Members of the 23rd Seanad

This is a list of the members of the 23rd Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These Senators were elected from 24 July 2007 onwards after postal voting closed. The Taoiseach's nominees were announced on 3 August 2007. The Seanad election took place after the 2007 general election for the Dáil.^[1] The term of the 23rd Seanad was from 24 July 2007 to 25 April 2011.^[2] The 23rd Seanad first met at Leinster House on 13 September 2007.^[3] Pat Moylan was elected as the new Cathaoirleach of the Seanad.^[4]

Composition of the 23rd Seanad

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

The following table shows the composition by party when the 23rd Seanad first met on 23 July 2007.

		Administrative Panel	Agricultural Panel	Cultural and Educational Panel	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Labour Panel	National University of Ireland	University of Dublin	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Total
	Fianna Fáil	4	5	3	5	5	0	0	6	28
	Fine Gael	2	4	1	3	4	0	0	0	14
	Labour Party	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	6
	Green Party	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
	Progressive Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
	Sinn Féin	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Independents	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	7
Total		7	11	5	9	11	3	3	11	60

Effect of changes

Party		20071	Nov. 20102	Mar. 20113
	Fianna Fáil	28	25	26
	Fine Gael	14	15	6
	Labour Party	6	6	2
	Green Party	2	3	3
	Sinn Féin	1	0	0
	Progressive Democrats	2	0	0
	Independents	7	9	8
	Vacant	0	2	15
Total		60

Notes

1. ^ The 2007 column refers to the state of parties when 23rd Seanad first met in 2007.
2. ^ The November 2010 column refers to the state of parties after the election of Pearse Doherty to the Dáil.
3. ^ The March 2011 column refers to the state of parties after the 2011 Dáil election.

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 23rd Seanad from January 2011.

• Note: This was not the official seating plan.

List of senators

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

Name	Panel		Party	Notes
Daly, Mark !Mark Daly	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Donohoe, Paschal !Paschal Donohoe	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election
Glynn, Camillus !Camillus Glynn	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Kett, Tony !Tony Kett	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil	Died on 19 April 2009
McFadden, Nicky !Nicky McFadden	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election
Ryan, Brendan !Brendan Ryan	Administrative Panel		Labour Party	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election
Wilson, Diarmuid !Diarmuid Wilson	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Carroll, James !James Carroll	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to Seanad on 26 November 2009, to replace Tony Kett
Bradford, Paul !Paul Bradford	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
Burke, Paddy !Paddy Burke	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
Callanan, Peter !Peter Callanan	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil	Died on 11 October 2009
Carty, John !John Carty	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Doherty, Pearse !Pearse Doherty	Agricultural Panel		Sinn Féin	Elected to Dáil Éireann in a by-election on 26 November 2010[5]
Kelly, Alan !Alan Kelly	Agricultural Panel		Labour Party	Elected to the European Parliament on 7 June 2009
Moylan, Pat !Pat Moylan	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil	Cathaoirleach
O'Brien, Francis !Francis O'Brien	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Phelan, John Paul !John Paul Phelan	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election
Regan, Eugene !Eugene Regan	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
Walsh, Jim !Jim Walsh	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil	Resigned the Fianna Fáil party whip on 7 July 2010[6] Rejoined the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party on 23 November 2010[7]
Ó Brolcháin, Niall !Niall Ó Brolcháin	Agricultural Panel		Green Party	Elected to Seanad in a by-election on 14 December 2009, to replace Alan Kelly
Mooney, Paschal !Paschal Mooney	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to Seanad in a by-election on 19 January 2010, to replace Peter Callanan
Keaveney, Cecilia !Cecilia Keaveney	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil
Ó Murchú, Labhrás !Labhrás Ó Murchú	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil	Resigned the Fianna Fáil party whip on 7 July 2010[6] Rejoined the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party on 23 November 2010[7]
Ormonde, Ann !Ann Ormonde	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil
Twomey, Liam !Liam Twomey	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election
White, Alex !Alex White	Cultural and Educational Panel		Labour Party	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election
Butler, Larry !Larry Butler	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil	Resigned the Fianna Fáil party whip on 5 June 2010[8]
Coffey, Paudie !Paudie Coffey	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election
Coghlan, Paul !Paul Coghlan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael
Hannigan, Dominic !Dominic Hannigan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Labour Party	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election
MacSharry, Marc !Marc MacSharry	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
O'Donovan, Denis !Denis O'Donovan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil	Lost the Fianna Fáil party whip on 25 June 2010[6] Rejoined the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party on 19 October 2010[9]
O'Reilly, Joe !Joe O'Reilly	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election
Phelan, Kieran !Kieran Phelan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil	Died on 26 May 2010
White, Mary !Mary White	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Buttimer, Jerry !Jerry Buttimer	Labour Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election
Cassidy, Donie !Donie Cassidy	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil	Leader of the Seanad
Cummins, Maurice !Maurice Cummins	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Feeney, Geraldine !Geraldine Feeney	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Fitzgerald, Frances !Frances Fitzgerald	Labour Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election
Hanafin, John !John Hanafin	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil	Resigned the Fianna Fáil party whip on 7 July 2010[6] Rejoined the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party on 23 November 2010[7]
Healy Eames, Fidelma !Fidelma Healy Eames	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Leyden, Terry !Terry Leyden	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
McCarthy, Michael !Michael McCarthy	Labour Panel		Labour Party	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election
O'Sullivan, Ned !Ned O'Sullivan	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Prendergast, Phil !Phil Prendergast	Labour Panel		Labour Party
Mullen, Rónán !Rónán Mullen	National University of Ireland		Independent
O'Toole, Joe !Joe O'Toole	National University of Ireland		Independent
Quinn, Feargal !Feargal Quinn	National University of Ireland		Independent
Bacik, Ivana !Ivana Bacik	University of Dublin		Independent	Joined the Labour Party in September 2009
Norris, David !David Norris	University of Dublin		Independent
Ross, Shane !Shane Ross	University of Dublin		Independent	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election
Boyle, Dan !Dan Boyle	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Green Party
Brady, Martin !Martin Brady	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Callely, Ivor !Ivor Callely	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Resigned the Fianna Fáil party whip on 5 June 2010[8] Resigned from the Fianna Fáil party on 24 August 2010[10]
Cannon, Ciarán !Ciarán Cannon	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Progressive Democrats	Joined Fine Gael on 24 March 2009 Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election
Corrigan, Maria !Maria Corrigan	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
de Búrca, Déirdre !Déirdre de Búrca	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Green Party	Resigned from the Seanad on 12 February 2010
Ellis, John !John Ellis	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Harris, Eoghan !Eoghan Harris	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent
McDonald, Lisa !Lisa McDonald	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Ó Domhnaill, Brian !Brian Ó Domhnaill	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
O'Malley, Fiona !Fiona O'Malley	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Progressive Democrats	Became an Independent on dissolution of the Progressive Democrats in November 2009
Dearey, Mark !Mark Dearey	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Green Party	Appointed on 23 February 2010, to replace Déirdre de Búrca

