Members of the 21st Seanad

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This is a list of the members of the 21st Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. Unless otherwise indicated, these Senators were elected or appointed in 1997, after the 1997 general election and served until the close of poll for the 22nd Seanad at the end of July 2002.^[1]

Contents

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  1 Composition of the 21st Seanad
  


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  2 List of senators
  


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  3 Changes
  


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  4 See also
  


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  5 References
  


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  6 External links
  

Composition of the 21st Seanad

There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad. 43 Senators are elected by the Vocational panels, 6 are elected by the Universities and 11 are nominated by the Taoiseach.

The following table shows the composition by party when the 21st Seanad first met on 17 September 1997.

Origin Party		Admin Panel	Agri Panel	Cult & Educ Panel	Ind & Comm Panel	Labour Panel	NUI	U Dublin	Nominated	Total
	Fianna Fáil	3	6	3	5	6	0	0	6	29
	Fine Gael	3	4	2	3	4	0	0	0	16
	Labour Party	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4
	Progressive Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	7
Total		7	11	5	9	11	3	3	11	60

List of senators

• Note: The entries for Senators who were elected or appointed to fill vacancies are shown in italics
  

Name	Panel	Party		Notes
Fintan Coogan	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael
Joe Costello	Administrative Panel		Labour Party	Elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election[2]
Joe Doyle	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael
Michael Finneran	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election[2]
Camillus Glynn	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Tony Kett	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Fergus O'Dowd	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election[2]
Paddy Burke	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
Peter Callanan	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
John Connor	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
Avril Doyle	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
Tom Hayes	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to Dáil at the Tipperary South by-election on 30 June 2001[3]
Rory Kiely	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Patrick McGowan	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil	Died on 3 October 1999[4]
Pat Moylan	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Francis O'Brien	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Kathleen O'Meara	Agricultural Panel		Labour Party
Jim Walsh	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Seán Ó Fearghaíl	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to Seanad in a by-election on 2 June 2000;[5] Elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election[2]
M. J. Nolan	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to the Seanad at a by-election in December 2001;[6] Elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election[2]
Maurice Manning	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael
Paschal Mooney	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil
Labhrás Ó Murchú	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil
Ann Ormonde	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil
Madeleine Taylor-Quinn	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael
Eddie Bohan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Ernie Caffrey	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael
Paul Coghlan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael
Liam T. Cosgrave	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael
Margaret Cox	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Willie Farrell	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Pat Gallagher	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Labour Party	Resigned from the Seanad on 12 October 1999[7]
Jim Glennon	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to the Seanad at a by-election on 2 June 2000;[8] Elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election[2]
Mick Lanigan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Denis O'Donovan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election[2]
Donie Cassidy	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election[2]
Denis Cregan	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Liam Fitzgerald	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Des Hanafin	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Mary Jackman	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Dan Kiely	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Don Lydon	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Jarlath McDonagh	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Brian Mullooly	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Therese Ridge	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Seán Ryan	Labour Panel		Labour Party	Elected to the Dáil at the Dublin North by-election on 11 March 1998[9]
John Cregan	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to the Seanad at a by-election on 23 June 1998;[10] Elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election[2]
Joe O'Toole	National University of Ireland		Independent
Feargal Quinn	National University of Ireland		Independent
Brendan Ryan	National University of Ireland		Independent	Joined the Labour Party on 14 January 1999[11]
Mary Henry	University of Dublin		Independent
David Norris	University of Dublin		Independent
Shane Ross	University of Dublin		Independent
Enda Bonner	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Frank Chambers	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
John Dardis	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Progressive Democrats
Tom Fitzgerald	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Resigned from Seanad on 4 April 2002[12]
Dermot Fitzpatrick	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election[2]
Jim Gibbons	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Progressive Democrats
Edward Haughey	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Maurice Hayes	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent
Helen Keogh	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Progressive Democrats	Changed from Progressive Democrats to Fine Gael on 14 June 2000[13]
Ann Leonard	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Máirín Quill	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Progressive Democrats
Martin Mackin	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Nominated on 22 May 2002 to fill vacancy[14]
Mary O'Rourke	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Nominated on 22 May 2002 to fill vacancy[14]

