22nd Seanad
21st Seanad | (1997) |
22nd Seanad | (2002) |
23rd Seanad | (2007) |
This is a list of the members of the 22nd Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Republic 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 Seanad first met in 2002.
Effect of changes
Party | 20021 | May 20072 | July 20073 | |
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style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Fianna Fáil | 30 | 27 | 24 |
style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Fine Gael | 15 | 15 | 9 |
style="background-color: Template:Independent politician (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Independents | 6 | 8 | 8 |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Labour Party | 5 | 5 | 4 |
style="background-color: Template:Progressive Democrats/meta/color" | | Progressive Democrats | 4 | 5 | 5 |
style="background-color: Template:Independent politician (Ireland)/meta/color" | | 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 | Constituency | Loss | Gain | Note | ||
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29 April 2004 | Nominated by Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Progressive Democrats | Michael Brennan (FF) joins the Progressive Democrats | ||
27 March 2007 | Labour | Fianna Fáil | Independent | Liam Fitzgerald (FF) resigns from Fianna Fáil | ||
4 April 2007 | Industrial & Commercial | Fianna Fáil | Independent | Margaret Cox (FF) resigns from Fianna Fáil | ||
24 April 2007 | Nominated by Taoiseach | Progressive Democrats | Death of Kate Walsh (PD) | |||
3 May 2007 | Nominated by Taoiseach | Progressive Democrats | Colm O'Gorman (PD) nominated to replace Kate Walsh | |||
24 May 2007 | Administrative | Fianna Fáil | Timmy Dooley (FF) elected to Dáil Éireann | |||
24 May 2007 | Administrative | Fine Gael | Frank Feighan (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann | |||
24 May 2007 | Administrative | Fine Gael | Joe McHugh (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann | |||
24 May 2007 | Administrative | Labour | Joanna Tuffy (Lab) elected to Dáil Éireann | |||
24 May 2007 | Agricultural | Fine Gael | Ulick Burke (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann | |||
24 May 2007 | Agricultural | Fianna Fáil | Martin Mansergh (FF) elected to Dáil Éireann | |||
24 May 2007 | Cultural & Educational | Fine Gael | Noel Coonan (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann | |||
24 May 2007 | Cultural & Educational | Fine Gael | Brian Hayes (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann | |||
24 May 2007 | Industrial & Commercial | Fine Gael | James Bannon (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann | |||
24 May 2007 | Nominated by Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Mary O'Rourke (FF) elected to Dáil Éireann | |||
24 May 2007 | Nominated by Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Cyprian Brady (FF) elected to Dáil Éireann | |||
24 May 2007 | Nominated by Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Michael Kitt (FF) elected to Dáil Éireann | |||
24 May 2007 | Nominated by Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Brendan Kenneally (FF) elected to Dáil Éireann | |||
23 June 2007 | Nominated by Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Donie Cassidy (FF) nominated to replace Mary O'Rourke | |||
23 June 2007 | Nominated by Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Chris Wall (FF) nominated to replace Cyprian Brady | |||
23 June 2007 | Nominated by Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Seán Dorgan (FF) nominated to replace Michael Kitt | |||
23 June 2007 | Nominated by Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Peter Sands (FF) nominated to replace Brendan Kenneally
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