Labour Panel

The Labour Panel (Irish: An Rolla Oibreachais) 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 Labour Panel elects eleven senators.

Labour Panel
Seanad Éireann Constituency
Current constituency
Created1938
Seats11
Senators

Election

Article 18 of the Constitution of Ireland provides that 43 of the 60 senators are to be elected from five vocational panels. The Labour Panel is defined in Article 18.7.1º (iii) as "Labour, whether organised or unorganised".[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 Labour 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
Senators for the Labour Panel
Key to parties
SenElectionSenator
(Party)		Senator
(Party)		Senator
(Party)		Senator
(Party)		Senator
(Party)		Senator
(Party)		Senator
(Party)		Senator
(Party)		Senator
(Party)		Senator
(Party)		Senator
(Party)
2nd1938 John Butler
(Lab)		 James Tunney
(Lab)		 Michael Conway
(Ind)		 John Gaffney
(Ind)		 Gilbert Hughes
(Ind)		 Thomas McShea
(Ind)		 David Walsh
(Ind)		 Frederick Hawkins
(Ind)		 James Johnston
(Ind)		 Seán Hayes
(FF)		 Seán Milroy
(FG)
3rd1938 Seán Campbell
(Lab)		 William Cummins
(Lab)		 Thomas Foran
(Lab)		 Patrick Hogan
(Lab)		 Eamonn Lynch
(Lab)		 Peter Lynch
(Ind)
4th1943 Thomas Hayden
(Lab)		 Thomas Kennedy[lower-alpha 1]
(Lab)		 Sam Kyle
(Lab)		 Michael Colgan
(Ind)		 Seán Ruane
(Ind)		 Michael Smyth
(Ind)		 Richard Mulcahy
(FG)
5th1944 James Tunney
(Lab)		 John Meighan
(CnaT)		 John Thomas Keane[lower-alpha 2]
(Ind)		 Peter Lynch
(Ind)
1946 Frederick Hawkins[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4]
(Ind)
6th1948 Seán Campbell[lower-alpha 5]
(Lab)		 J. T. O'Farrell[lower-alpha 6]
(Lab)		 Richard Anthony
(Ind)		 Michael Colgan[lower-alpha 7]
(Ind)		 Seán Hayes
(FF)		 Andrew Fogarty
(FF)
7th1951 William McMullen
(Lab)		 Noel Hartnett
(CnaP)		 Pádraig Ághas
(Ind)		 Daniel O'Rourke
(FF)		 Vincent McHugh
(FG)
8th1954 Patrick Crowley
(Lab)		 Dominick Murphy
(Lab)		 Patrick Tierney
(Lab)		 Richard Anthony
(Ind)		 Frank Purcell[lower-alpha 8]
(Ind)		 Liam Kelly
(Ind)		 Victor Carton
(FG)
9th1957 Joe Sheridan
(Ind)		 Liam Ahern
(FF)		 Frank Carter
(FF)		 Harry Colley
(FF)		 Eoin Ryan Snr
(FF)		 Ben O'Quigley
(FG)
1960 Edward Browne[lower-alpha 9]
(Ind)
10th1961 John Butler
(Lab)		 Seán Brosnahan
(Ind)		 Seán Browne
(FF)		 Joseph Farrell
(FF)		 Mark Killilea Snr
(FF)		 Michael Yeats
(FF)		 James Dooge
(FG)
11th1965 Séamus Dolan
(FF)		 John Ormonde
(FF)		 Vincent McHugh
(FG)
12th1969 Jimmy Dunne[lower-alpha 10]
(Lab)		 Fintan Kennedy
(Lab)		 Evelyn Owens
(Lab)		 Des Hanafin
(FF)		 Mark Killilea Jnr
(FF)		 Seán Walsh
(FF)		 John Boland
(FG)		 Michael Lyons
(FG)		 William O'Brien
(FG)
13th1973 Jack Harte
(Lab)		 Séamus Dolan
(FF)		 Bernard Markey
(FG)
14th1977 Joseph Dowling
(FF)		 Brian Hillery
(FF)		 Tony Herbert
(FF)		 John Blennerhassett
(FG)		 Andy O'Brien
(FG)
15th1981 Dan Kiely
(FF)		 Brian Mullooly
(FF)		 Toddie Byrne
(FG)		 Donal Carey
(FG)		 Maurice O'Connell
(FG)
16th1982 Tony Herbert
(FF)		 Donie Cassidy
(FF)		 Mark Killilea Jnr
(FF)		 Monica Barnes
