Agricultural_Panel
Agricultural Panel
Seanad Éireann constituency
The Agricultural Panel (Irish: An Rolla Talmhaíochta) is one of five vocational panels which together elect 43 of the 60 members of Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland). The Agricultural Panel elects eleven senators.
Agricultural Panel | |
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Seanad Éireann constituency | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1938 |
Seats | 11 |
Senators |
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Article 18 of the Constitution of Ireland provides that 43 of the 60 senators are to be elected from five vocational panels. The Agricultural Panel is defined in Article 18.7.1°(v) as "Agriculture and allied interests, and Fisheries".[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 Agricultural 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]
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns.
- Notes
- Joined Renua on 13 March 2015.
- Elected to the European Parliament on 7 June 2009.
- Joined the Social Democrats on 3 September 2015
- Elected to Dáil Éireann on 8 February 2020.
- Elected to the European Parliament on 24 May 2019
The following bodies are on the register of nominating bodies maintained by the Seanad Returning Officer for the Administrative Panel.[8]
- Agricultural Science Association
- Dairy Executives' Association
- Irish Thoroughbred Breeders' Association
- Irish Co-operative Organisation Society
- Irish Grain and Feed Association
- Irish Greyhound Owners and Breeders' Federation[9]
- Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation
- Munster Agricultural Society Company
- National Association of Regional Game Councils (NARGC)[9]
- Royal Dublin Society (RDS)
- "Constitution of Ireland". Irish Statute Book. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- "Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 8: Establishment and maintenance of register of nominating bodies". Irish Statute Book. 19 December 1947. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- "Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 25: Nomination to panels by members of Oireachtas". Irish Statute Book. 19 December 1947. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- "Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 26: Proposals for nominations to panel by registered nominating bodies". Irish Statute Book. 19 December 1947. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- "Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 44: The electorate". Irish Statute Book. 19 December 1947. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- "Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 52: Allocation of members amongst the panels". Irish Statute Book. 19 December 1947. Archived from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- "The Seanad Éireann Electoral Process" (PDF). Oireachtas. February 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
- "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. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- Walsh, Harry (2 March 2020). "Two FF Seanad hopefuls set on collision course". Donegal News. Archived from the original on 6 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.