Agricultural Panel
The Agricultural Panel (Irish: An Rolla Talmhaíochta) is one of five vocational panels which together elect 43 of the 60 members of Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland). The Agricultural Panel elects eleven senators.
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| Seanad Éireann Constituency | |
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| Created | 1938 |
| Seats | 11 |
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Election
Article 18 of the Constitution of Ireland provides that 43 of the 60 senators are to be elected from five vocational panels. The Agricultural Panel is defined in Article 18.7.1º(v) as "Agriculture and allied interests, and Fisheries".[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] Eleven senators are elected on the Agricultural Panel, at least four of whom must have been nominated by Oireachtas members and at least four must have been nominated by nominating bodies.[6][7]
Senators
Note: 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 5 March 1955
- Died on 3 April 1959
- Resigned on 6 December 1950
- Died on 5 January 1954
- Died on 5 April 1963
- Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 14 May 1956
- Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 9 February 1960
- Died on 3 October 1969
- Died on 24 January 1974
- Died on 18 July 1974
- Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 23 April 1975
- Died on 3 October 1999
- Died on 16 November 1996
- Elected to Seanad at by-election on 28 January 1997
- Resigned the Fianna Fáil whip on 26 March 2015
- Died on 11 October 2009
- Elected to Dáil at the Tipperary South by-election on 30 June 2001
- Elected to Seanad in a by-election on 2 June 2000
- Elected to the Seanad at a by-election in December 2001
- Lost the Fine Gael whip on 16 July 2013
- Joined Renua on 13 March 2015.
- Elected to the European Parliament on 7 June 2009.
- Elected to Dáil Éireann in a by-election on 26 November 2010
- Elected to Seanad in a by-election on 14 December 2009
- Elected to Seanad in a by-election on 19 January 2010
- Lost the Labour whip on 21 December 2012
- Joined the Social Democrats on 3 September 2015
- Resigned the Sinn Féin whip on 30 November 2017
- Resigned from Seanad on 5 March 2018
- Resigned from Fianna Fáil in December 2016
- Retired on health grounds on 28 November 2017
- Elected to Dáil Éireann on 8 February 2020.
- Elected to the European Parliament on 24 May 2019
- Elected at a by-election on 27 April 2018
- Elected unopposed at a by-election on 1 November 2019
List of nominating bodies
The following bodies are on the register of nominating bodies maintained by the Seanad Returning Officer for the Administrative Panel.[8]
- Agricultural Science Association
- Dairy Executives' Association
- Irish Thoroughbred Breeders' Association
- Irish Co-operative Organisation Society
- Irish Grain and Feed Association
- Irish Greyhound Owners and Breeders' Federation[9]
- Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation
- Munster Agricultural Society Company
- National Association of Regional Game Councils (NARGC)[9]
- Royal Dublin Society (RDS)
References
- "Constitution of Ireland". Irish Statute Book. 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. 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. 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. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- "Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 44: The electorate". Irish Statute Book. 19 December 1947. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- "Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 52: Allocation of members amongst the panels". Irish Statute Book. 19 December 1947. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- "The Seanad Éireann Electoral Process" (PDF). Oireachtas. February 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. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- Walsh, Harry (2 March 2020). "Two FF Seanad hopefuls set on collision course". Donegal News.
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