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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    Ivana Bacik (category Independent members of Seanad Éireann)
    re-elected to Seanad Éireann at the subsequent election, after which she became Deputy Leader of the Seanad. She held her seat in the Seanad in 2016 and...
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    Mary Robinson (category Members of Seanad Éireann for Dublin University)
    first female president. Robinson had previously served as a senator in Seanad Éireann from 1969 to 1989, and as a councillor on Dublin Corporation from 1979...
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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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  • 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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    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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    Michael McDowell (politician) (category Independent members of Seanad Éireann)
    1951) is an Irish independent politician and barrister who serves in Seanad Éireann as a senator for the National University. He formerly served as Attorney...
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