The Administrative Panel (Irish: An Rolla Riaracháin) is one of five vocational panels which together elect 43 of the 60 members of Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland). The Administrative Panel elects seven senators.

Administrative Panel
Seanad Éireann constituency
Current constituency
Created1938
Seats7
Senators

Election edit

Article 18 of the Constitution of Ireland provides that 43 of the 60 senators are to be elected from five vocational panels. The Administrative Panel is defined in Article 18.7.1°(v) as "Public Administration and social services, including voluntary social activities".[1] The Seanad returning officer maintains a list of nominating bodies for each of the five panels.[2] Candidates may be nominated either by four members of the Oireachtas or by a nominating body.[3][4] The electorate consists of city and county councillors and current members of the Oireachtas. As the Seanad election takes place after the election to the Dáil, the Oireachtas members are the members of the incoming Dáil and the outgoing Seanad.[5] Seven senators are elected on the Administrative Panel, at least three of whom must have been nominated by Oireachtas members and at least three must have been nominated by nominating bodies.[6][7]

Senators edit

Senators for the Administrative Panel

Key to parties

Sen Election Senator
(Party)
Senator
(Party)
Senator
(Party)
Senator
(Party)
Senator
(Party)
Senator
(Party)
Senator
(Party)
2nd 1938 Christopher Byrne
(FF)
Thomas Condon
(Ind)
John Newcome
(Ind)
Margaret Mary Pearse
(FF)
Thomas Ruane
(FF)
Richard Mulcahy
(FG)
Michael Hayes
(FG)
3rd 1938 James McGee[a]
(Ind)
Denis Healy
(FF)
Desmond FitzGerald
(FG)
4th 1943 Joseph Hannigan
(Ind)
Richard Walsh
(FF)
Michael Hearne
(FF)
Edward Monahan
(FG)
5th 1944 Andrew Clarkin
(FF)
Seán Goulding
(FF)
Thomas Ruane
(FF)
6th 1948 Margaret Mary Pearse
(FF)
Patrick Fitzsimons
(Ind)
Jeremiah Ryan
(FG)
John Finan
(CnaT)
7th 1951 James J. McCrea
(Lab)
Thomas Ruane
(FF)
Patrick Teehan[b]
(FF)
Michael J. O'Higgins
(FG)
8th 1954 Louis Walsh
(Ind)
Margaret Mary Pearse
(FF)
John L. O'Sullivan
(FG)
Gerry L'Estrange
(FG)
1956 William Woods[c]
(Ind)
9th 1957 John O'Leary[d]
(Lab)
Patrick Fitzsimons
(Ind)
Patrick Connor
(FG)
1960 Gerard B. Dillon[e]
(FF)
John J. Brennan[f]
(FF)
10th 1961 Cornelius Desmond
(Lab)
Liam Ahern
(FF)
Seán Brady
(FF)
Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
(FG)
11th 1965 Jack McQuillan
(Lab)
Kieran Egan
(FF)
Patrick Teehan
(FF)
Éamon Rooney
(FG)
Patrick O'Reilly
(FG)
12th 1969 Jack Garrett[g]
(FF)
Patrick Malone[h]
(FG)
Patrick Norton
(FF)
Richard Belton
(FG)
Patrick J. Reynolds
(FG)
1970 Seán Keegan[i]
(FF)
13th 1973 Bernard McGlinchey
(FF)
Seán Brosnan[j]
(FF)
Philip Burton
(FG)
Andy O'Brien
(FG)
Thomas Kilbride
(FG)
1975 Micheál Prendergast[k]
(FG)
14th 1977 Micheál Cranitch
(FF)
Tras Honan
(FF)
Michael P. Kitt
(FF)
Liam Burke[l]
(FG)
Myles Staunton
(FG)
1977 Michael Donnelly[m]
(FF)
1980 Jim Doolan
(FF)
15th 1981 Flor O'Mahony
(Lab)
Jimmy Leonard
(FF)
Patrick Kennedy
(FG)
Katharine Bulbulia
(FG)
16th 1982 Sean Conway
(FF)
Billy Kenneally
(FF)
Luke Belton
(FG)
17th 1983 Michael Lynch
(FF)
Martin O'Donoghue
(FF)
Patrick Kennedy
(FG)
18th 1987 Michael Doherty
(FF)
Seán Haughey
(FF)
Mary Wallace
(FF)
Joe Doyle
(FG)
19th 1989 Joe Costello
(Lab)
Michael Finneran
(FF)
Seán Doherty
(FF)
Tom Raftery
(FG)
20th 1993 Jan O'Sullivan
(Lab)
Michael O'Kennedy
(FF)
Dick Roche
(FF)
Tom Enright
(FG)
Louis Belton
(FG)
Joe Doyle
(FG)
21st 1997 Joe Costello
(Lab)
Camillus Glynn
(FF)
Tony Kett[n]
(FF)
Fintan Coogan Jnr
(FG)
Fergus O'Dowd
(FG)
22nd 2002 Joanna Tuffy
(Lab)
Diarmuid Wilson
(FF)
Timmy Dooley
(FF)
Joe McHugh
(FG)
Frank Feighan
(FG)
23rd 2007 Brendan Ryan
(Lab)
Mark Daly
(FF)
Paschal Donohoe
(FG)
Nicky McFadden
(FG)
2009 James Carroll[o]
(FF)
24th 2011 John Kelly
(Lab)
Denis Landy
(Lab)
Michael D'Arcy
(FG)
Tom Sheahan
(FG)
Martin Conway
(FG)
25th 2016 Kevin Humphreys
(Lab)
Niall Ó Donnghaile
(SF)
John Dolan
(Ind)
Maura Hopkins
(FG)
26th 2020 Rebecca Moynihan
(Lab)
Fiona O'Loughlin
(FF)
Garret Ahearn
(FG)
2024 Vacant

