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Members of the Seanad from 1983 to 1987

17th Seanad
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Overview
Legislative body Seanad Éireann
Jurisdiction Ireland
Meeting place Leinster House
Term 23 February 1983 – 3 April 1987
Government 17th government
Members 60
Cathaoirleach Patrick J. Reynolds (FG)
Leas-Chathaoirleach Tras Honan (FF)
Leader of the Seanad James Dooge

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.

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.[1]

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.[2]

Composition of the 17th Seanad

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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.

| OriginParty | Vocational panels | NUI | DU | Nominated | Total | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | - | - | -- | ------ | | | Admin | Agri | Cult & Educ | Ind & Comm | Labour | | | | | | | | | 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 | |

Name Panel Party Notes
Luke Belton Administrative Panel Fine Gael
Katharine Bulbulia Administrative Panel Fine Gael
Tras Honan Administrative Panel Fianna Fáil
Patrick Kennedy Administrative Panel Fine Gael
Michael Lynch Administrative Panel Fianna Fáil Elected to the 25th Dáil at the general election on 17 February 1987[3]
Martin O'Donoghue Administrative Panel Fianna Fáil
Flor O'Mahony Administrative Panel Labour
Ulick Burke Agricultural Panel Fine Gael
John Ellis Agricultural Panel Fianna Fáil Elected to the 25th Dáil at the general election on 17 February 1987[3]
Michael Ferris Agricultural Panel Labour
Richard Hourigan Agricultural Panel Fine Gael
Thomas Hussey Agricultural Panel Fianna Fáil
Rory Kiely Agricultural Panel Fianna Fáil
Joseph Lennon Agricultural Panel Fine Gael
Charles McDonald Agricultural Panel Fine Gael
Martin O'Toole Agricultural Panel Fianna Fáil
Michael Quealy Agricultural Panel Fine Gael
William Ryan 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 Joined the Progressive Democrats in 1986[4]
Michael Smith Cultural and Educational Panel Fianna Fáil Elected to the 25th Dáil at the general election on 17 February 1987[3]
Timmy Conway Industrial and Commercial Panel Labour Joined the Progressive Democrats in 1986[5]
Jack Daly Industrial and Commercial Panel Fine Gael
Seán Fallon Industrial and Commercial Panel Fianna Fáil
Alexis FitzGerald Industrial and Commercial Panel Fine Gael
Jack Fitzsimons Industrial and Commercial Panel Fianna Fáil
Michael Howard Industrial and Commercial Panel Fine Gael
Mick Lanigan Industrial and Commercial Panel Fianna Fáil
Patrick J. Reynolds Industrial and Commercial Panel Fine Gael
Eoin Ryan 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 Labour Panel Labour
Jim Higgins Labour Panel Fine Gael Elected to the 25th Dáil at the general election on 17 February 1987[3]
Brian Hillery Labour Panel Fianna Fáil
Peter Kelleher Labour Panel Fine Gael
Mark Killilea Labour Panel Fianna Fáil
Larry McMahon Labour Panel Fine Gael
Brian Mullooly Labour Panel Fianna Fáil
Andy O'Brien Labour Panel Fine Gael
James Dooge National University of Ireland Fine Gael Leader of the Seanad
Michael D. Higgins National University of Ireland Labour Elected to the 25th Dáil at the general election on 17 February 1987[3]
Brendan Ryan National University of Ireland Independent
Catherine McGuinness Dublin University Independent
Mary Robinson Dublin University Labour
Shane Ross Dublin University Independent
John Browne Nominated by the Taoiseach Fine Gael
John Connor 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[3]
Patrick Durcan Nominated by the Taoiseach Fine Gael
Brendan Howlin Nominated by the Taoiseach Labour Elected to the 25th Dáil at the general election on 17 February 1987[3]
Christy Kirwan Nominated by the Taoiseach Labour
Pat Magner Nominated by the Taoiseach Labour
Stephen McGonagle Nominated by the Taoiseach Independent
Seán O'Leary Nominated by the Taoiseach Fine Gael
John Robb Nominated by the Taoiseach Independent
Bríd Rodgers Nominated by the Taoiseach Independent
Nuala Fennell Nominated by the Taoiseach Fine Gael Nominated on 20 February 1987 to fill vacancy after the general election[6]
Paddy O'Toole Nominated by the Taoiseach Fine Gael Nominated on 20 February 1987 to fill vacancy after the general election[6]
Date Panel Loss Gain Note
9 February 1983 Administrative Panel Fianna Fáil Independent Martin O'Donoghue resigns from parliamentary party after opposition to leader emerged from Irish phone tapping scandal[7]
18 November 1985 Dublin University Labour Independent Mary Robinson resigns in disagreement over Anglo-Irish Agreement[8]
4 January 1986 Cultural and Educational Panel Labour Progressive Democrats Helena McAuliffe-Ennis changes party[4][9]
17 April 1986 Industrial and Commercial Panel Labour Progressive Democrats Timmy Conway changes party[5]
January 1987 Administrative Panel Independent Progressive Democrats Martin O'Donoghue joins party[10]
17 February 1987 Administrative Panel Fianna Fáil Michael Lynch elected to the 25th Dáil at the 1987 general election[3]
17 February 1987 Agricultural Panel Fianna Fáil John Ellis elected to the 25th Dáil at the 1987 general election[3]
17 February 1987 Cultural and Educational Panel Fianna Fáil Michael Smith elected to the 25th Dáil at the 1987 general election[3]
17 February 1987 Labour Panel Fine Gael Jim Higgins elected to the 25th Dáil at the 1987 general election[3]
17 February 1987 National University Labour Michael D. Higgins elected to the 25th Dáil at the 1987 general election[3]
17 February 1987 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fine Gael Jimmy Deenihan elected to the 25th Dáil at the 1987 general election[3]
17 February 1987 Nominated by the Taoiseach Labour Brendan Howlin elected to the 25th Dáil at the 1987 general election[3]
20 February 1987 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fine Gael Nuala Fennell nominated to fill vacancy after the general election[6]
20 February 1987 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fine Gael Paddy O'Toole nominated to fill vacancy after the general election[6]
  1. ^ "Election of Cathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 100 No. 1. 23 February 1983.
  2. ^ "Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 100 No. 2. 9 March 1983.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Election of Members to Dáil Éireann". Seanad Debates – Vol. 115 No. 15. 3 April 1987.
  4. ^ a b McNamara, Maedhbh; Mooney, Paschal (2000). Women in Parliament: Ireland 1918–2000. Dublin: Wolfhound Press. p. 196. ISBN 0-86327-759-4.
  5. ^ a b Cooney, John (18 April 1986). "Labour senator defects to PDs". The Irish Times. p. 5.
  6. ^ a b c d "Nomination of Members". Seanad Debates – Vol. 115 No. 15. 3 April 1987.
  7. ^ Coghlan, Denis (10 February 1983). "O'Donoghue resigns from parliamentary party". The Irish Times. p. 10.
  8. ^ Coghlan, Denis (19 November 1985). "Robinson resigns over agreement". The Irish Times. pp. 1, 7.
  9. ^ Coghlan, Denis (7 January 1986). "Membership bid by Burke and O'Leary may fail". The Irish Times. p. 7.
  10. ^ "Homan to run for PDs". The Irish Times. 19 January 1987. p. 7.