19th Seanad

Members of the Seanad from 1989 to 1993 October 2021 October 2021 19th Seanad Oireachtas logo.svg 100px Seanad Éireann Ireland Leinster House 1 November 1989 17 December 1992 18th Seanad 20th Seanad 60 Cathaoirleach Seán Doherty (FF)(1989–1992) Seán Fallon (FF)(1992–1993) Leas-Chathaoirleach Liam Naughten (FG) Leader of theSeanad Mick Lanigan (FF)(1987–1990) Seán Fallon (FF)(1990–1992) G. V. Wright (FF)(1992–1993) 21st government of Ireland (1989–1992) 22nd government of Ireland (1992–1993) The 19th Seanad was in office from 1989 to 1993. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1989 general election to the 26th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 20th Seanad in 1993. Cathaoirleach On 1 November 1989, Seán Doherty (FF) was proposed as Cathaoirleach by Mick Lanigan (FF) and seconded by Patrick McGowan (FF). Avril Doyle (FG) was proposed by Maurice Manning (FG) and seconded by Charles McDonald (FG). John A. Murphy (Ind) was nominated by David Norris (Ind) and seconded by Brendan Ryan (Ind). Doherty was elected by a vote of 32 to 25.https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1989-11-01/2/ Seanad Debates – Vol. 123 No. 1 Election of Cathaoirleach 1 November 1989 On 8 November 1989, Liam Naughten (FG) was proposed as Leas-Chathaoirleach by Myles Staunton (FG) and seconded by Pól Ó Foighil (FG). Jack Harte (Lab) was proposed by Pat Upton (Lab) and seconded by Joe Costello (Lab). Naughten was elected by a vote of 15 to 10.https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1989-11-08/6/ Seanad Debates – Vol. 123 No. 2 Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach 8 November 1989 On 22 January 1992, Doherty resigned as Cathaoirleach after comments he made in relation to the phone tapping scandal, which would lead to the resignation of Charles Haughey as taoiseach on 11 February.https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1992-01-22/2/ Seanad Debates – Vol. 131 No. 1 Resignation of Cathaoirleach 22 January 1992 1 January 2025 4 December 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241204135736/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1992-01-22/2/ live On 23 January, Seán Fallon (FF) was proposed by G. V. Wright (FF) and seconded by Tras Honan (FF). He was elected without a division.https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1992-01-23/2/ Seanad Debates – Vol. 131 No. 2 Election of Cathaoirleach 23 January 1992 1 January 2025 7 August 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230807041820/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1992-01-23/2/ live Fallon won a contest against Des Hanafin, Tras Honan and Willie Farrell to be the Fianna Fáil nominee for the post.Fallon beats Hanafin in secret ballot for chair https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1992/0124/Pg008.html The Irish Times 24 January 1992 subscription 8 Composition of the 19th 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 19th Seanad first met on 1 November 1989. rowspan="2" colspan="2" Party Origin Vocational panels NUI DU Nominated TotalAdminAgriCult & EducInd & CommLabour Fianna Fáil 4 6 3 5 6 0 0 8 32 Fine Gael 2 4 2 3 4 0 0 0 15 Labour Party 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 Progressive Democrats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 Independent 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 6 Total 7 11 5 9 11 3 3 11 60 List of senators Joe Costello Joe Costello (politician) Administrative Panel Labour Party (Ireland) Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992 Seán Doherty Seán Doherty (Roscommon politician) Administrative Panel Fianna Fáil Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992 Michael Finneran Administrative Panel Fianna Fáil Seán Haughey Administrative Panel Fianna Fáil Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992 Tras Honan Administrative Panel Fianna Fáil Patrick Kennedy Patrick Kennedy (Limerick politician) Administrative Panel Fine Gael Tom Raftery Administrative Panel Fine Gael Avril Doyle Agricultural Panel Fine Gael Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992 Tom Fitzgerald Tom Fitzgerald (Irish politician) Agricultural Panel Fianna Fáil Richard Hourigan Agricultural Panel Fine Gael Thomas Hussey Thomas Hussey (Irish politician) Agricultural Panel Fianna Fáil Rory Kiely Agricultural Panel Fianna Fáil Seán McCarthy Seán McCarthy (Tipperary politician) Agricultural Panel Fianna Fáil Charles McDonald Charles McDonald (Irish politician) Agricultural Panel Fine Gael Pat Upton Pat Upton (politician) Agricultural Panel Labour Party (Ireland) Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992 Patrick McGowan Patrick McGowan (Irish politician) Agricultural Panel Fianna Fáil Liam Naughten Agricultural Panel Fine Gael Francis O'Brien Francis O'Brien (Irish politician) Agricultural Panel Fianna Fáil Seán Byrne Seán Byrne (politician) Cultural and Educational Panel Fianna Fáil Maurice Manning Cultural and Educational Panel Fine Gael Paschal Mooney Cultural and Educational Panel Fianna Fáil Éamon Ó Cuív Cultural and Educational Panel Fianna Fáil Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992 Joe O'Reilly Cultural and Educational Panel Fine Gael Eddie Bohan Industrial and Commercial Panel Fianna Fáil Richard Conroy Industrial and Commercial Panel Fianna Fáil Liam T. Cosgrave Industrial and Commercial Panel Fine Gael Seán Fallon Seán Fallon (politician) Industrial and Commercial Panel Fianna Fáil Willie Farrell Industrial and Commercial Panel Fianna Fáil Denis Foley Industrial and Commercial Panel Fianna