19th Seanad

19th Seanad
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Overview
Legislative bodySeanad Éireann
JurisdictionIreland
Meeting placeLeinster House
Term1 November 1989 – 17 December 1992
Government
Members60
Cathaoirleach
Leas-ChathaoirleachLiam Naughten (FG)
Leader of the
Seanad
  • Mick Lanigan (FF) (1987–1990)
  • Seán Fallon (FF) (1990–1992)
  • G. V. Wright (FF) (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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4] Fallon won a contest against Des Hanafin, Tras Honan and Willie Farrell to be the Fianna Fáil nominee for the post.[5]

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.

Origin
Party
 Vocational panels NUI DU Nominated Total
Admin Agri Cult & Educ Ind & Comm Labour
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

  • Note: The entries for Senators who were elected or appointed to fill vacancies are shown in italics
Name Panel Party Notes
Joe Costello Administrative Panel   Labour Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992[6]
Seán Doherty Administrative Panel   Fianna Fáil Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992[6]
Michael Finneran Administrative Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Seán Haughey Administrative Panel   Fianna Fáil Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992[6]
Tras Honan Administrative Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Patrick Kennedy 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[6]
Tom Fitzgerald Agricultural Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Richard Hourigan Agricultural Panel   Fine Gael  
Thomas Hussey Agricultural Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Rory Kiely Agricultural Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Seán McCarthy Agricultural Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Charles McDonald Agricultural Panel   Fine Gael  
Pat Upton Agricultural Panel   Labour Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992[6]
Patrick McGowan Agricultural Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Liam Naughten Agricultural Panel   Fine Gael  
Francis O'Brien Agricultural Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Seán Byrne 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[6]
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 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[6]
Michael Howard Industrial and Commercial Panel   Fine Gael  
John Ryan Industrial and Commercial Panel   Labour Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992[6]
Myles Staunton Industrial and Commercial Panel   Fine Gael  
Donie Cassidy Labour Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Des Hanafin Labour Panel   Fianna Fáil  
Jack Harte Labour Panel   Labour  
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 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[6]
John A. Murphy National University of Ireland   Independent  
Joe O'Toole National University of Ireland   Independent  
Brendan Ryan National University of Ireland   Independent  
Carmencita Hederman Dublin University   Independent  
David Norris Dublin University   Independent  
Shane Ross Dublin University   Independent  
Olga Bennett Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil  
Hugh Byrne Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992[6]
Martin Cullen Nominated by the Taoiseach   Progressive Democrats Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992[6]
Brendan Daly Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil Nominated on 3 December 1992 to fill vacancy[6]
John Dardis Nominated by the Taoiseach   Progressive Democrats  
Pat Farrell Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil Nominated on 3 December 1992 to fill vacancy[6]
Helen Keogh Nominated by the Taoiseach   Progressive Democrats Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992[6]
Mick Lanigan Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil  
Terry Leyden Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil Nominated on 3 December 1992 to fill vacancy[6]
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 Nominated on 3 December 1992 to fill vacancy[6]
Eoin Ryan Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil Elected to 27th Dáil at general election on 25 November 1992[6]
G. V. Wright Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil Leader of the Seanad from 23 January 1992

Changes

Date Panel Loss Gain Note
25 November 1992 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil   Hugh Byrne elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election[6]
25 November 1992 Administrative Panel Labour   Joe Costello elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election[6]
25 November 1992 Nominated by the Taoiseach Progressive Democrats   Martin Cullen elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election[6]
25 November 1992 Administrative Panel Fianna Fáil   Seán Doherty elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election[6]
25 November 1992 Agricultural Panel Fine Gael   Avril Doyle elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election[6]
25 November 1992 Industrial and Commercial Panel Fianna Fáil   Denis Foley elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election[6]
25 November 1992 Administrative Panel Fianna Fáil   Seán Haughey elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election[6]
25 November 1992 Nominated by the Taoiseach Progressive Democrats   Helen Keogh elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election[6]
25 November 1992 Cultural and Educational Panel Fianna Fáil   Éamon Ó Cuív elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election[6]
25 November 1992 Labour Panel Fianna Fáil   Batt O'Keeffe elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election[6]
25 November 1992 Nominated by the Taoiseach Fianna Fáil   Eoin Ryan elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election[6]
25 November 1992 Industrial and Commercial Panel Labour   John Ryan elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election[6]
25 November 1992 Agricultural Panel Labour   Pat Upton elected to 27th Dáil at 1992 general election[6]
3 December 1992 Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil Brendan Daly nominated to fill vacancy after the 1992 general election[6]
3 December 1992 Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil Pat Farrell nominated to fill vacancy after the 1992 general election[6]
3 December 1992 Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil Terry Leyden nominated to fill vacancy after the 1992 general election[6]
3 December 1992 Nominated by the Taoiseach   Fianna Fáil Dick Roche nominated to fill vacancy after the 1992 general election[6]

Sources

  • "19th Seanad". Houses of the Oireachtas. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  • "19th Seanad". Oireachtas Debates. Retrieved 1 January 2025.

References

  1. ^ "Election of Cathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 123 No. 1. 1 November 1989.
  2. ^ "Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 123 No. 2. 8 November 1989.
  3. ^ "Resignation of Cathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 131 No. 1. 22 January 1992. Archived from the original on 4 December 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Election of Cathaoirleach". Seanad Debates – Vol. 131 No. 2. 23 January 1992. Archived from the original on 7 August 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Fallon beats Hanafin in secret ballot for chair". The Irish Times. 24 January 1992. p. 8.
  6. ^ 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 ab ac ad ae af ag ah "Business of Seanad". Seanad Debates – Vol. 134 No. 11. 17 December 1992.
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