20th Seanad

The 20th Seanad was in office from 1993 to 1997. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1992 general election to the 27th Dáil.^[1] The senators served until the close of poll for the 21st Seanad.

20th Seanad
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Overview
Legislative body	Seanad Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	17 February 1993 – 10 July 1997
Government	23rd government of Ireland (1993–1994) 24th government of Ireland (1994–1997)
Members	60
Cathaoirleach	Seán Fallon (FF) (1993–1995) Liam Naughten (FG) (1995–1996) Liam T. Cosgrave (FG) (1996–1997)
Leas-Chathaoirleach	Liam Naughten (FG) (1993–1995) Brian Mullooly (FF) (1995–1997)
Leader of the Seanad	G. V. Wright (FF) (1993–1994) Maurice Manning (FG) (1994–1997)

Cathaoirleach

On 17 February 1993, Seán Fallon (FF) was proposed as Cathaoirleach by G. V. Wright (FF) and seconded by Jan O'Sullivan (Lab). He was elected without a division, with David Norris (Ind) dissenting.^[2]

On 25 February 1993, Liam Naughten (FG) was proposed as Leas-Chathaoirleach by Maurice Manning (FG) and seconded by Madeleine Taylor-Quinn (FG). Mary Henry (Ind) was proposed by David Norris (Ind) and seconded by Cathy Honan (PDs). Naughten was elected by a vote of 19 to 6.^[3]

On 4 July 1995, Seán Fallon died.^[4] On 12 July 1995, Liam Naughten (FG) was proposed as Cathaoirleach by Maurice Manning (FG) and seconded by Liam T. Cosgrave (FG). He was elected without a division.^[5] On 19 July 1995, Brian Mullooly was proposed as Leas-Chathaoirleach by G. V. Wright (FF) and seconded by Tom Fitzgerald (FF). He was elected without a division.^[6]

On 16 November 1996, Liam Naughten died.^[7] On 27 November 1996, Liam T. Cosgrave (FG) was proposed as Cathaoirleach by Maurice Manning (FG) and seconded by Jan O'Sullivan (Lab). Brian Mullooly (FF) was proposed by G. V. Wright (FF) and seconded by Michael Finneran (FF). Cosgrave was elected by a vote of 31 to 28.^[8]

Composition of the 20th 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 20th Seanad first met on 17 February 1993.

