16th Seanad

16th Seanad
16th Seanad
Overview
Legislative body	Seanad Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	13 May 1982 – 21 December 1982
Government	18th government of Ireland
Members	60
Cathaoirleach	Tras Honan (FF)
Leas-Chathaoirleach	Charles McDonald (FG)
Leader of the; Seanad	Eoin Ryan (FF)

The 16th Seanad was in office from 1982 to 1983. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the February 1982 general election to the 23rd Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 17th Seanad.

Composition of the 16th 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 16th Seanad first met on 13 May 1982.

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	8	28
	Fine Gael	2	5	2	4	5	1	0	0	19
	Labour Party	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	5
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	8
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
Luke Belton	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael
Katharine Bulbulia	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael
Sean Conway	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
Micheál Cranitch	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
Tras Honan	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected as Cathaoirleach on 13 May 1982^[1]
Billy Kenneally	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
Flor O'Mahony	Administrative Panel	Labour
Bernard Durkan	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to 24th Dáil at general election on 24 November 1982^[2]
Michael Ferris	Agricultural Panel	Labour
Tom Fitzgerald	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Richard Hourigan	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael
Thomas Hussey	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Joseph Lennon	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael
John Mannion	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael
Charles McDonald	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael	Elected as Leas-Chathaoirleach on 19 May 1982^[3]
Martin O'Toole	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
William Ryan	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Michael Smith	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Séamus de Brún	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil
Joachim Loughrey	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fine Gael
Timothy McAuliffe	Cultural and Educational Panel	Labour
Mary O'Rourke	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to 24th Dáil at general election on 24 November 1982^[2]
Madeleine Taylor	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to 24th Dáil at general election on 24 November 1982^[2]
Deirdre Bolger	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael
Timmy Conway	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Labour
Jack Daly	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael
Seán Fallon	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
Willie Farrell	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
Monica Barnes	Labour Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to 24th Dáil at general election on 24 November 1982^[2]
Toddie Byrne	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
Donie Cassidy	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Denis Cregan	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
Dick Dowling	Labour Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to 24th Dáil at general election on 24 November 1982^[2]
Des Hanafin	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Jack Harte	Labour Panel	Labour
Tony Herbert	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Mark Killilea	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Brian Mullooly	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Maurice O'Connell	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
James Dooge	National University of Ireland	Fine Gael
John A. Murphy	National University of Ireland	Independent
Brendan Ryan	National University of Ireland	Independent
Mary Robinson	Dublin University	Independent
Shane Ross	Dublin University	Independent
Trevor West	Dublin University	Independent
Paudge Brennan	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Elected to 24th Dáil at general election on 24 November 1982^[2]
Flor Crowley	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Aidan Eames	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Nominated on 13 December 1982 to fill vacancy after the general election^[4]
Camilla Hannon	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
James Larkin	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent Fianna Fáil
Seamus Mallon	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent	Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party
P. J. Mara	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Bernard McGlinchey	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
M. J. Nolan	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Elected to 24th Dáil at general election on 24 November 1982^[2]
Seán O'Connor	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Nominated on 13 December 1982 to fill vacancy after the general election^[4]
Ned O'Keeffe	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Elected to 24th Dáil at general election on 24 November 1982^[2]
John Robb	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent
Frank Wall	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Nominated on 13 December 1982 to fill vacancy after the general election^[4]
G. V. Wright	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil

Changes

Date	Panel			Note
24 November 1982	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael		Bernard Durkan elected to 24th Dáil at general election^[2]
24 November 1982	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil		Mary O'Rourke elected to 24th Dáil at general election^[2]
24 November 1982	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fine Gael		Madeleine Taylor elected to 24th Dáil at general election^[2]
24 November 1982	Labour Panel	Fine Gael		Monica Barnes elected to 24th Dáil at general election^[2]
24 November 1982	Labour Panel	Fine Gael		Dick Dowling elected to 24th Dáil at general election^[2]
24 November 1982	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil		Paudge Brennan elected to 24th Dáil at general election^[2]
24 November 1982	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil		M. J. Nolan elected to 24th Dáil at general election^[2]
24 November 1982	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil		Ned O'Keeffe elected to 24th Dáil at general election^[2]
13 December 1982	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Aidan Eames nominated to fill vacancy after the general election^[4]
13 December 1982	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Seán O'Connor nominated to fill vacancy after the general election^[4]
13 December 1982	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Frank Wall nominated to fill vacancy after the general election^[4]

References

^ "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 98, No. 1: Election of Cathaoirleach". Oireachtas. 13 May 1982. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 99, No. 4, Election of Members to Dáil Éireann". Oireachtas. 21 December 1982. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 98, No. 2: Election of Leas-Cathaoirleach". Oireachtas. 19 May 1982. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 99, No. 4: Nomination of Members". Oireachtas. 21 December 2023. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

External links

"16th Seanad". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 22 February 2008.
"16th Seanad". Oireachtas Debates. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[Cathaoirleach-1] "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 98, No. 1: Election of Cathaoirleach". Oireachtas. 13 May 1982. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[dail-nov82-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 99, No. 4, Election of Members to Dáil Éireann". Oireachtas. 21 December 1982. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[3] "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 98, No. 2: Election of Leas-Cathaoirleach". Oireachtas. 19 May 1982. Archived from the original on 22 December 2020. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[nom-nov82-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Official Report (Seanad Éireann), Volume 99, No. 4: Nomination of Members". Oireachtas. 21 December 2023. Archived from the original on 29 June 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

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