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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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    "Cullinane Party Leader in Seanad". Munster Express. Retrieved 16 July 2020. "Conway-Walsh appointed Sinn Féin leader in Seanad". MayoNews.ie. Retrieved...
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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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    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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    Jerry Buttimer (category Members of the 23rd Seanad)
    is an Irish Fine Gael politician who has served as Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann since December 2022. He has served as a Senator for the Labour Panel...
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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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  • 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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  • 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 in Ireland, which elects three senators to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland). Its electorate...
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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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  • 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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    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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    Hildegarde Naughton (category Nominated members of Seanad Éireann)
    18 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013. "Nomination of Member – Seanad Éireann (24th Seanad) – Monday, 22 July 2013". Houses of the Oireachtas. 22 July 2013...
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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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    legislature, the Oireachtas, consists of a lower house, Dáil Éireann; an upper house, Seanad Éireann; and an elected president (Uachtarán) who serves as the...
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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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