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This is a list of the members of the 23rd Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These Senators were elected from 24 July 2007 onwards after postal voting closed. The Taoiseach's nominees were announced on 3 August 2007. The Seanad election took place after the 2007 general election for the Dáil.^[1] The term of the 23rd Seanad was from 24 July 2007 to 25 April 2011. The 23rd Seanad first met at Leinster House on 13 September 2007.^[2]Pat Moylan was elected as the new Cathaoirleach of the Seanad.^[3]

Composition of the 23rd Seanad

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

The following table shows the composition by party when the 23rd Seanad first met on 23 July 2007.

Origin Party		Admin Panel	Agri Panel	Cult & Educ Panel	Ind & Comm Panel	Labour Panel	NUI	U Dublin	Nominated	Total
	Fianna Fáil	4	5	3	5	5	0	0	6	28
	Fine Gael	2	4	1	3	4	0	0	0	14
	Labour Party	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	6
	Green Party	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
	Progressive Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
	Sinn Féin	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	7
Total		7	11	5	9	11	3	3	11	60

Effect of changes

Party		2007¹	Nov. 2010²	Mar. 2011³
	Fianna Fáil	28	25	26
	Fine Gael	14	15	6
	Labour Party	6	6	2
	Green Party	2	3	3
	Sinn Féin	1	0	0
	Progressive Democrats	2	0	0
	Independent	7	9	8
	Vacant	0	2	15
Total		60

Notes

^ The 2007 column refers to the state of parties when 23rd Seanad first met in 2007.

^ The November 2010 column refers to the state of parties after the election of Pearse Doherty to the Dáil.

^ The March 2011 column refers to the state of parties after the 2011 Dáil election.

Graphical representation

This is a graphical comparison of party strengths in the 23rd Seanad in January 2011.

Note: This was not the official seating plan.

List of senators

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

Name	Panel		Notes
Mark Daly	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
Paschal Donohoe	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election^[4]
Camillus Glynn	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
Tony Kett	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil	Died on 19 April 2009^[5]
Nicky McFadden	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election^[4]
Brendan Ryan	Administrative Panel	Labour Party	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election^[4]
Diarmuid Wilson	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
James Carroll	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to Seanad on 26 November 2009, replacing Tony Kett^[6]
Paul Bradford	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael
Paddy Burke	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael
Peter Callanan	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil	Died on 11 October 2009^[7]
John Carty	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Pearse Doherty	Agricultural Panel	Sinn Féin	Elected to Dáil Éireann in a by-election on 26 November 2010^[8]
Alan Kelly	Agricultural Panel	Labour Party	Elected to the European Parliament on 7 June 2009^[9]
Pat Moylan	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil	Cathaoirleach
Francis O'Brien	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
John Paul Phelan	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election^[4]
Eugene Regan	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael
Jim Walsh	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil	Resigned the Fianna Fáil party whip on 7 July 2010^[10] Rejoined the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party on 23 November 2010^[11]
Niall Ó Brolcháin	Agricultural Panel	Green Party	Elected to Seanad in a by-election on 14 December 2009, replacing Alan Kelly^[12]
Paschal Mooney	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to Seanad in a by-election on 19 January 2010, replacing Peter Callanan^[13]
Cecilia Keaveney	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil
Labhrás Ó Murchú	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil	Resigned the Fianna Fáil party whip on 7 July 2010^[10] Rejoined the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party on 23 November 2010^[11]
Ann Ormonde	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil
Liam Twomey	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election^[4]
Alex White	Cultural and Educational Panel	Labour Party	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election^[4]
Larry Butler	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil	Resigned the Fianna Fáil party whip on 5 June 2010^[14]
Paudie Coffey	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election^[4]
Paul Coghlan	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael
Dominic Hannigan	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Labour Party	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election^[4]
Marc MacSharry	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
Denis O'Donovan	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil	Lost the Fianna Fáil party whip on 25 June 2010^[10] Rejoined the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party on 19 October 2010^[15]
Joe O'Reilly	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election^[4]
Kieran Phelan	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil	Died on 26 May 2010^[16]
Mary White	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
Jerry Buttimer	Labour Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election^[4]
Donie Cassidy	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil	Leader of the Seanad
Maurice Cummins	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
Geraldine Feeney	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Frances Fitzgerald	Labour Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election^[4]
John Hanafin	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil	Resigned the Fianna Fáil party whip on 7 July 2010^[10] Rejoined the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party on 23 November 2010^[11]
Fidelma Healy Eames	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
Terry Leyden	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Michael McCarthy	Labour Panel	Labour Party	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election^[4]
Ned O'Sullivan	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Phil Prendergast	Labour Panel	Labour Party
Rónán Mullen	National University of Ireland	Independent
Joe O'Toole	National University of Ireland	Independent
Feargal Quinn	National University of Ireland	Independent
Ivana Bacik	University of Dublin	Independent	Joined the Labour Party on 23 September 2009^[17]
David Norris	University of Dublin	Independent
Shane Ross	University of Dublin	Independent	Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election^[4]
Dan Boyle	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Green Party
Martin Brady	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Ivor Callely	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Resigned the Fianna Fáil party whip on 5 June 2010^[14] Resigned from the Fianna Fáil party on 24 August 2010^[18]
Ciarán Cannon	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Progressive Democrats	Joined Fine Gael on 24 March 2009^[19] Elected to Dáil at the 2011 general election^[4]
Maria Corrigan	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Déirdre de Búrca	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Green Party	Resigned from the Seanad on 12 February 2010^[20]
John Ellis	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Eoghan Harris	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent
Lisa McDonald	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Brian Ó Domhnaill	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Fiona O'Malley	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Progressive Democrats	Sat as an independent on dissolution of the Progressive Democrats in December 2009^[21]
Mark Dearey	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Green Party	Appointed on 23 February 2010, replacing Déirdre de Búrca^[22]
Darragh O'Brien	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Nominated on 4 March 2011 to fill vacancy^[23]

