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Overview
Legislative body	Seanad Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	25 May 2011 – 9 February 2016
Government	29th Government of Ireland
Members	60
Cathaoirleach	Paddy Burke
Leas-Chathaoirleach	Denis O'Donovan
Leader of the Seanad	Maurice Cummins
Deputy leader of the Seanad	Ivana Bacik
Leader of the Opposition	Darragh O'Brien
Sessions
1st 25 May 2011 – 27 July 2011 2nd 14 September 2011 – 20 July 2012 3rd 19 September 2012 – 24 July 2013 4th 20 August 2013 – 31 July 2014 5th 17 September 2014 – 21 July 2015 6th 23 September 2015 – 9 February 2016

The 24th Seanad was in office from 2011 to 2016. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 2011 general election to the 31st Dáil on 25 February. There are 60 seats in the Seanad: 43 were elected on five vocational panels by serving politicians, for which polling closed on 26 April; 6 were elected in two university constituencies, for which polling closed on 27 April; and 11 were nominated by the Taoiseach (Enda Kenny) on 20 May 2011. The 24th Seanad first met at Leinster House on 25 May 2011. It remained in office until the close of poll for the 25th Seanad in April 2016.

Cathaoirleach

On 25 May 2011, Paddy Burke was elected as the new Cathaoirleach of the Seanad. On 1 June 2011, Denis O'Donovan was elected as Leas-Cathaoirleach.

Composition of the 24th Seanad

There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad. There are 43 Senators elected on the vocational panels, 6 elected by universities and 11 are nominated by the Taoiseach.

The following table shows the composition by party when the 24th Seanad first met on 25 May 2011.

Effect of changes

This table shows the political composition of the 24th Seanad at the start and the end of its term.

List of senators

• Note: The entries for Senators who were elected or appointed to fill vacancies are shown in italics

Changes

References

1. De Bréadún, Deaglán (8 February 2011). "Ó Cuív announces details of what may be final Seanad election". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 18 February 2011. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
2. "Senators elected to the new Seanad". RTÉ News. 29 April 2011.
3. Elaine Edwards (20 May 2011). "McAleese appointed to Seanad". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
4. "New Seanad holds first meeting". Irish Times. 24 May 2011. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
5. ^ "Paddy Burke elected as Seanad Cathaoirleach". RTÉ News. 25 May 2011. Archived from the original on 27 May 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
6. "Election of Cathaoirleach – Seanad Éireann (24th Seanad) – Vol. 208 No. 1". Houses of the Oireachtas. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
7. "Election of Leas-Cathaoirleach – Seanad Éireann (24th Seanad) – Vol. 208 No. 2". Houses of the Oireachtas. 9 March 2011. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
8. "NUI Panel Full Results" (PDF). NUI Returning Office. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
9. ^ "Senator Mark Daly expelled from Fianna Fáil parliamentary party for defying whip on water Bill". 21 December 2014. Archived from the original on 29 January 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
10. ^ "Kerry Senator readmitted to the FF parliamentary party". Radio Kerry. 3 February 2015. Archived from the original on 16 May 2015.
11. ^ "Conservative senator Jim Walsh resigns from Fianna Fáil parliamentary party". 26 March 2015. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
12. ^ "Resignation of Member". 4 June 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
13. ^ "Gerard Craughwell wins Seanad by-election". RTÉ News. 10 October 2014. Archived from the original on 11 October 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
14. ^ "Labour Senator Jimmy Harte resigns from Upper House". The Irish Times. 23 September 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
15. ^ "Averil Power quits Fianna Fáil party". RTÉ News. 25 May 2015. Archived from the original on 25 May 2015. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
16. ^ "Former Olympic athlete Eamonn Coghlan joins Fine Gael". TheJournal.ie. 7 February 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2012.
17. ^ "Martin McAleese to resign from Seanad". RTÉ News. 1 February 2013. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 5 February 2013.
18. ^ "Enda Kenny nominates Hildegarde Naughton to Seanad". RTÉ News. 19 July 2013. Archived from the original on 22 August 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2013.
19. ^ "Seanad passes abortion legislation second stage". RTÉ News. 16 July 2013. Archived from the original on 18 July 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
20. "Creighton says new party Renua about open politics". RTÉ News. 13 March 2015. Archived from the original on 14 March 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
21. "Former Labour Senator James Heffernan joins Social Democrats". Irish Independent. 3 September 2015. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
22. "Seanad Éireann debate – Vol. 242 No. 1". Houses of the Oireachtas. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2024.

External links

• "24th Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
• Houses of the Oireachtas: Debates: 24th Seanad
• "Seanad Éireann General Election April 2011 and Bye-Elections to 2007–11 Seanad" (PDF). Oireachtas.
• "How the Seanad is elected" (PDF). Government of Ireland. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

• Members of the 24th Seanad
• Lists of members of Seanad Éireann by term