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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (category Members of the 25th Seanad)
    nominated by the Labour Party for election to Seanad Éireann. In April 2016, he was elected to the 25th Seanad on the Industrial and Commercial Panel. After...
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  • The 17th Seanad was in office from 1983 to 1987. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the November...
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    Niall Blaney (category Members of the 26th Seanad)
    Irish politician who has been a senator for the Agricultural Panel of Seanad Éireann since April 2020. Niall Blaney is the son of Harry Blaney, grandson...
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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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  • 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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    Regina Doherty (category Nominated members of Seanad Éireann)
    Deputy leader of Seanad Éireann since 2022. She was Leader of the Seanad from 2020 to 2022, and has been Leader of Fine Gael in the Seanad since June 2020...
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  • The 16th Seanad was in office from 1982 to 1983. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the February...
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