14th Seanad

14th Seanad
14th Seanad
Overview
Legislative body	Seanad Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	27 October 1977 – 16 July 1981
Government	15th Government of Ireland (1977–1979); 16th Government of Ireland (1979–1981);
Members	60
Cathaoirleach	Séamus Dolan (FF)
Leas-Chathaoirleach	Joe McCartin (FG)
Leader of the; Seanad	Eoin Ryan

The 14th Seanad was in office from 1977 to 1981. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1977 general election to the 21st Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 15th Seanad in 1981.

Composition of the 14th 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 14th Seanad first met on 27 October 1977.

Origin Party		Vocational panels					NUI	DU	Nominated	Total
Origin Party		Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour	NUI	DU	Nominated	Total
	Fianna Fáil	4	5	2	4	5	0	0	9	29
	Fine Gael	3	5	2	4	4	0	0	0	18
	Labour Party	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	0	6
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	7
Total		7	11	5	9	11	3	3	11	60

List of senators

Note: The entries for Senators who were elected or appointed to fill vacancies are shown in italics

Name	Panel		Notes
Liam Burke	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to 21st Dáil at a by-election on 6 November 1979^[1]
Micheál Cranitch	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
Jack Garrett	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil	Died on 11 September 1977^[2]
Tras Honan	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
Thomas Kilbride	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael
Michael P. Kitt	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981^[3]
Myles Staunton	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael
Michael Donnelly	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 7 December 1977, following the death of Jack Garrett^[4]
Jim Doolan	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to Seanad at a by-election in April 1980, following the election of Liam Burke to the Dáil^[5]
Pierce Butler	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael
Paul Connaughton	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981^[3]
John Ellis	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981^[3]
Justin Keating	Agricultural Panel	Labour
Rory Kiely	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Gerard Lynch	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael
Joe McCartin	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael	Elected as Leas-Chathaoirleach on 2 November 1977^[6] Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981^[3]
Charles McDonald	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael
Patrick McGowan	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Martin O'Toole	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
William Ryan	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Richard Conroy	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil
Patrick Cooney	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981^[3]
Flor Crowley	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981^[3]
Timothy McAuliffe	Cultural and Educational Panel	Labour
David Molony	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981^[3]
Ruairí Brugha	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
Alexis FitzGerald	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael
Desmond Governey	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981^[3]
Michael Howard	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael
Liam Hyland	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981^[3]
Mick Lanigan	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
Michael Moynihan	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Labour	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981^[3]
Patrick J. Reynolds	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael
Eoin Ryan	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
John Blennerhassett	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
Séamus Dolan	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected as Cathaoirleach on 27 October 1977^[6]
Joseph Dowling	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Des Hanafin	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Jack Harte	Labour Panel	Labour
Tony Herbert	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Brian Hillery	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Fintan Kennedy	Labour Panel	Labour
Michael Lyons	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
Bernard Markey	Labour Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981^[3]
Andy O'Brien	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
Gemma Hussey	National University of Ireland	Independent
Augustine Martin	National University of Ireland	Independent
John A. Murphy	National University of Ireland	Independent
Conor Cruise O'Brien	Dublin University	Independent	Resigned from the Seanad on 13 June 1979^[7]
Catherine McGuinness	Dublin University	Independent	Elected at a by-election on 11 December 1979, following the resignation of Conor Cruise O'Brien^[8]
Mary Robinson	Dublin University	Labour
Trevor West	Dublin University	Independent
Séamus Brennan	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981^[3]
Séamus de Brún	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Eileen Cassidy	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Valerie Goulding	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Mary Harney	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Elected to the 22nd Dáil at the general election on 11 June 1981^[3]
Valentine Jago	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Gordon Lambert	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent
P. J. Mara	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Nominated on 16 July 1981 to fill vacancy after 1981 general election^[9]
Bernard McGlinchey	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Noel Mulcahy	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Joseph O'Neill	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Nominated on 16 July 1981 to fill vacancy after 1981 general election^[9]
Jim Ruttle	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Nominated on 20 June 1980 to fill vacancy created by the resignation of Michael Yeats^[10]
T. K. Whitaker	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent
Michael Yeats	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Resigned from the Seanad on 12 March 1980^[11]