Changes

Fourteen senators were elected to the 31st Dáil at the general election on 25 February 2011.^[4]

Date	Panel	Gain	Loss	Note
2009-03-24 24 March 2009	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fine Gael	Progressive Democrats	Ciarán Cannon joins Fine Gael^[19]
2009-04-19 19 April 2009	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil	Death of Tony Kett^[5]
2009-06-07 7 June 2009	Agricultural Panel		Labour Party	Alan Kelly elected to the European Parliament^[9]
2009-09-23 23 September 2009	University of Dublin	Labour Party	Independent	Ivana Bacik takes Labour Party whip^[17]
2009-10-11 11 October 2009	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil	Death of Peter Callanan^[7]
2009-11-26 26 November 2009	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil		James Carroll declared elected without a by-election, replacing Tony Kett^[6]
2009-12-11 11 December 2009	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent	Progressive Democrats	Fiona O'Malley becomes an independent on dissolution of the Progressive Democrats^[21]
2009-12-14 14 December 2009	Agricultural Panel	Green Party		Niall Ó Brolcháin elected in a by-election, replacing Alan Kelly^[12]
2010-01-19 19 January 2010	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil		Paschal Mooney elected in a by-election, replacing Peter Callanan^[13]
2010-02-12 12 February 2010	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Green Party	Déirdre de Búrca resigns from the Seanad^[20]
2010-02-23 23 February 2010	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Green Party		Mark Dearey appointed, replacing Déirdre de Búrca^[22]
2010-05-26 26 May 2010	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil	Death of Kieran Phelan^[16]
2010-06-05 5 June 2010	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Independent	Fianna Fáil	Larry Butler resigns the Fianna Fáil party whip^[14]
2010-06-05 5 June 2010	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent	Fianna Fáil	Ivor Callely resigns the Fianna Fáil party whip^[14]
2010-06-25 25 June 2010	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Independent	Fianna Fáil	Denis O'Donovan loses the Fianna Fáil party whip^[10]
2010-07-07 7 July 2010	Labour Panel	Independent	Fianna Fáil	John Hanafin resigns the Fianna Fáil party whip^[10]
2010-07-07 7 July 2010	Agricultural Panel	Independent	Fianna Fáil	Jim Walsh resigns the Fianna Fáil party whip^[10]
2010-07-07 7 July 2010	Cultural and Educational Panel	Independent	Fianna Fáil	Labhrás Ó Murchú resigns the Fianna Fáil party whip^[10]
2010-08-24 24 August 2010	Nominated by the Taoiseach			Ivor Callely resigns from the Fianna Fáil party after expenses controversy^[18]
2010-10-19 19 October 2010	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil	Independent	Denis O'Donovan rejoined the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party^[15]
2010-11-23 23 November 2010	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil	Independent	Jim Walsh rejoins the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party^[11]
2010-11-23 23 November 2010	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil	Independent	John Hanafin rejoins the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party^[11]
2010-11-23 23 November 2010	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil	Independent	Labhrás Ó Murchú rejoins Fianna Fáil parliamentary party^[11]
2010-11-26 26 November 2010	Agricultural Panel		Sinn Féin	Pearse Doherty elected to Dáil Éireann in a by-election^[8]
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael	Paschal Donohoe (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann^[4]
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael	Nicky McFadden (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann^[4]
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Administrative Panel		Labour Party	Brendan Ryan (Lab) elected to Dáil Éireann^[4]
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael	John Paul Phelan (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann^[4]
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael	Liam Twomey (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann^[4]
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Cultural and Educational Panel		Labour Party	Alex White (Lab) elected to Dáil Éireann^[4]
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael	Paudie Coffey (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann^[4]
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Labour Party	Dominic Hannigan (Lab) elected to Dáil Éireann^[4]
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael	Joe O'Reilly (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann^[4]
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Labour Panel		Fine Gael	Jerry Buttimer (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann^[4]
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Labour Panel		Fine Gael	Frances Fitzgerald (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann^[4]
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Labour Panel		Labour Party	Michael McCarthy (Lab) elected to Dáil Éireann^[4]
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	University of Dublin		Independent	Shane Ross (Ind) elected to Dáil Éireann^[4]
2011-02-25 25 February 2011	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fine Gael	Ciarán Cannon (FG) elected to Dáil Éireann^[4]
2011-03-04 4 March 2011	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil		Darragh O'Brien (FF) nominated to fill vacancy, replacing Ciarán Cannon^[23]

References

^ Under the terms of the Constitution of Ireland, a general election for Seanad Éireann must take place within 90 days of the dissolution of Dáil Éireann by the President.