(FG)		 Denis Cregan
(FG)		 Dick Dowling
(FG)
17th1983 Brian Hillery
(FF)		 Jim Higgins
(FG)		 Larry McMahon
(FG)		 Peter Kelleher
(FG)		 Andy O'Brien
(FG)
18th1987 Don Lydon
(FF)		 Dan Kiely
(FF)		 Nuala Fennell
(FG)
19th1989 Batt O'Keeffe
(FF)		 Mary Jackman
(FG)		 Dan Neville
(FG)		 Pól Ó Foighil
(FG)
20th1993 Seán Maloney
(Lab)		 Joe Sherlock
(DL)		 Frank Fahey
(FF)		 Bill Cotter
(FG)		 Denis Cregan
(FG)		 Jarlath McDonagh
(FG)
21st1997 Seán Ryan
(Lab)		 Liam Fitzgerald[lower-alpha 11]
(FF)		 Des Hanafin
(FF)		 Mary Jackman
(FG)		 Therese Ridge
(FG)
1998 John Cregan[lower-alpha 12]
(FF)
22nd2002 Michael McCarthy
(Lab)		 Brendan Daly
(FF)		 Geraldine Feeney
(FF)		 Terry Leyden
(FF)		 John Hanafin
(FF)		 Fergal Browne
(FG)		 Maurice Cummins
(FG)		 Michael Finucane
(FG)		 Jim Higgins
(FG)
23rd2007 Phil Prendergast
(Lab)		 Donie Cassidy
(FF)		 Ned O'Sullivan
(FF)		 Jerry Buttimer
(FG)		 Frances Fitzgerald
(FG)		 Fidelma Healy Eames[lower-alpha 13]
(FG)
24th2011 David Cullinane
(SF)		 Marie Moloney
(Lab)		 John Whelan
(Lab)		 Darragh O'Brien
(FF)		 Terry Brennan
(FG)		 Cáit Keane
(FG)		 Tony Mulcahy
(FG)
25th2016 Paul Gavan
(SF)		 Máire Devine[lower-alpha 14]
(SF)		 Ged Nash[lower-alpha 15]
(Lab)		 Gerard Craughwell
(Ind)		 Robbie Gallagher
(FF)		 Jennifer Murnane O'Connor[lower-alpha 15]
(FF)		 Jerry Buttimer
(FG)		 Joe O'Reilly
(FG)		 Neale Richmond[lower-alpha 15]
(FG)
26th2020 Pauline O'Reilly
(GP)		 Marie Sherlock
(Lab)		 Pat Casey
(FF)		 Shane Cassells
(FF)		 John Cummins
(FG)

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns.

Notes
  1. Died on 18 September 1947.
  2. Died on 22 May 1946.
  3. Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 24 July 1946m
  4. Died on 2 August 1956.
  5. Died on 27 February 1950.
  6. Resigned on 31 May 1950.
  7. Died on 22 June 1953.
  8. Died on 2 April 1960.
  9. Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 1 November 1960.
  10. Died on 23 February 1972.
  11. Resigned Fianna Fáil whip on 27 March 2007.
  12. Elected to the Seanad at a by-election on 23 June 1998.
  13. Fine Gael party whip removed on 16 July 2013.
  14. Suspended from Sinn Féin 19 March – 19 June 2018.
  15. Elected to Dáil Éireann on 8 February 2020.

List of nominating bodies

The following bodies are on the register of nominating bodies maintained by the Seanad Returning Officer for the Labour Panel:[8]

References
  1. "Constitution of Ireland". Irish Statute Book. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 44: The electorate". Irish Statute Book. 19 December 1947. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  6. "Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 52: Allocation of members amongst the panels". Irish Statute Book. 19 December 1947. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  7. "The Seanad Éireann Electoral Process" (PDF). Oireachtas. February 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  8. "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 28 March 2020.
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