Changes

Date	Panel			Note
11 September 1977	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil		Death of Jack Garrett^[2]
7 December 1977	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil	Michael Donnelly elected to Seanad at a by-election after death of Jack Garrett^[4]
13 June 1979	Dublin University	Independent		Resignation of Conor Cruise O'Brien^[7]
6 November 1979	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael		Liam Burke elected to 21st Dáil at a by-election^[1]
11 December 1979	Dublin University		Independent	Catherine McGuinness elected to Seanad at a by-election to replace Conor Cruise O'Brien^[8]
12 March 1980	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil		Resignation of Michael Yeats^[11]
16 April 1980	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil	Jim Doolan elected at a by-election to replace Liam Burke^[5]
20 June 1980	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Jim Ruttle nominated to repalace Michael Yeats^[10]
11 June 1981	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil		Michael P. Kitt elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election^[3]
11 June 1981	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael		Paul Connaughton elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election^[3]
11 June 1981	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil		John Ellis elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election^[3]
11 June 1981	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael		Joe McCartin elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election^[3]
11 June 1981	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fine Gael		Patrick Cooney elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election^[3]
11 June 1981	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil		Flor Crowley elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election^[3]
11 June 1981	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fine Gael		David Molony elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election^[3]
11 June 1981	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael		Desmond Governey elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election^[3]
11 June 1981	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil		Liam Hyland elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election^[3]
11 June 1981	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Labour		Michael Moynihan elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election^[3]
11 June 1981	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil		Séamus Dolan elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election^[3]
11 June 1981	Labour Panel	Fine Gael		Bernard Markey elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election^[3]
11 June 1981	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil		Séamus Brennan elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election^[3]
11 June 1981	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil		Mary Harney elected to the 22nd Dáil at the 1981 general election^[3]
16 July 1981	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	P. J. Mara nominated to fill vacancy after the 1981 general election^[9]
16 July 1981	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Joseph O'Neill nominated to fill vacancy after the 1981 general election^[9]

Sources

"14th Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
"14th Seanad". Oireachtas Debates.
"Senate election results". The Irish Times. 20 August 1977. p. 5. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
"Taoiseach takes chance with FF majority in Senate". The Irish Times. 26 August 1977. p. 1. Retrieved 2 February 2008.
"Taoiseach's Senate nominees join Fianna Fáil". The Irish Times. 20 October 1977. p. 18. Retrieved 2 February 2008. Two senators who were nominated by the Taoiseach, Lady Valerie Goulding and Mrs. Eileen Cassidy, have joined the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party

Notes and references

^ ^a ^b "Mr. Liam Burke". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Mr. Jack Garrett". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 95, 17 June 1981: Election of Members to Dáil Éireann". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 87, 7 December 1977: Administrative Panel". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 30 April 2005. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 94, 16 April 1980: Election of Member". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 21 August 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 87, 27 October 1977: Election of Cathaoirleach". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Dr. Conor Cruise O'Brien". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Ms. Catherine McGuinness". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Official Report (Seanad Éireann) Volume 95, 16 July 1981: Nomination of Members". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Official Report (Seanad Éireann) Volume 94, 24 June 1980: Nomination of Members". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2008.
^ ^a ^b "Official Report (Seanad Éireann) Volume 93, 12 March 1980: Resignation of Member". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2008.

[Burke-1] "Mr. Liam Burke". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 12 December 2011.

[Garrett-2] "Mr. Jack Garrett". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 23 February 2008.

[Dail-1981-ge-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 95, 17 June 1981: Election of Members to Dáil Éireann". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 9 June 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2008.

[Donnelly-4] "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 87, 7 December 1977: Administrative Panel". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 30 April 2005. Retrieved 23 February 2008.

[Doolan-5] "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 94, 16 April 1980: Election of Member". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 21 August 2007. Retrieved 23 February 2008.

[Cathaoirleach-6] "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 87, 27 October 1977: Election of Cathaoirleach". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 17 August 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2008.

[Cruise-OBrien-7] "Dr. Conor Cruise O'Brien". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 24 February 2008.

[McGuinness-8] "Ms. Catherine McGuinness". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 24 February 2008.

[Nominated-1981-9] "Official Report (Seanad Éireann) Volume 95, 16 July 1981: Nomination of Members". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2008.

[Ruttle-10] "Official Report (Seanad Éireann) Volume 94, 24 June 1980: Nomination of Members". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2008.

[Yeats-11] "Official Report (Seanad Éireann) Volume 93, 12 March 1980: Resignation of Member". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2008.

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