Changes

Date	Panel		Gain		Loss	Note
1998-03-11 11 March 1998	Labour Panel				Labour Party	Seán Ryan elected to the Dáil at the Dublin North by-election[9]
1998-06-23 23 June 1998	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil			John Cregan elected to the Seanad at a by-election[10]
1999-01-14 14 January 1999	National University of Ireland		Labour Party		Independent	Brendan Ryan joined the Labour Party[11]
1999-10-03 3 October 1999	Agricultural Panel				Fianna Fáil	Death of Patrick McGowan (FF)[4]
1999-10-12 12 October 1999	Industrial and Commercial Panel				Labour Party	Pat Gallagher (Lab) resigned from the Seanad[7]
2000-06-09 9 June 2000	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil			Jim Glennon (FF) elected to the Seanad at a by-election[8]
2000-06-09 9 June 2000	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil			Seán Ó Fearghaíl (FF) elected to Seanad in a by-election[5]
2000-06-14 14 June 2000	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fine Gael		Progressive Democrats	Helen Keogh (PD) joined Fine Gael[13]
2001-06-30 30 June 2001	Agricultural Panel				Fine Gael	Tom Hayes (FG) elected to Dáil at the Tipperary South by-election[3]
2001-12-00 December 2001	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil			M. J. Nolan (FF) elected to the Seanad at a by-election[6]
2002-04-04 4 April 2002	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Fianna Fáil	Tom Fitzgerald (FF) resigned from the Seanad[12]
2002-05-17 17 May 2002	Labour Panel				Fianna Fáil	Donie Cassidy (FF) elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election[2]
2002-05-17 17 May 2002	Administrative Panel				Labour Party	Joe Costello (Lab) elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election[2]
2002-05-17 17 May 2002	Labour Panel				Fianna Fáil	John Cregan (FF) elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election[2]
2002-05-17 17 May 2002	Administrative Panel				Fianna Fáil	Michael Finneran (FF) elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election[2]
2002-05-17 17 May 2002	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Fianna Fáil	Dermot Fitzpatrick (FF) elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election[2]
2002-05-17 17 May 2002	Industrial and Commercial Panel				Fianna Fáil	Jim Glennon (FF) elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election[2]
2002-05-17 17 May 2002	Agricultural Panel				Fianna Fáil	M. J. Nolan (FF) elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election[2]
2002-05-17 17 May 2002	Industrial and Commercial Panel				Fianna Fáil	Denis O'Donovan (FF) elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election[2]
2002-05-17 17 May 2002	Administrative Panel				Fine Gael	Fergus O'Dowd (FG) elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election[2]
2002-05-17 17 May 2002	Agricultural Panel				Fianna Fáil	Seán Ó Fearghaíl (FF) elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election[2]
2002-05-22 22 May 2002	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil			Mary O'Rourke nominated to fill vacancy[14]
2002-05-22 22 May 2002	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil			Martin Mackin nominated to fill vacancy[14]

See also

• Members of the 28th Dáil


• Government of the 28th Dáil


• Ministers of State of the 28th Dáil

References

1. 
   ^ The close of poll for the 22nd Seanad was on the 16 July 2002 for panel members and on the 17 July 2002 for university members.
   


2. 
   ^ ^{abcdefghijklmnopqrst} "Seanad Éireann debates, Volume 169, 26 June 2002: Election of Members to Dáil Éireann". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2008..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


3. 
   ^ ^ab "Mr. Tom Hayes". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
   


4. 
   ^ ^ab "Mr. Patrick McGowan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
   


5. 
   ^ ^ab "Mr. Seán Ó Fearghaíl". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
   


6. 
   ^ ^ab "Mr. M. J. Nolan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
   


7. 
   ^ ^ab "Mr. Pat Gallagher". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
   


8. 
   ^ ^ab "Mr. Jim Glennon". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
   


9. 
   ^ ^ab "Mr. Seán Ryan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
   


10. 
    ^ ^ab "Mr. John Cregan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
    


11. 
    ^ ^ab "Mr. Brendan Ryan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
    


12. 
    ^ ^ab "Mr. Tom Fitzgerald". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
    


13. 
    ^ ^ab "Ms. Helen Keogh". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
    


14. 
    ^ ^abcd "Seanad Éireann debates, Volume 169, 26 June 2002: Nomination of Members". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
    

External links

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  "21st Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  

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