Nominated on 23 June 2007 to replace Brendan Kenneally, who was elected to the 30th Dáil at the general election on 24 May 2007.[7] | |
| Chris Wall | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Nominated on 23 June 2007 to replace Cyprian Brady, who was elected to the 30th Dáil at the general election on 24 May 2007.[7] | |
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 | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 April 2004 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Progressive Democrats | Fianna Fáil | Michael Brennan (FF) joined the Progressive Democrats[5] | ||
| 28 March 2007 | Labour Panel | Independent | Fianna Fáil | Liam Fitzgerald (FF) resigned from Fianna Fáil[4] | ||
| 4 April 2007 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Independent | Fianna Fáil | Margaret Cox (FF) resigned from Fianna Fáil[3] | ||
| 24 April 2007 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Progressive Democrats | Death of Kate Walsh (PD)[6] | |||
| 3 May 2007 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Progressive Democrats | Colm O'Gorman (PD) nominated to replace Kate Walsh[7] | |||
| 24 May 2007 | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | Timmy Dooley (FF) elected to Dáil Éireann[2] | |||
| 24 May 2007 | Administrative Panel | Fine Gael | Frank Feighan (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann[2] | |||
| 24 May 2007 | Administrative Panel | Fine Gael | Joe McHugh (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann[2] | |||
| 24 May 2007 | Administrative Panel | Labour | Joanna Tuffy (Lab) elected to Dáil Éireann[2] | |||
| 24 May 2007 | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | Ulick Burke (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann[2] | |||
| 24 May 2007 | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | Martin Mansergh (FF) elected to Dáil Éireann[2] | |||
| 24 May 2007 | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | Eamon Scanlon (FF) elected to Dáil Éireann[2] | |||
| 24 May 2007 | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fine Gael | Noel Coonan (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann[2] | |||
| 24 May 2007 | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fine Gael | Brian Hayes (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann[2] | |||
| 24 May 2007 | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fine Gael | James Bannon (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann[2] | |||
| 24 May 2007 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Mary O'Rourke (FF) elected to Dáil Éireann[2] | |||
| 24 May 2007 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Cyprian Brady (FF) elected to Dáil Éireann[2] | |||
| 24 May 2007 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Michael Kitt (FF) elected to Dáil Éireann[2] | |||
| 24 May 2007 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Brendan Kenneally (FF) elected to Dáil Éireann[2] | |||
| 23 June 2007 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Donie Cassidy (FF) nominated to replace Mary O'Rourke[7] | |||
| 23 June 2007 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Chris Wall (FF) nominated to replace Cyprian Brady[7] | |||
| 23 June 2007 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Seán Dorgan (FF) nominated to replace Michael Kitt[7] | |||
| 23 June 2007 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Peter Sands (FF) nominated to replace Brendan Kenneally[7]
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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.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa "Seanad Éireann debates, Volume 186, 3 July 2007: Election of Members to Dáil Éireann". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Ms. Margaret Cox". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Mr. Liam Fitzgerald". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Mr. Michael Brennan". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ a b "Ms. Kate Walsh". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Seanad Éireann debates, Volume 186, 3 July 2007: Nomination of Members". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
External links
- "22nd Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 23 March 2010.