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 | |
| Created | 1938 |
| Seats | 7 |
| Senators |
|
Election
editArticle 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
editNote: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns.
- Notes
- ^ Died on 19 January 1956
- ^ Elected to the 16th Dáil at a by-election on 23 June 1960
- ^ Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 14 May 1956, replacing James McGee
- ^ Died on 21 June 1959
- ^ Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 1 November 1960, replacing Patrick Teehan
- ^ Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 9 February 1960, replacing John O'Leary
- ^ Died on 11 September 1977
- ^ Elected to the 19th Dáil at a by-election on 14 April 1970
- ^ Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 16 June 1970, replacing Patrick Malone
- ^ Elected to the 20th Dáil at a by-election on 13 November 1974
- ^ Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 23 April 1975, replacing Seán Brosnan
- ^ Elected to 21st Dáil at a by-election on 6 November 1979
- ^ Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 7 December 1977, following the death of Jack Garrett
- ^ Died on 19 April 2009
- ^ Elected to Seanad on 26 November 2009, replacing Tony Kett
List of nominating bodies
editThe 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- ^ "Constitution of Ireland". Irish Statute Book. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "The Seanad Éireann Electoral Process" (PDF). Oireachtas. February 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- ^ "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.