15th Seanad

15th Seanad
15th Seanad
Overview
Legislative body	Seanad Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	8 October 1981 – 16 April 1982
Government	17th government of Ireland
Members	60
Cathaoirleach	Charles McDonald (FG)
Leas-Chathaoirleach	Séamus Dolan (FF)
Leader of the; Seanad	Gemma Hussey (FG)

The 15th Seanad was in office from 1981 to 1982. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1981 general election to the 22nd Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 16th Seanad.

Composition of the 15th Seanad

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 15th Seanad first met on 8 October 1981.

Origin Party		Vocational panels					NUI	DU	Nominated	Total
Origin Party		Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour	NUI	DU	Nominated	Total
	Fianna Fáil	3	5	2	4	5	0	0	0	19
	Fine Gael	3	5	2	4	5	1	0	6	26
	Labour Party	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	4	9
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	6
Total		7	11	5	9	11	3	3	11	60

List of senators

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
Micheál Cranitch	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
Tras Honan	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
Patrick Kennedy	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael
Jimmy Leonard	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to 23rd Dáil at general election on 18 February 1982^[1]
Flor O'Mahony	Administrative Panel	Labour
Myles Staunton	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael
Richard Bruton	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to 23rd Dáil at general election on 18 February 1982^[1]
Pierce Butler	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael
Michael Ferris	Agricultural Panel	Labour
Tom Fitzgerald	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Thomas Hussey	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Rory Kiely	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
John Mannion	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael
Charles McDonald	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael	Elected as Cathaoirleach on 8 October 1981^[2]
Liam Naughten	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to 23rd Dáil at general election on 18 February 1982^[1]
Martin O'Toole	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
William Ryan	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Patsy Lawlor	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fine Gael
Maurice Manning	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to 23rd Dáil at general election on 18 February 1982^[1]
Timothy McAuliffe	Cultural and Educational Panel	Labour
Mary O'Rourke	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil
Joe Walsh	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to 23rd Dáil at general election on 18 February 1982^[1]
Deirdre Bolger	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael
Barry Cogan	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
Seán Fallon	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
Alexis FitzGerald	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to 23rd Dáil at general election on 18 February 1982^[1]
Michael Howard	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael
Mick Lanigan	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
Ruairi Quinn	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Labour	Elected to 23rd Dáil at general election on 18 February 1982^[1]
Patrick J. Reynolds	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael
Eoin Ryan	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
John Blennerhassett	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
Toddie Byrne	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
Donal Carey	Labour Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to 23rd Dáil at general election on 18 February 1982^[1]
Séamus Dolan	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected as Leas-Chathaoirleach on 9 October 1981^[3]
Des Hanafin	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Jack Harte	Labour Panel	Labour
Brian Hillery	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Dan Kiely	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Brian Mullooly	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Andy O'Brien	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
Maurice O'Connell	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
Gemma Hussey	National University of Ireland	Fine Gael	Leader of the Seanad; Elected to 23rd Dáil at general election on 18 February 1982^[1]
John A. Murphy	National University of Ireland	Independent
Brendan Ryan	National University of Ireland	Independent
Catherine McGuinness	Dublin University	Independent
Mary Robinson	Dublin University	Independent
Shane Ross	Dublin University	Independent
Ulick Burke	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fine Gael
John F. Carroll	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Labour
Timmy Conway	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Labour
James Dooge	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fine Gael
Patrick Dunne	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Labour
Robert Fausset	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fine Gael
Jim Higgins	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fine Gael
Miriam Kearney	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fine Gael
Pat Magner	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Labour
Seán O'Leary	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fine Gael
T. K. Whitaker	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent

Changes

Date	Panel		Note
18 February 1982	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil	Jimmy Leonard elected to 23rd Dáil at general election^[1]
18 February 1982	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael	Richard Bruton elected to 23rd Dáil at general election^[1]
18 February 1982	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael	Liam Naughten elected to 23rd Dáil at general election^[1]
18 February 1982	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fine Gael	Maurice Manning elected to 23rd Dáil at general election^[1]
18 February 1982	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil	Joe Walsh elected to 23rd Dáil at general election^[1]
18 February 1982	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael	Alexis FitzGerald elected to 23rd Dáil at general election^[1]
18 February 1982	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Labour	Ruairi Quinn elected to 23rd Dáil at general election^[1]
18 February 1982	Labour Panel	Fine Gael	Donal Carey elected to 23rd Dáil at general election^[1]
18 February 1982	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Dolan elected to 23rd Dáil at general election^[1]
18 February 1982	National University	Fine Gael	Gemma Hussey elected to 23rd Dáil at general election^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 97, 26 March 1982, Election of Members to Dáil Éireann". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2008.
^ "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 96, 8 October 1981: Election of Cathaoirleach". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2008.
^ "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 96, 9 October 1981: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2008.

External links

"15th Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
"15th Seanad". Oireachtas Debates. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

[dail-feb82-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 97, 26 March 1982, Election of Members to Dáil Éireann". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2008.

[cathaoirleach-2] "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 96, 8 October 1981: Election of Cathaoirleach". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2008.

[3] "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 96, 9 October 1981: Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2008.

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