17th Seanad

Members of the Seanad from 1983 to 1987 October 2021 April 2020 17th Seanad Oireachtas logo.svg 100px Seanad Éireann Ireland Leinster House 23 February 1983 3 April 1987 16th Seanad 18th Seanad 60 Cathaoirleach Patrick J. Reynolds (FG) Leas-Chathaoirleach Tras Honan (FF) Leader of theSeanad James Dooge 17th government The 17th Seanad was in office from 1983 to 1987. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the November 1982 general election to the 24th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 18th Seanad. Cathaoirleach On 23 February 1983, Patrick J. Reynolds (FG) was proposed as Cathaoirleach by James Dooge (FG) and seconded by Seán O'Leary (FG). He was elected without a division.https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1983-02-23/2/ Seanad Debates – Vol. 100 No. 1 Election of Cathaoirleach 23 February 1983 17 December 2023 21 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191221114118/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1983-02-23/2/ live On 9 March 1983, Tras Honan (FF) was proposed as Leas-Chathaoirleach by Mick Lanigan (FF) and seconded by Thomas Hussey (FF). She was elected without a division.https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1983-03-09/3/ Seanad Debates – Vol. 100 No. 2 Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach 9 March 1983 17 December 2023 31 October 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191031211021/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1983-03-09/3/ live Composition of the 17th Seanad There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad: 43 were elected on five vocational panels, 6 were elected from two university constituencies and 11 were nominated by the Taoiseach. The following table shows the composition by party when the 17th Seanad first met on 23 February 1983. rowspan="2" colspan="2" Party Origin Vocational panels NUI DU Nominated TotalAdminAgriCult & EducInd & CommLabour Fine Gael 3 5 2 4 5 1 0 5 25 Fianna Fáil 3 5 2 4 5 0 0 0 19 Labour Party 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 10 Independent 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 Total 7 11 5 9 11 3 3 11 60 List of senators Luke Belton Administrative Panel Fine Gael Katharine Bulbulia Administrative Panel Fine Gael Tras Honan Administrative Panel Fianna Fáil Patrick Kennedy Patrick Kennedy (Limerick politician) Administrative Panel Fine Gael Michael Lynch Michael Lynch (Irish politician) Administrative Panel Fianna Fáil Elected to the 25th Dáil at the general election on 17 February 1987 Martin O'Donoghue Administrative Panel Fianna Fáil Flor O'Mahony Administrative Panel Labour Party (Ireland) Ulick Burke Ulick Burke (politician) Agricultural Panel Fine Gael John Ellis John Ellis (Fianna Fáil politician) Agricultural Panel Fianna Fáil Elected to the 25th Dáil at the general election on 17 February 1987 Michael Ferris Michael Ferris (politician) Agricultural Panel Labour Party (Ireland) Richard Hourigan Agricultural Panel Fine Gael Thomas Hussey Thomas Hussey (Irish politician) Agricultural Panel Fianna Fáil Rory Kiely Agricultural Panel Fianna Fáil Joseph Lennon Agricultural Panel Fine Gael Charles McDonald Charles McDonald (Irish politician) Agricultural Panel Fine Gael Martin O'Toole Agricultural Panel Fianna Fáil Michael Quealy Agricultural Panel Fine Gael William Ryan William Ryan (Irish politician) Agricultural Panel Fianna Fáil Séamus de Brún Cultural and Educational Panel Fianna Fáil Brian Fleming Cultural and Educational Panel Fine Gael Joachim Loughrey Cultural and Educational Panel Fine Gael Helena McAuliffe-Ennis Cultural and Educational Panel Labour Party (Ireland) Joined the Progressive Democrats in 1986 Michael Smith Michael Smith (Irish politician) Cultural and Educational Panel Fianna Fáil Elected to the 25th Dáil at the general election on 17 February 1987 Timmy Conway Industrial and Commercial Panel Labour Party (Ireland) Joined the Progressive Democrats in 1986 Jack Daly Jack Daly (politician) Industrial and Commercial Panel Fine Gael Seán Fallon Seán Fallon (politician) Industrial and Commercial Panel Fianna Fáil Alexis FitzGerald Alexis FitzGerald Jnr Industrial and Commercial Panel Fine Gael Jack Fitzsimons Industrial and Commercial Panel Fianna Fáil Michael Howard Michael Howard (Irish politician) Industrial and Commercial Panel Fine Gael Mick Lanigan Industrial and Commercial Panel Fianna Fáil Patrick J. Reynolds Patrick J. Reynolds (politician) Industrial and Commercial Panel Fine Gael Eoin Ryan Eoin Ryan Snr Industrial and Commercial Panel Fianna Fáil Donie Cassidy Labour Panel Fianna Fáil Denis Cregan Labour Panel Fine Gael Des Hanafin Labour Panel Fianna Fáil Jack Harte Jack Harte (politician) Labour Panel Labour Party (Ireland) Jim Higgins Jim Higgins (Irish politician) Labour Panel Fine Gael Elected to the 25th Dáil at the general election on 17 February 1987 Brian Hillery Labour Panel Fianna Fáil Peter Kelleher Peter Kelleher (politician) Labour Panel Fine Gael Mark Killilea Mark Killilea Jnr Labour Panel Fianna Fáil Larry McMahon Labour Panel Fine Gael Brian Mullooly Labour Panel Fianna Fáil Andy O'Brien Andy O'Brien (politician) Labour Panel Fine Gael James Dooge National University of Ireland Fine Gael Leader of the Seanad Michael D. Higgins National University of Ireland Labour Party (Ireland) Elected to the 25th Dáil at the general