Changes

Fourteen senators were elected to the 31st Dáil at the general election on 25 February 2011.

Date	Panel		Gain		Loss	Notes
2009-03-24 24 March 2009	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fine Gael		Progressive Democrats	Ciarán Cannon joins Fine Gael[11]
2009-04-19 19 April 2009	Administrative Panel				Fianna Fáil	Death of Tony Kett
2009-06-07 7 June 2009	Agricultural Panel				Labour Party	Alan Kelly elected to the European Parliament
2009-09-00 September 2009	University of Dublin		Labour Party		Independent	Ivana Bacik takes Labour Party whip
2009-10-11 11 October 2009	Agricultural Panel				Fianna Fáil	Death of Peter Callanan
2009-11-20 20 November 2009	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent		Progressive Democrats	Fiona O'Malley becomes an Independent on dissolution of the Progressive Democrats
2009-11-26 26 November 2009	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil			James Carroll declared elected without a by-election
2009-12-14 14 December 2009	Agricultural Panel		Green Party			Niall Ó Brolcháin elected in a by-election
2010-01-19 19 January 2010	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil			Paschal Mooney elected in a by-election[12]
2010-02-12 12 February 2010	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Green Party	Déirdre de Búrca resigns from the Seanad[13]
2010-02-23 23 February 2010	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Green Party			Mark Dearey appointed[14]
2010-05-26 26 May 2010	Industrial and Commercial Panel				Fianna Fáil	Death of Kieran Phelan[15]
2010-06-05 5 June 2010	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Independent		Fianna Fáil	Larry Butler resigns the Fianna Fáil party whip[8]
2010-06-05 5 June 2010	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent		Fianna Fáil	Ivor Callely resigns the Fianna Fáil party whip[8]
2010-06-25 25 June 2010	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Independent		Fianna Fáil	Denis O'Donovan loses the Fianna Fáil party whip[6]
2010-07-07 7 July 2010	Labour Panel		Independent		Fianna Fáil	John Hanafin resigns the Fianna Fáil party whip[6]
2010-07-07 7 July 2010	Agricultural Panel		Independent		Fianna Fáil	Jim Walsh resigns the Fianna Fáil party whip[6]
2010-07-07 7 July 2010	Cultural and Educational Panel		Independent		Fianna Fáil	Labhrás Ó Murchú resigns the Fianna Fáil party whip[6]
2010-08-24 24 August 2010	Nominated by the Taoiseach					Ivor Callely resigns from the Fianna Fáil party after expenses controversy[10]
2010-10-19 19 October 2010	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil		Independent	Denis O'Donovan rejoined the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party[9]
2010-11-23 23 November 2010	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil		Independent	Jim Walsh rejoins the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party[7]
2010-11-23 23 November 2010	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil		Independent	John Hanafin rejoins the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party[7]
2010-11-23 23 November 2010	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil		Independent	Labhrás Ó Murchú rejoins Fianna Fáil parliamentary party[7]
2010-11-26 26 November 2010	Agricultural Panel				Sinn Féin	Pearse Doherty elected to Dáil Éireann in a by-election[5]
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Administrative Panel				Fine Gael	Paschal Donohoe (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Administrative Panel				Fine Gael	Nicky McFadden (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Administrative Panel				Labour Party	Brendan Ryan (Lab) elected to Dáil Éireann
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Agricultural Panel				Fine Gael	John Paul Phelan (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Cultural and Educational Panel				Fine Gael	Liam Twomey (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Cultural and Educational Panel				Labour Party	Alex White (Lab) elected to Dáil Éireann
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Industrial and Commercial Panel				Fine Gael	Paudie Coffey (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Industrial and Commercial Panel				Labour Party	Dominic Hannigan (Lab) elected to Dáil Éireann
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Industrial and Commercial Panel				Fine Gael	Joe O'Reilly (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Labour Panel				Fine Gael	Jerry Buttimer (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Labour Panel				Fine Gael	Frances Fitzgerald (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Labour Panel				Labour Party	Michael McCarthy (Lab) elected to Dáil Éireann
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	University of Dublin				Independent	Shane Ross (Ind) elected to Dáil Éireann
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Fine Gael	Ciarán Cannon (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann
2011-03-03 3 March 2011	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil			Darragh O'Brien (FF) nominated to replace Ciarán Cannon

