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To be nominated, a candidate must have the signature of nine members of the Oireachtas. Nominations close on 22 March 2024 at 12 noon. Ballot papers will be issued on 15 April 2024 and the polls will close at 11 a.m. on 29 April 2024. All votes are cast by postal ballot, and are counted using the single transferable vote. Under this system ...
There are 60 seats in Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland). Its composition is set out in Article 18 of the Constitution of Ireland. This provides for 11 senators to be nominated by the Taoiseach who is appointed next after the general election to Dáil Éireann (Ireland's house of representatives). [1]
An indirect election to the 27th Seanad is taking place in January 2025, following the 2024 general election to the 34th Dáil in November 2024. Seanad Éireann is the upper house of the Oireachtas, with Dáil Éireann as its lower house.
This morning I lodged my nomination papers for election to Seanad Éireann. The all-Ireland economy is growing. Constitutional change is coming.
It will remain in office until the close of poll for the 28th Seanad. The 33rd Dáil was dissolved on 8 November 2024. On 15 November 2024, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government , Darragh O'Brien , signed orders for the Seanad election, providing 29 January as the deadline for ballots for the vocational panels and 30 January ...
Seanad Éireann (/ ˈ ʃ æ n ə d ˈ ɛər ən, ˈ ʃ æ n ə ð / ⓘ SHAN-əd(h) AIR-ən, [3] Irish: [ˈʃan̪ˠəd̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ]; "Senate of Ireland") is the senate of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature), which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann (defined as the house of representatives
The clerk of the Seanad maintains the register of nominating bodies, published annually in Iris Oifigiúil. Some bodies are very small — the minimum annual subscription of €317.43 [n 4] has not increased since 1947 — and "it is even alleged that some ... exist for no other purpose than to make Seanad nominations". [9]
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.