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The 26th Seanad has been in office since June 2020. The 2020 Seanad election followed the 2020 general election to the 33rd Dáil on 8 February. The Constitution of Ireland required a general election for Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), to take place no later than ninety days after the dissolution of the 32nd Dáil on 14 January 2020.
Oireachtas TV (formerly Houses of the Oireachtas Channel): is a free-to-air digital television channel in the Republic of Ireland, with live broadcasts from both Irish houses of parliament, Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann, in Dublin. [11] It covers parliamentary debates in both Irish and English.
There are 60 seats in the Seanad: 43 are elected on five vocational panels by serving politicians; 6 are elected in two university constituencies; and 11 are nominated by the Taoiseach who is appointed after the assembly of the 34th Dáil. It will remain in office until the close of poll for the 28th Seanad.
Oireachtas Report is an Irish political television programme broadcast on RTÉ One. Presented by Edel McAllister , Ailbhe Conneely and Conor McMorrow one per edition, it transmits nightly highlights of that day's proceedings in the national parliament of Ireland, known as the Oireachtas .
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.
The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. It will sit with the 27th Seanad as the Houses of the Oireachtas. There are 174 TDs in the 34th Dáil, an increase of 14 from the 33rd Dáil.
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 representat
The Constitution provides for the formation, at the direction of the president, following a request of 30 senators, of a joint "Committee of Privileges", [7] to decide on whether a specific Bill meets the definition of a "money bill", which would be subject to a maximum delay of 21 days by a Seanad resolution.