53°20′26″N 6°15′14″W / 53.34055°N 6.254021°W / 53.34055; -6.254021 Seanad Éireann (/ˈʃænəd ˈɛərən, ˈʃænəð/ SHAN-əd(h) AIR-ən, Irish: [ˈʃan̪ˠəd̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ];...
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The 22nd Seanad was in office from 2002 to 2007. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 2002 general...
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Oireachtas (redirect from Oireachtas Éireann)
Oireachtais), a house of representatives called Dáil Éireann and a senate called Seanad Éireann. The houses of the Oireachtas sit in Leinster House in...
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There are 60 seats in Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland). Its composition is set out in Article 18 of the Constitution...
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Cathaoirleach (redirect from Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann)
plural: Cathaoirligh) is the title of the chair (or presiding officer) of Seanad Éireann, the sixty-member upper house of the Oireachtas, the legislature of...
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Seanad Éireann (Irish pronunciation: [ˈʃan̪ˠəd̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ]; Senate of Ireland) was the upper house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Irish Free State...
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legislature), which also includes the president of Ireland and a senate called Seanad Éireann. It consists of 160 members, each known as a Teachta Dála (plural Teachtaí...
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Irish Free State (redirect from Saorstát Éireann)
minister). The Oireachtas or legislature consisted of Dáil Éireann (the lower house) and Seanad Éireann (the upper house), also known as the Senate. Members...
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Wexford John Brady, TD for Wicklow Sinn Féin has four senators in the Seanad Éireann (upper house) (most recent election in 2020). Originally, there were...
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election to the 26th Seanad took place after the 2020 Irish general election, with postal ballots due on 30 and 31 March. Seanad Éireann is the upper house...
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Oireachtas, the bicameral national parliament, which consists of Dáil Éireann, Seanad Éireann and the President of Ireland. The judiciary is independent of the...
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Seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland (redirect from Seventh Amendment of The Constitution (Election of Members of Seanad Éireann by Institutions of Higher Education) Act 1979)
The Seventh Amendment of the Constitution (Election of Members of Seanad Éireann by Institutions of Higher Education) Act 1979 is an amendment to the Constitution...
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University constituency (section Seanad Éireann)
instances in two countries of university constituencies: two in the Seanad Éireann (the upper—and in general less powerful—house of the legislature of...
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Ireland Assembly and won a seat in Dáil Éireann. He is the first president since 1926 to also sit in Dáil Éireann. Unlike other political party leaders...
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Oireachtas (Irish Free State) (section Seanad Éireann)
consisting of Dáil Éireann (the lower house, also known as the Dáil) with 153 seats and Seanad Éireann (the upper house; also known as the Seanad) with 60 seats)...
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whom must be a member of the Oireachtas, which consists of Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann. Most ministers have a portfolio of specific responsibilities...
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List of Irish politicians (section Seanad Éireann)
Seanad List of female members of Seanad Éireann List of members of Seanad Éireann who died in office 1922 Seanad 1925 Seanad 1928 Seanad 1931 Seanad 1934...
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February. The Constitution of Ireland required a general election for Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), to take place not...
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appointed to Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas, the bicameral parliament of Ireland. Denotes incumbent member of Seanad Éireann Families...
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Fine Gael (section Seanad leader)
works, and by abolishing the Irish senate, Seanad Éireann. The question of whether to abolish the Seanad or not was put to a referendum in 2013, with...
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elsewhere called instant-runoff voting or the alternative vote. Members of Seanad Éireann, the second house of the Oireachtas, are partly nominated, partly indirectly...
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A by-election was due to be held for a vacancy in Seanad Éireann on Monday, 29 April 2024. The vacancy was caused by the resignation for health reasons...
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The 19th Seanad was in office from 1989 to 1993. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1989 general...
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Fianna Fáil (section Seanad leader)
every government. Between 1932 and 2011, it was the largest party in Dáil Éireann, but latterly with a decline in its vote share; from 1989 onwards, its...
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Independent Ireland (section Dáil Éireann)
unwilling to vote for Sinn Féin. Collins is the leader of the party in Dáil Éireann, while O'Donoghue serves as general secretary. O'Donoghue told the Irish...
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Paddy Burke (category Cathaoirligh of Seanad Éireann)
previously served as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 2011 to 2016 and Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann from 2002 to 2011. Burke was a member...
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Michael D. Higgins (category Members of Seanad Éireann for the National University of Ireland)
1981 to 1982 and 1987 to 2011. Between these terms, he returned to Seanad Éireann from 1983 to 1987 as a senator for the National University. He served...
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university constituency in Ireland, which elects three senators to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland). Its electorate...
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The Leader of the Seanad (referred to within the Seanad as Leader of the House Irish: Treoraí an Tí) is a member of Seanad Éireann appointed by the Taoiseach...
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Labour Party (Ireland) (section Seanad Éireann)
is the fifth-largest party in Dáil Éireann, with seven seats, and is the joint third-largest party in Seanad Éireann, with four seats, making Labour the...
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