National
Member of Seanad Éireann
- Irish: Seanadóir
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Elected
- Exact method
- 43 elected by five vocational panels (Cultural and Educational 5, Agricultural 11, Labour 11, Industrial and Commercial 9, Administrative 7) whose electorate is TDs, outgoing senators and city and county councillors, and 6 elected by university graduates (3 National University of Ireland, 3 University of Dublin), all by single transferable vote (Art. 18).
- Seats
- 49
Who holds these seats now
Each seat with its own constituency.
| Seat | Held by |
|---|---|
| Administrative Panel | Diarmuid Wilson FF since January 2025 ReportEileen Flynn since January 2025 ReportFiona O'Loughlin FF since January 2025 ReportGarret Ahearn FG since January 2025 ReportMark Daly FF since January 2025 ReportMartin Conway FG since January 2025 ReportNicole Ryan SF since January 2025 Report |
| Agricultural Panel | Eileen Lynch FG since January 2025 ReportJoanne Collins SF since January 2025 ReportMalcolm Noonan GP since January 2025 ReportMaria Byrne FG since January 2025 ReportNiall Blaney FF since January 2025 ReportParaic Brady FG since January 2025 ReportPaul Daly FF since January 2025 ReportPJ Murphy FG since January 2025 ReportSarah O'Reilly Aontú since January 2025 ReportTeresa Costello FF since January 2025 ReportVictor Boyhan since January 2025 Report |
| Cultural and Educational Panel | Cathal Byrne FG since January 2025 ReportJoe Conway since January 2025 ReportPauline Tully SF since January 2025 ReportShane Curley FF since January 2025 Report |
| Industrial and Commercial Panel | Aidan Davitt FF since January 2025 ReportConor Murphy SF since January 2025 ReportFrances Black since January 2025 ReportGarret Kelleher FG since January 2025 ReportLaura Harmon Lab since January 2025 ReportLinda Nelson Murray FG since January 2025 ReportMary Fitzpatrick FF since January 2025 ReportOllie Crowe FF since January 2025 ReportSharon Keogan since January 2025 Report |
| Labour Panel | Chris Andrews SF since January 2025 ReportGerard P. Craughwell since January 2025 ReportJoe O'Reilly FG since January 2025 ReportMargaret Murphy O'Mahony FF since January 2025 ReportMaria McCormack SF since January 2025 ReportMark Duffy FG since January 2025 ReportMike Kennelly FG since January 2025 ReportNessa Cosgrove Lab since January 2025 ReportPat Casey FF since January 2025 ReportPatricia Stephenson SD since January 2025 ReportRobbie Gallagher FF since January 2025 Report |
| National University of Ireland | Alice-Mary Higgins since January 2025 ReportMichael McDowell since January 2025 ReportRónán Mullen since January 2025 Report |
| University of Dublin | Aubrey McCarthy since January 2025 ReportLynn Ruane since January 2025 ReportTom Clonan since January 2025 Report |
Next vote
- in 25 days By-election · Cultural and Educational Panel
- Must be held by March 2030 (no fixed date) General election
Sources
- irishstatutebook.ie · checked Constitution of Ireland, Irish Statute Book, read 2026-10-12: how each office is chosen (Arts. 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 28, 35). Seat counts: Oireachtas members list; Supreme Court composition: supremecourt.ie judges page, read 2026-10-12. For: Member of Seanad Éireann
- irishstatutebook.ie · checked Bunreacht na hÉireann (Irish text) and oireachtas.ie / logainm.ie: Irish-language names of the State, provinces, institutions and offices. For: Member of Seanad Éireann in Irish
- api.oireachtas.ie · checked Houses of the Oireachtas Open Data API, membership date ranges and parties, read 2026-10-12: start date, party, constituency or panel. For: Aidan Davitt, current term, Alice-Mary Higgins, current term, Aubrey McCarthy, current term, Cathal Byrne, current term, Chris Andrews, current term and 43 more
- irishstatutebook.ie · checked Constitution of Ireland Arts. 12.3, 16.3, 18.8: latest legal dates, computed from first meeting of the 34th Dáil on 18 December 2024 and the President's inauguration on 11 November 2025. Seanad by-election 6 November 2026: Polling Day Order of 24 September 2026 as reported on Wikipedia, 2026 Seanad by-election (fallback; official order not fetched). For: By-election, November 6, 2026, General election, March 18, 2030
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