election on 17 February 1987 Brendan Ryan Brendan Ryan (Cork politician) National University of Ireland Independent politician (Ireland) Catherine McGuinness Dublin University Independent politician (Ireland) Mary Robinson Dublin University Labour Party (Ireland) Shane Ross Dublin University Independent politician (Ireland) John Browne John Browne (Fine Gael politician) Nominated by the Taoiseach Fine Gael John Connor John Connor (Irish politician) Nominated by the Taoiseach Fine Gael Jimmy Deenihan Nominated by the Taoiseach Fine Gael Elected to the 25th Dáil at the general election on 17 February 1987 Patrick Durcan Patrick Durcan (politician) Nominated by the Taoiseach Fine Gael Brendan Howlin Nominated by the Taoiseach Labour Party (Ireland) Elected to the 25th Dáil at the general election on 17 February 1987 Christy Kirwan Nominated by the Taoiseach Labour Party (Ireland) Pat Magner Nominated by the Taoiseach Labour Party (Ireland) Stephen McGonagle Nominated by the Taoiseach Independent politician (Ireland) Seán O'Leary Nominated by the Taoiseach Fine Gael John Robb John Robb (surgeon) Nominated by the Taoiseach Independent politician (Ireland) Bríd Rodgers Nominated by the Taoiseach Independent politician (Ireland) Nuala Fennell Nominated by the Taoiseach Fine Gael yes Nominated on 20 February 1987 to fill vacancy after the general election Paddy O'Toole Nominated by the Taoiseach Fine Gael yes Nominated on 20 February 1987 to fill vacancy after the general election Changes Panel 9 February 1983 Administrative Panel Independent politician (Ireland) Fianna Fáil Martin O'Donoghue resigns from parliamentary party after opposition to leader emerged from Irish phone tapping scandalCoghlan Denis O'Donoghue resigns from parliamentary party https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1983/0210/Pg010.html#Ar01002 10 The Irish Times 10 February 1983 subscription 18 November 1985 Dublin University Independent politician (Ireland) Labour Party (Ireland) Mary Robinson resigns in disagreement over Anglo-Irish AgreementCoghlan Denis Robinson resigns over agreement https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1985/1119/Pg001.html 1,7 The Irish Times 19 November 1985 subscription 4 January 1986 Cultural and Educational Panel Progressive Democrats Labour Party (Ireland) Helena McAuliffe-Ennis changes partyWomen in Parliament: Ireland 1918–2000 Maedhbh McNamara Mooney, Paschal Wolfhound Press Dublin 2000 0-86327-759-4 196Coghlan Denis Membership bid by Burke and O'Leary may fail https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1986/0107/Pg007.html#Ar00701 7 The Irish Times 7 January 1986 subscription 17 April 1986 Industrial and Commercial Panel Progressive Democrats Labour Party (Ireland) Timmy Conway changes partyCooney John Labour senator defects to PDs https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1986/0418/Pg005.html#Ar00503 5 The Irish Times 18 April 1986 subscription January 1987 Administrative Panel Progressive Democrats Independent politician (Ireland) Martin O'Donoghue joins partyHoman to run for PDs https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1987/0119/Pg007.html#Ar00706 7 The Irish Times 19 January 1987 subscription 17 February 1987 Administrative Panel Fianna Fáil Michael Lynch elected to the 25th Dáil at the 1987 general electionhttps://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1987-04-03/2/ Seanad Debates – Vol. 115 No. 15 Election of Members to Dáil Éireann 3 April 1987 17 December 2023 22 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201222012317/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1987-04-03/2/ live 17 February 1987 Agricultural Panel Fianna Fáil John Ellis elected to the 25th Dáil at the 1987 general election 17 February 1987 Cultural and Educational Panel Fianna Fáil Michael Smith elected to the 25th Dáil at the 1987 general election 17 February 1987 Labour Panel Fine Gael Jim Higgins elected to the 25th Dáil at the 1987 general election 17 February 1987 National University Labour Party (Ireland) Michael D. Higgins elected to the 25th Dáil at the 1987 general election 17 February 1987 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fine Gael Jimmy Deenihan elected to the 25th Dáil at the 1987 general election 17 February 1987 Nominated by the Taoiseach Labour Party (Ireland) Brendan Howlin elected to the 25th Dáil at the 1987 general election 20 February 1987 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fine Gael Nuala Fennell nominated to fill vacancy after the general electionhttps://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1987-04-03/3/ Seanad Debates – Vol. 115 No. 15 Nomination of Members 3 April 1987 17 December 2023 22 December 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201222012329/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1987-04-03/3/ live 20 February 1987 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fine Gael Paddy O'Toole nominated to fill vacancy after the general election References External links http://oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=1&HouseNum=17&disp=mem 17th Seanad Oireachtas Members Database 21 February 2008 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/find/?debateType=seanad&datePeriod=term&term=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fhouse%2Fseanad%2F17 17th Seanad Oireachtas Debates 17 December 2023 17