See also

• Members of the 30th Dáil
• Government of the 30th Dáil
• Ministers of State of the 30th Dáil

References

1. ^ Under the terms of the Constitution of Ireland, a general election for Seanad Éireann must take place within 90 days of the dissolution of Dáil Éireann by the President.
2. ^ The 23rd Seanad may sit until 22 September 2012 at the latest, given that the 30th Dáil met for the first time on 14 June 2007.
3. ^ "Iris Oifigiúil". 4 September 2007. http://www.irisoifigiuil.ie/archive/2007/september/ir040907.pdf. 
4. ^ "Moylan elected as new Cathaoirleach". Breakingnews.ie. 13 September 2007. http://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/mhcwqlgbsnsn. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Live updates: Donegal by-election count". RTÉ News. 26 November 2010. http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1126/donegaltracker.html. 
6. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} "Three FF Senators relinquish party whip". RTÉ News. 7 July 2010. http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0707/civilpartnership.html. Retrieved 7 July 2010. 
7. ^ ^{a b c d e f} "Cowen remains as FF leader after meeting". RTÉ News. 23 November 2010. http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1123/fiannafail.html. 
8. ^ ^{a b c d} "Ivor Callely resigns FF party whip". RTÉ News. 5 June 2010. http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0605/callelyi_butlerl.html. Retrieved 7 June 2010. 
9. ^ ^{a b} "Fianna Fáil boycott of RTÉ's 'Frontline' proposed". The Irish Times. 20 October 2010. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/1020/1224281544135.html. 
10. ^ ^{a b} "Boyle urges Callely to resign from Seanád". RTÉ News. 25 August 2010. http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0825/callelyi.html. 
11. ^ "Cannon formally joins Fine Gael". RTÉ News. 24 March 2009. http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0324/cannonc.html. Retrieved 25 March 2009. 
12. ^ "Mooney re-elected to Seanad". The Irish Times. 19 January 2010. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/0119/breaking66.htm. Retrieved 20 January 2010. 
13. ^ "Déirdre de Búrca's statement of resignation". RTÉ News. 12 February 2010. http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0212/deburcadstatement.html. Retrieved 12 February 2010. 
14. ^ "Green councillor nominated to Seanad". RTÉ News. 23 February 2010. http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0223/politics.html. Retrieved 23 February 2010. 
15. ^ "Senator Kieran Phelan dies suddenly". RTÉ News. 26 May 2010. http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0526/phelank.html. Retrieved 26 May 2010. 

External links

• "23rd Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database. http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=1&HouseNum=23&disp=mem. Retrieved 23 March 2010.