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22nd Seanad

Members of the Seanad from 2002 to 2007

Field	Value
name	22nd Seanad
image	Oireachtas logo.svg
image_size	100px
body	Seanad Éireann
country	Ireland
meeting_place	Leinster House
term_start	12 September 2002
term_end	4 July 2007
before	[21st Seanad](21st-seanad)
after	[23rd Seanad](23rd-seanad)
membership1	60
chamber1_leader1_type	Cathaoirleach
chamber1_leader1	Rory Kiely (FF)
chamber1_leader2_type	Leas-Chathaoirleach
chamber1_leader2	Paddy Burke (FG)
chamber1_leader3_type	Leader of the
Seanad
chamber1_leader3	Mary O'Rourke (FF)
government	[26th government of Ireland](26th-government-of-ireland)

Seanad](leader-of-the-seanad)

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 election to the 29th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 23rd Seanad, which was 23 July 2007 for panel members and 24 July 2007 for university members.

Cathaoirleach

Rory Kiely (FF) was elected as Cathaoirleach. This followed a vote of Fianna Fáil senators, in which Kiely was one of four candidates for nomination to the position.

On 13 September 2002, Paddy Burke (FG) was proposed as Leas-Chathaoirleach by Jim Higgins (FG) and seconded by Michael Finucane (FG). He was elected without a division.

Composition of the 22nd Seanad

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

The following table shows the composition by party when the 22nd Seanad first met on 12 September 2002.

Party	Vocational panels	NUI	DU	Nominated	Total	Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour	Total	7
Fianna Fáil}}"	Fianna Fáil	4	6	3	5	6	0	0	6	30	Fianna Fáil}}"
Fine Gael}}"	Fine Gael	2	4	2	3	4	0	0	0	15	Fine Gael}}"
Labour Party (Ireland)}}"	Labour Party		1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	5	Labour Party (Ireland)}}"
Progressive Democrats}}"	Progressive Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	Progressive Democrats}}"
Independent politician (Ireland)}}"	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	6	Independent politician (Ireland)}}"

Effect of changes

Party	2002changes-ref11	May 2007changes-ref22	July 2007changes-ref33
	30	27	24
	15	15	9
	5	5	4
	4	5	5
	6	8	8
	0	0	10
Total	60

;Notes

changes-fn1^ The 2002 column indicates the state of parties when 22nd Seanad first met in 2002
changes-fn2^ The May 2007 column indicates the state of parties on the dissolution of the 29th Dáil
changes-fn3^ The July 2007 column indicates the state of parties when the Seanad reassembled after the 2007 Dáil election, when 14 senators were elected to the 30th Dáil, including 4 senators who had been nominated by the Taoiseach, who were replaced by 4 new nominees.

List of senators

who was elected to the 30th Dáil at the general election on 24 May 2007. who was elected to the 30th Dáil at the general election on 24 May 2007. who was elected to the 30th Dáil at the general election on 24 May 2007. who was elected to the 30th Dáil at the general election on 24 May 2007.

Changes

References

(3 September 2002). "Kiely set to be next Cathaoirleach". [[The Irish Times]].
(13 September 2002). "Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach". Seanad Debates. Vol. 170 No. 2.
(28 April 2004). "FF Senator Brennan to switch to PDs".
Collins, Stephen. (29 March 2007). "FF conflict as two senators rebel". [[The Irish Times]].
(20 April 2007). "FF's Margaret Cox gives resignation letter".
(26 April 2007). "PD Senator Kate Walsh passes away".
(25 April 2007). "Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy". Seanad Debates. Vol. 186 No. 22.
(3 July 2007). "Nomination of Members". Seanad Debates. Vol. 186 No. 26.
(8 May 2007). "Nomination of Member of Seanad Éireann". [[Iris Oifigiúil]].
(3 May 2007). "PD candidate appointed to Seanad".
(3 July 2007). "Election of Members to Dáil Éireann". Seanad Debates. Vol. 186 No. 26.

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