16th Seanad

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.

16th Seanad
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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)

Cathaoirleach

On 13 May 1982, Tras Honan (FF) was proposed as Cathaoirleach by Eoin Ryan (FF) and seconded by Séamus de Brún (FF). She was elected without a division.^[1] Honan was the first female Cathaoirleach of the Seanad.

On 19 May 1982, Charles McDonald (FG) was proposed as Leas-Chathaoirleach by James Dooge (FG) and seconded by Patrick J. Reynolds (FG). He was elected without a division.^[2]

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
		Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour
	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	1	0	6
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	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	Party		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
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[3]
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
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[3]
Madeleine Taylor	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to 24th Dáil at general election on 24 November 1982[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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		Labour
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[3]
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[3]
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[3]
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	Loss		Gain		Note
24 November 1982	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael			Bernard Durkan elected to 24th Dáil at general election[3]
24 November 1982	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil			Mary O'Rourke elected to 24th Dáil at general election[3]
24 November 1982	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael			Madeleine Taylor elected to 24th Dáil at general election[3]
24 November 1982	Labour Panel		Fine Gael			Monica Barnes elected to 24th Dáil at general election[3]
24 November 1982	Labour Panel		Fine Gael			Dick Dowling elected to 24th Dáil at general election[3]
24 November 1982	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil			Paudge Brennan elected to 24th Dáil at general election[3]
24 November 1982	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil			M. J. Nolan elected to 24th Dáil at general election[3]
24 November 1982	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil			Ned O'Keeffe elected to 24th Dáil at general election[3]
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]