^ "Iris Oifigiúil" (PDF). 4 September 2007..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
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^ "Moylan elected as new Cathaoirleach". Breakingnews.ie. 13 September 2007.

^ ^a^b^c^d^e^f^g^hⁱ^j^k^l^mⁿ^o^p^q^r^s^t^u^v^w^x^y^z^aa^ab^ac "Seanad Éireann debates, Volume 207, 8 March 2011: Election of Members to Dáil Éireann". Oireachtas. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

^ ^a^b "Mr. Tony Kett". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

^ ^a^b "Mr. James Carroll". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

^ ^a^b "Mr. Peter Callanan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

^ ^a^b "Live updates: Donegal by-election count". RTÉ News. 26 November 2010.

^ ^a^b "Mr. Alan Kelly". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

^ ^a^b^c^d^e^f^g^h "Three FF Senators relinquish party whip". RTÉ News. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2010.

^ ^a^b^c^d^e^f "Cowen remains as FF leader after meeting". RTÉ News. 23 November 2010.

^ ^a^b "Mr. Niall Ó Brolcháin". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

^ ^a^b "Mooney re-elected to Seanad". The Irish Times. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2010.

^ ^a^b^c^d "Ivor Callely resigns FF party whip". RTÉ News. 5 June 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2010.

^ ^a^b "Fianna Fáil boycott of RTÉ's 'Frontline' proposed". The Irish Times. 20 October 2010.

^ ^a^b "Senator Kieran Phelan dies suddenly". RTÉ News. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2010.

^ ^a^b "Ms. Ivana Bacik". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

^ ^a^b "Boyle urges Callely to resign from Seanád". RTÉ News. 25 August 2010.

^ ^a^b "Cannon formally joins Fine Gael". RTÉ News. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.

^ ^a^b "Déirdre de Búrca's statement of resignation". RTÉ News. 12 February 2010. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2010.

^ ^a^b "Ms. Fiona O'Malley". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

^ ^a^b "Green councillor nominated to Seanad". RTÉ News. 23 February 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2010.

^ ^a^b "Mr. Darragh O'Brien". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 14 January 2011.

External links

"23rd Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 23 March 2010.

[1] Under the terms of the Constitution of Ireland, a general election for Seanad Éireann must take place within 90 days of the dissolution of Dáil Éireann by the President.

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[3] "Moylan elected as new Cathaoirleach". Breakingnews.ie. 13 September 2007.

[Elected_Dail_ge-4] ⁱ^j^k^l^mⁿ^o^p^q^r^s^t^u^v^w^x^y^z^aa^ab^ac "Seanad Éireann debates, Volume 207, 8 March 2011: Election of Members to Dáil Éireann". Oireachtas. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

[Kett-5] "Mr. Tony Kett". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

[Carroll-6] "Mr. James Carroll". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

[Callanan-7] "Mr. Peter Callanan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

[RTE_26112010-8] "Live updates: Donegal by-election count". RTÉ News. 26 November 2010.

[Kelly-9] "Mr. Alan Kelly". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

[RTE_07072010-10] "Three FF Senators relinquish party whip". RTÉ News. 7 July 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2010.

[RTE_23112010-11] "Cowen remains as FF leader after meeting". RTÉ News. 23 November 2010.

[OBrolchain-12] "Mr. Niall Ó Brolcháin". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

[Mooney-13] "Mooney re-elected to Seanad". The Irish Times. 19 January 2010. Retrieved 20 January 2010.

[RTE_05062010-14] "Ivor Callely resigns FF party whip". RTÉ News. 5 June 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2010.

[IT_20102010-15] "Fianna Fáil boycott of RTÉ's 'Frontline' proposed". The Irish Times. 20 October 2010.

[KPhelan-16] "Senator Kieran Phelan dies suddenly". RTÉ News. 26 May 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2010.

[Bacik-17] "Ms. Ivana Bacik". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

[RTE_25082010-18] "Boyle urges Callely to resign from Seanád". RTÉ News. 25 August 2010.

[Cannon-19] "Cannon formally joins Fine Gael". RTÉ News. 24 March 2009. Retrieved 25 March 2009.

[DeBurca-20] "Déirdre de Búrca's statement of resignation". RTÉ News. 12 February 2010. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 12 February 2010.

[OMalley-21] "Ms. Fiona O'Malley". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 14 January 2012.

[Dearey-22] "Green councillor nominated to Seanad". RTÉ News. 23 February 2010. Retrieved 23 February 2010.

[OBrien-23] "Mr. Darragh O'Brien". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 14 January 2011.

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Contents

Composition of the 23rd Seanad

Effect of changes

Graphical representation

List of senators

Changes

See also

References

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