18th_Seanad Knowpia

18th Seanad
18th Seanad
Overview
Legislative body	Seanad Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	25 April 1987 – 5 July 1989
Government	20th government of Ireland
Members	60
Cathaoirleach	Tras Honan
Leas-Chathaoirleach	Charles McDonald
Leader of the; Seanad	Mick Lanigan

The 18th Seanad was in office from 1987 to 1989. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1987 general election to the 25th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 19th Seanad.

Composition of the 18th Seanad edit

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

The following table shows the composition by party when the 18th Seanad first met on 25 April 1987.

Origin Party		Vocational panels					NUI	DU	Nominated	Total
Origin Party		Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour	NUI	DU	Nominated	Total
	Fianna Fáil	4	6	3	5	6	0	0	6	30
	Fine Gael	3	4	2	3	4	0	0	0	16
	Labour Party	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	3
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	5	11
Total		7	11	5	9	11	3	3	11	60

List of senators edit

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

Name	Panel		Notes
Katharine Bulbulia	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael
Michael Doherty	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
Joe Doyle	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989^[1]
Seán Haughey	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
Tras Honan	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil	Cathaoirleach^[2]
Patrick Kennedy	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael
Mary Wallace	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989^[1]
Paul Bradford	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989^[1]
John Connor	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989^[1]
Michael Ferris	Agricultural Panel	Labour	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989^[1]
Tom Fitzgerald	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Thomas Hussey	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Rory Kiely	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Pádraic McCormack	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989^[1]
Charles McDonald	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael
Patrick McGowan	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Martin O'Toole	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989^[1]
William Ryan	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Sean Byrne	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil
Joachim Loughrey	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fine Gael
Maurice Manning	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fine Gael
Tony McKenna	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil
Paschal Mooney	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil
Eddie Bohan	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
Tony Bromell	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to Seanad at by-election on 19 December 1988 after death of Jack Daly^[3]
Jack Daly	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael	Died on 5 May 1988^[4]
Seán Fallon	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
Willie Farrell	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
Jack Fitzsimons	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
Phil Hogan	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989^[1]
Mick Lanigan	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
Brian O'Shea	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Labour	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989^[1]
Gerry Reynolds	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989^[1]
Donie Cassidy	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Denis Cregan	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
Nuala Fennell	Labour Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989^[1]
Des Hanafin	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Jack Harte	Labour Panel	Labour
Brian Hillery	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989^[1]
Peter Kelleher	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
Dan Kiely	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Don Lydon	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Larry McMahon	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
Brian Mullooly	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
John A. Murphy	National University of Ireland	Independent
Joe O'Toole	National University of Ireland	Independent
Brendan Ryan	National University of Ireland	Independent
David Norris	Dublin University	Independent
Mary Robinson	Dublin University	Independent
Shane Ross	Dublin University	Independent
Séamus Cullimore	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989^[1]
Michael Dawson	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Nominated to fill vacancy after the 1989 general election^[5]
Éamon de Buitléar	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent
George Eogan	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent
Brian Friel	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent
Paul Kavanagh	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Nominated to fill vacancy after the 1989 general election^[5]
John Magnier	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent
Frank McDonnell	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Nominated to fill vacancy after the 1989 general election^[5]
John Robb	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent
Tom McEllistrim	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989^[1]
Jimmy Mulroy	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Vivian O'Callaghan	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
John O'Connell	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Elected to 26th Dáil at general election on 15 June 1989^[1]
Nicholas O'Connor	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil

Changes edit

Date	Panel	Loss	Gain	Note
25 April 1987	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil		Tras Honan elected as Cathaoirleach^[2]
5 May 1988	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael		Death of Jack Daly^[4]
19 December 1988	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil	Tony Bromell elected to Seanad at by-election after the death of Jack Daly^[3]
15 June 1989	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael		Paul Bradford elected to 26th Dáil at general election^[1]
15 June 1989	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael		John Connor elected to 26th Dáil at general election^[1]
15 June 1989	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil		Séamus Cullimore elected to 26th Dáil at general election^[1]
15 June 1989	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael		Joe Doyle elected to 26th Dáil at general election^[1]
15 June 1989	Labour Panel	Fine Gael		Nuala Fennell elected to 26th Dáil at general election^[1]
15 June 1989	Agricultural Panel	Labour		Michael Ferris elected to 26th Dáil at general election^[1]
15 June 1989	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil		Brian Hillery elected to 26th Dáil at general election^[1]
15 June 1989	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael		Phil Hogan elected to 26th Dáil at general election^[1]
15 June 1989	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael		Pádraic McCormack elected to 26th Dáil at general election^[1]
15 June 1989	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil		Tom McEllistrim elected to 26th Dáil at general election^[1]
15 June 1989	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil		John O'Connell elected to 26th Dáil at general election^[1]
15 June 1989	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Labour		Brian O'Shea elected to 26th Dáil at general election^[1]
15 June 1989	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil		Martin O'Toole elected to 26th Dáil at general election^[1]
15 June 1989	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael		Gerry Reynolds elected to 26th Dáil at general election^[1]
15 June 1989	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil		Mary Wallace elected to 26th Dáil at general election^[1]
26 June 1989	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Michael Dawson nominated to fill vacancy after the 1989 general election^[5]
26 June 1989	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Frank McDonnell nominated to fill vacancy after the 1989 general election^[5]
26 June 1989	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Paul Kavanagh nominated to fill vacancy after the 1989 general election^[5]

References edit

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^ ^a ^b "Tras Honan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Mr. Tony Bromell". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Mr. Jack Daly". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 17 February 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 122, 5 July 1989: Nomination of Members". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 17 February 2008.