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24th Seanad

Members of the Seanad from 2011 to 2016

Field	Value
name	24th Seanad
image	Oireachtas logo.svg
image_size	100px
body	Seanad Éireann
country	Ireland
meeting_place	Leinster House
term_start	25 May 2011
term_end	9 February 2016
before	[23rd Seanad](23rd-seanad)
after	[25th Seanad](25th-seanad)
government	[29th government of Ireland](29th-government-of-ireland)
membership1	60
chamber1_leader1_type	Cathaoirleach
chamber1_leader1	Paddy Burke (FG)
chamber1_leader2_type	Leas-Chathaoirleach
chamber1_leader2	Denis O'Donovan (FF)
chamber1_leader3_type	Leader of the
Seanad
chamber1_leader3	Maurice Cummins (FG)
chamber1_leader4_type	Deputy leader of the Seanad
chamber1_leader4	Ivana Bacik (Lab)
chamber1_leader5_type	Leader of the
Opposition
chamber1_leader5	Darragh O'Brien (FF)
session1_start	25 May 2011
session1_end	27 July 2011
session2_start	14 September 2011
session2_end	20 July 2012
session3_start	19 September 2012
session3_end	24 July 2013
session4_start	20 August 2013
session4_end	31 July 2014
session5_start	17 September 2014
session5_end	21 July 2015
session6_start	23 September 2015
session6_end	9 February 2016

Seanad](leader-of-the-seanad) Opposition

The 24th Seanad was in office from 2011 to 2016. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 2011 general election to the 31st Dáil on 25 February. There are 60 seats in the Seanad: 43 were elected on five vocational panels by serving politicians, for which polling closed on 26 April; 6 were elected in two university constituencies, for which polling closed on 27 April; and 11 were nominated by the Taoiseach (Enda Kenny) on 20 May 2011. The 24th Seanad first met at Leinster House on 25 May 2011. It remained in office until the close of poll for the 25th Seanad in April 2016.

Cathaoirleach

On 25 May 2011, Paddy Burke (FG) was elected as the new Cathaoirleach of the Seanad. On 1 June 2011, Denis O'Donovan (FF) was elected as Leas-Cathaoirleach.

Composition of the 24th Seanad

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

The following table shows the composition by party when the 24th Seanad first met on 25 May 2011.

Origin}}	Vocational panels	NUI	DU	Nominated	Total	Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm
3	4	2	4	5	0	0	1	19	Fine Gael}}"
2	4	2	3	3	0	0	0	14	Fianna Fáil}}"
2	2	1	1	2	0	1	3	12	Labour Party (Ireland)}}"
0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	Sinn Féin}}"
0	0	0	0	0	3	2	7	12	Independent politician (Ireland)}}"

Effect of changes

This table shows the political composition of the 24th Seanad at the start and the end of its term.

	May 2011	Feb. 2016
	19	15
	14	10
	12	11
	3	2
		1
		1
	12	13
		7
Total	60

List of senators

Re-gained the party whip in February 2015. Elected to Dáil at the 2016 general election

Changes

References

De Bréadún, Deaglán. (8 February 2011). "Ó Cuív announces details of what may be final Seanad election". [[The Irish Times]].
(29 April 2011). "Senators elected to the new Seanad". [[RTÉ News]].
Elaine Edwards. (20 May 2011). "McAleese appointed to Seanad". [[The Irish Times]].
(24 May 2011). "New Seanad holds first meeting". The Irish Times.
(25 May 2011). "Paddy Burke elected as Seanad Cathaoirleach". [[RTÉ News]].
(9 March 2011). "Election of Cathaoirleach". Seanad Debates. Vol. 208 No. 1.
(9 March 2011). "Election of Leas-Cathaoirleach". Seanad Debates. Vol. 208 No. 2.
"Result of election and transfer of votes. Seanad Éireann election held on 27th April 2011. Constituency of National University of Ireland". NUI Returning Office.
(7 February 2012). "Former Olympic athlete Eamonn Coghlan joins Fine Gael". TheJournal.ie.
(1 February 2013). "Martin McAleese to resign from Seanad". [[RTÉ News]].
(5 February 2013). "Resignation of Member". Seanad Debates. Vol. 220 No. 9.
(16 July 2013). "Seanad passes abortion legislation second stage". [[RTÉ News]].
(19 July 2013). "Enda Kenny nominates Hildegarde Naughton to Seanad". [[RTÉ News]].
(22 July 2013). "Nomination of Member". Seanad Debates. Vol. 225 No. 6.
(4 June 2014). "Resignation of Member". Seanad Debates. Vol. 231 No. 12.
(5 June 2014). "Notification of Vacancy in Seanad Éireann: Motion". Seanad Debates. Vol. 231 No. 13.
(10 October 2014). "Gerard Craughwell wins Seanad by-election". [[RTÉ News]].
(14 October 2014). "Election of Member". Seanad Debates. Vol. 234 No. 12.
(21 December 2014). "Senator Mark Daly expelled from Fianna Fáil parliamentary party for defying whip on water Bill".
(3 February 2015). "Kerry Senator readmitted to the FF parliamentary party". Radio Kerry.
(13 March 2015). "Creighton says new party Renua about open politics". [[RTÉ News]].
(26 March 2015). "Conservative senator Jim Walsh resigns from Fianna Fáil parliamentary party".
(25 May 2015). "Averil Power quits Fianna Fáil party". [[RTÉ News]].
(3 September 2015). "Former Labour Senator James Heffernan joins Social Democrats". [[Irish Independent]].
(23 September 2015). "Labour Senator Jimmy Harte resigns from Upper House". The Irish Times.
(23 September 2015). "Resignation of Member". Seanad Debates. Vol. 242 No. 1.
(24 September 2015). "Vacancy in Seanad Membership: Motion". Seanad Debates. Vol. 242 No. 2.
(17 November 2015). "Election of Member". Seanad Debates. Vol. 243 No. 7.

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