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.[1][2] 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.[3] The 24th Seanad first met at Leinster House on 25 May 2011.[4] It remained in office until the close of poll for the 25th Seanad in April 2016.
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The 24thSeanad was in office from 2011 to 2016. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 2011 general...
Seanad, and after his re-election in 2007 to the 23rd Seanad he was re-elected as Leas Cathaoirleach. He was elected as the Cathaoirleach of the 24th...
homes". independent. "Family Home Bill 2011: Second Stage – Seanad Éireann (24thSeanad)". Houses of the Oireachtas. 27 July 2011. "Professor John Crown"...
of the (15 December 2015). "Seanad Electoral Reform Bill 2013: Committee and Remaining Stages – Seanad Éireann (24thSeanad) – Tuesday, 15 Dec 2015 – Houses...
the Seanad from 2011 to 2021, and a Senator for the Dublin University constituency from 2007 to 2021. She previously served as Deputy leader of Seanad Éireann...
18 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013. "Nomination of Member – Seanad Éireann (24thSeanad) – Monday, 22 July 2013". Houses of the Oireachtas. 22 July 2013...
of poll for the 24thSeanad. Pat Moylan was elected as the new Cathaoirleach of the Seanad. There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad. There are 43 Senators...
promised a referendum on the abolition of its upper house, the Seanad Éireann, during the 24thSeanad session. By a narrow margin, the Irish public voted to retain...
October 2011. Collins, Stephen (2011). Nealon's Guide to the 31st Dáil and 24thSeanad. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. p. 185. ISBN 9780717150595. "Simon Harris"...
The 25th Seanad was in office from 2016 to 2020. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 2016 general...
Seanad. During the Seanad abolition referendum campaign, the Bill demonstrated to the electorate, in a very palpable way, that reform of the Seanad was...
24thSeanad in 2011, having been recommended by Eamon Gilmore, the then leader of Fine Gael's coalition partners, the Labour Party. With her Seanad nomination...
February 2013, McAleese announced his intention to resign as a member of Seanad Éireann. McAleese accepted an appointment as Chairman of the Inter-Departmental...
July 2019. Collins, Stephen (2011). Nealon's Guide to the 31st Dáil and 24thSeanad. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. p. 207. ISBN 9780717150595. "David Cullinane"...
families." Collins, Stephen (2011). Nealon's Guide to the 31st Dáil and 24thSeanad. Dublin: Gill & Macmillan. p. 204. ISBN 9780717150595. "Catherine Noone"...
to Seanad". The Irish Times. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2010. Collins, Stephen (2011). Nealon's Guide to the 31st Dáil and 24thSeanad. Dublin:...
very briefly in the 19th Seanad, having been nominated by the Taoiseach Albert Reynolds on 2 December 1992. After the 19th Seanad last sat on 17 December...
office as a member of Fianna Fáil, but left the party in 2015 and sat in the Seanad as an Independent for the rest of her term. She stood as an Independent...
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