Fáil Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992 Michael Howard Michael Howard (Irish politician) Industrial and Commercial Panel Fine Gael John Ryan John Ryan (Irish politician) Industrial and Commercial Panel Labour Party (Ireland) Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992 Myles Staunton Industrial and Commercial Panel Fine Gael Donie Cassidy Labour Panel Fianna Fáil Des Hanafin Labour Panel Fianna Fáil Jack Harte Jack Harte (politician) Labour Panel Labour Party (Ireland) Mary Jackman Labour Panel Fine Gael Dan Kiely Labour Panel Fianna Fáil Don Lydon Labour Panel Fianna Fáil Larry McMahon Labour Panel Fine Gael Brian Mullooly Labour Panel Fianna Fáil Dan Neville Dan Neville (politician) Labour Panel Fine Gael Pól Ó Foighil Labour Panel Fine Gael Batt O'Keeffe Labour Panel Fianna Fáil Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992 John A. Murphy National University of Ireland Independent politician (Ireland) Joe O'Toole National University of Ireland Independent politician (Ireland) Brendan Ryan Brendan Ryan (Cork politician) National University of Ireland Independent politician (Ireland) Carmencita Hederman Dublin University Independent politician (Ireland) David Norris David Norris (politician) Dublin University Independent politician (Ireland) Shane Ross Dublin University Independent politician (Ireland) Olga Bennett Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Hugh Byrne Hugh Byrne (Fianna Fáil politician) Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992 Martin Cullen Nominated by the Taoiseach Progressive Democrats Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992 Brendan Daly Brendan Daly (politician) Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil yes Nominated on 3 December 1992 to fill vacancy John Dardis Nominated by the Taoiseach Progressive Democrats Pat Farrell Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil yes Nominated on 3 December 1992 to fill vacancy Helen Keogh Nominated by the Taoiseach Progressive Democrats Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992 Mick Lanigan Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Terry Leyden Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil yes Nominated on 3 December 1992 to fill vacancy Tony McKenna Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Denis O'Donovan Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Donal Ormonde Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Dick Roche Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil yes Nominated on 3 December 1992 to fill vacancy Eoin Ryan Eoin Ryan Jnr Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992 G. V. Wright Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Leader of the Seanad from 23 January 1992 Changes Panel 25 November 1992 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Hugh Byrne elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general electionhttps://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/seanad/1992-12-17/2/#spk_4 Seanad Debates – Vol. 134 No. 11 Business of Seanad 17 December 1992 25 November 1992 Administrative Panel Labour Party (Ireland) Joe Costello elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election 25 November 1992 Nominated by the Taoiseach Progressive Democrats Martin Cullen elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election 25 November 1992 Administrative Panel Fianna Fáil Seán Doherty elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election 25 November 1992 Agricultural Panel Fine Gael Avril Doyle elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election 25 November 1992 Industrial and Commercial Panel Fianna Fáil Denis Foley elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election 25 November 1992 Administrative Panel Fianna Fáil Seán Haughey elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election 25 November 1992 Nominated by the Taoiseach Progressive Democrats Helen Keogh elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election 25 November 1992 Cultural and Educational Panel Fianna Fáil Éamon Ó Cuív elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election 25 November 1992 Labour Panel Fianna Fáil Batt O'Keeffe elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election 25 November 1992 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Eoin Ryan elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election 25 November 1992 Industrial and Commercial Panel Labour Party (Ireland) John Ryan elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election 25 November 1992 Agricultural Panel Labour Party (Ireland) Pat Upton elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election 3 December 1992 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Brendan Daly nominated to fill vacancy after the 1992 general election 3 December 1992 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Pat Farrell nominated to fill vacancy after the 1992 general election 3 December 1992 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Terry Leyden nominated to fill vacancy after the 1992 general election 3 December 1992 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil Dick Roche nominated to fill vacancy after the 1992 general election Sources https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/senators/?term=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fhouse%2Fseanad%2F19 19th Seanad Houses of the Oireachtas 1 January 2025 https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/find/?debateType=seanad&datePeriod=term&term=%2Fie%2Foireachtas%2Fhouse%2Fseanad%2F19 19th Seanad Oireachtas Debates 1 January 2025 References 19