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The Seanad returning officer maintains a list of qualified nominating bodies for each panel. [10] Candidates may be nominated by nominating bodies (outside sub-panel) or by members of the Oireachtas (inside sub-panel). In each vocational panel, there is a minimum number who must be elected from either the inside or the outside sub-panel.
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
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 ...
The Seanad is a much weaker chamber than the Dáil. [4] [5] [6] The government usually has a majority in the Seanad, which has not rejected a bill passed by the Dáil since 1964. [4] Debate on the Seanad's future has focused on whether it would be better to reform it (with or without constitutional amendment) or to abolish it altogether. [4]
The Oireachtas (/ ˈ ɛr ə k t ə s / EH-rək-təs, [1] Irish: [ˈɛɾʲaxt̪ˠəsˠ]), sometimes referred to as Oireachtas Éireann, is the bicameral parliament of Ireland. [2] The Oireachtas consists of the president of Ireland and the two houses of the Oireachtas (Irish: Tithe an Oireachtais): [3] a house of representatives called Dáil Éireann and a senate called Seanad Éireann.
The Sunday Business Post noted that personalised attacks on opponents of the Bill, including Mullen, were an unusual feature of the Seanad debate. [42] In 2015, Mullen was a leading opponent of the proposal to amend the Irish Constitution to allow same-sex marriage. [citation needed] The amendment was accepted by voters on 22 May 2015 by 62% to ...
The minister is required to make a Seanad by-election order within 180 days after receiving a notice of a vacancy. [5] On 8 March 2024, Minister Darragh O'Brien made an order for the by-election which set the following dates: [1] 22 March 2024: close of receiving nominations; 8 April 2024: ruling on nominations; 15 April 2024: issuing of ballot ...
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.