Cultural_and_Educational_Panel

Cultural and Educational Panel

Cultural and Educational Panel

Seanad Éireann constituency


The Cultural and Educational Panel (Irish: An Rolla Saíochta agus Oideachais) 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 Cultural and Educational Panel elects five senators.

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Election

Article 18 of the Constitution of Ireland provides that 43 of the 60 senators are to be elected from five vocational panels. The Cultural and Educational Panel is defined in Article 18.7.1° (i) as "National Language and Culture, Literature, Art, Education and such professional interests as may be defined by law for the purpose of this panel".[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] Five senators are elected on the Cultural and Educational Panel, at least two of whom must have been nominated by Oireachtas members and at least two must have been nominated by nominating bodies.[6][7]

Senators

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Notes
  1. Resigned on 31 July 1947 due to ill-health.
  2. Died on 9 July 1939.
  3. Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 22 January 1941, to replace Thomas Delany.
  4. Appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court on 21 April 1950.
  5. Died on 12 March 1954.
  6. Died on 29 May 1969.
  7. Assassinated on 12 March 1974.
  8. Died on 18 August 1976.
  9. Elected to Seanad at a by-election 23 April 1975, in place of Billy Fox.
  10. Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 25 October 1976, replacing Mary Walsh.
  11. Joined the Progressive Democrats in 1986.
  12. Resigned the Fianna Fáil whip on 7 July 2010, rejoining on 23 November 2010.
  13. Elected to the European Parliament in May 2014.
  14. Elected in a by-election on 10 October 2014, replacing Deirdre Clune.
  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 Cultural and Educational Panel:[8]


References

  1. "Constitution of Ireland". Irish Statute Book. Archived from the original on 3 May 2019. Retrieved 29 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. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. 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. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. 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. Archived from the original on 2 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  5. "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.
  6. "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 29 March 2020.
  7. "The Seanad Éireann Electoral Process" (PDF). Oireachtas. February 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 March 2020. Retrieved 7 March 2020.

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