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns.

Notes
  1. ^ Died on 19 January 1956
  2. ^ Elected to the 16th Dáil at a by-election on 23 June 1960
  3. ^ Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 14 May 1956, replacing James McGee
  4. ^ Died on 21 June 1959
  5. ^ Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 1 November 1960, replacing Patrick Teehan
  6. ^ Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 9 February 1960, replacing John O'Leary
  7. ^ Died on 11 September 1977
  8. ^ Elected to the 19th Dáil at a by-election on 14 April 1970
  9. ^ Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 16 June 1970, replacing Patrick Malone
  10. ^ Elected to the 20th Dáil at a by-election on 13 November 1974
  11. ^ Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 23 April 1975, replacing Seán Brosnan
  12. ^ Elected to 21st Dáil at a by-election on 6 November 1979
  13. ^ Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 7 December 1977, following the death of Jack Garrett
  14. ^ Died on 19 April 2009
  15. ^ Elected to Seanad on 26 November 2009, replacing Tony Kett

List of nominating bodies edit

The following bodies are on the register of nominating bodies maintained by the Seanad Returning Officer for the Administrative Panel.[8]

  • Association of Irish Local Government
  • Local Authority Members’ Association
  • Central Remedial Clinic
  • Enable Ireland Disability Services Limited
  • The Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland
  • Irish Wheelchair Association
  • Inclusion Ireland — National Association for People with an Intellectual Disability
  • National Association for the Deaf
  • The Irish Kidney Association Company CLG
  • Irish Deaf Society — National Association of the Deaf
  • Deaf Village Ireland
  • Disability Federation of Ireland
  • Irish Foster Care Association
  • The Alzheimer Society of Ireland
  • Co-operative Housing Ireland Society Ltd.
  • Co-operative House
  • Center for Independent Living Limited
  • Carmichael House
  • National Council for the Blind
  • Threshold
  • Care Alliance Ireland
  • The Immigrant Council of Ireland
  • Family Carers Ireland
  • Irish Local Development Network CLG
  • BeLonG To Youth Services
  • LGBT Ireland (LGBT Support & Advocacy Ireland CLG)

References edit

  1. ^ "Constitution of Ireland". Irish Statute Book. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 8: Establishment and maintenance of register of nominating bodies". Irish Statute Book. 19 December 1947. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 25: Nomination to panels by members of Oireachtas". Irish Statute Book. 19 December 1947. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 26: Proposals for nominations to panel by registered nominating bodies". Irish Statute Book. 19 December 1947. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 44: The electorate". Irish Statute Book. 19 December 1947. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 52: Allocation of members amongst the panels". Irish Statute Book. 19 December 1947. Archived from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  7. ^ "The Seanad Éireann Electoral Process" (PDF). Oireachtas. February 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Register of Nominating Bodies as revised at the annual revision and signed by the Seanad Returning Officer in pursuance of section 19 of the Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, as amended" (PDF). Oireachtas. 16 March 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 April 2023.