Origin Party		Vocational panels					NUI	DU	Nominated	Total
		Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour
	Fianna Fáil	3	5	2	4	5	0	0	6	25
	Fine Gael	3	4	2	3	4	0	1	0	17
	Labour Party	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	4	9
	Progressive Democrats	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2
	Democratic Left	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	1	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
Louis Belton	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to 28th Dáil at general election[9]
Joe Doyle	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael
Tom Enright	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to 28th Dáil at general election[9]
Michael Finneran	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil
Michael O'Kennedy	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to 28th Dáil at general election[9]
Jan O'Sullivan	Administrative Panel		Labour
Dick Roche	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to 28th Dáil at general election[9]
Paddy Burke	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael
Michael Calnan	Agricultural Panel		Labour
Brendan Daly	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to 28th Dáil at general election[9]
Michael D'Arcy	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to 28th Dáil at general election[9]
John Dardis	Agricultural Panel		Progressive Democrats
John V. Farrelly	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to 28th Dáil at general election[9]
Tom Fitzgerald	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Rory Kiely	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Patrick McGowan	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Liam Naughten	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael	Died on 16 November 1996[10]
Francis O'Brien	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil
Denis Naughten	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael	Elected at by-election on 28 January 1997[11]
Mary Kelly	Cultural and Educational Panel		Labour
Maurice Manning	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael
Ann Ormonde	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil
Paschal Mooney	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fianna Fáil
Madeleine Taylor-Quinn	Cultural and Educational Panel		Fine Gael
Eddie Bohan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Liam T. Cosgrave	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael
Seán Fallon	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil	Died on 4 July 1995[12]
Willie Farrell	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Ann Gallagher	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Labour
Cathy Honan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Progressive Democrats
Michael Howard	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael
Mick Lanigan	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil
Gerry Reynolds	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael	Elected to 28th Dáil at general election[9]
Sam McAughtry	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Independent	Elected at by-election on 23 February 1996[13]
Donie Cassidy	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Bill Cotter	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Denis Cregan	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Frank Fahey	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil	Elected to 28th Dáil at general election[9]
Dan Kiely	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Joe Sherlock	Labour Panel		Democratic Left	Elected as part of an election pact with the Progressive Democrats[14]
Don Lydon	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Seán Maloney	Labour Panel		Labour
Jarlath McDonagh	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
Brian Mullooly	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil
Dan Neville	Labour Panel		Fine Gael
J. J. Lee	National University of Ireland		Independent
Joe O'Toole	National University of Ireland		Independent
Feargal Quinn	National University of Ireland		Independent
Mary Henry	Dublin University		Independent
David Norris	Dublin University		Independent
Shane Ross	Dublin University		Fine Gael
Seán Byrne	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil
Bill Cashin	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Labour
Brian Crowley	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Resigned on 31 August 1994, after election to the European Parliament[15]
Brian Hillery	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Resigned on 4 May 1994, after appointment to the board of the EBRD[16]
Billy Kelleher	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Elected to 28th Dáil at general election[9]
Pat Magner	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Labour
Marian McGennis	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Elected to 28th Dáil at general election[9]
Jim Townsend	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Labour
Jack Wall	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Labour	Elected to 28th Dáil at general election[9]
Gordon Wilson	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent	Died on 27 June 1995[17]
G. V. Wright	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Elected to 28th Dáil at general election[9]
Edward Haughey	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Nominated on 13 December 1994 to fill vacancy[18]
Michael Mulcahy	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Nominated on 13 December 1994 to fill vacancy[18]
Brian Hayes	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fine Gael	Nominated on 20 December 1995 to fill vacancy;[19] Elected to 28th Dáil at general election[9]
Tom Berkery	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fine Gael	Nominated on 13 June 1997 to fill vacancy after general election[20]
Niamh Bhreathnach	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Labour	Nominated on 13 June 1997 to fill vacancy after general election[20]
Niamh Cosgrave	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fine Gael	Nominated on 13 June 1997 to fill vacancy after general election[20]
Michael Enright	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Democratic Left	Nominated on 13 June 1997 to fill vacancy after general election[20]
Aidan O'Connor	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fine Gael	Nominated on 13 June 1997 to fill vacancy after general election[20]

Changes

Date	Panel	Loss		Gain		Note
4 May 1994	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil			Brian Hillery resigned after appointment to the board of the EBRD[16]
31 August 1994	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil			Brian Crowley resigned after election to the European Parliament[15]
13 December 1994	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Fianna Fáil	Edward Haughey nominated to fill vacancy[18]
13 December 1994	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Fianna Fáil	Michael Mulcahy nominated to fill vacancy[18]
27 June 1995	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Independent			Death of Gordon Wilson[17]
4 July 1995	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil			Death of Seán Fallon[12]
20 December 1995	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Fine Gael	Brian Hayes nominated to fill vacancy[19]
23 February 1996	Industrial and Commercial Panel				Independent	Sam McAughtry elected at by-election following the death of Seán Fallon[21][13]
16 November 1996	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael			Death of Liam Naughten[10]
28 January 1997	Agricultural Panel				Fine Gael	Denis Naughten elected at by-election following the death of Liam Naughten[22][11]
6 June 1997	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael			Louis Belton elected to 28th Dáil at 1997 general election[9]
6 June 1997	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael			Michael D'Arcy elected to 28th Dáil at 1997 general election[9]
6 June 1997	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil			Brendan Daly elected to 28th Dáil at 1997 general election[9]
6 June 1997	Administrative Panel		Fine Gael			Tom Enright elected to 28th Dáil at 1997 general election[9]
6 June 1997	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil			Frank Fahey elected to 28th Dáil at 1997 general election[9]
6 June 1997	Agricultural Panel		Fine Gael			John V. Farrelly elected to 28th Dáil at 1997 general election[9]
6 June 1997	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fine Gael			Brian Hayes elected to 28th Dáil at 1997 general election[9]
6 June 1997	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil			Billy Kelleher elected to 28th Dáil at 1997 general election[9]
6 June 1997	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil			Marian McGennis elected to 28th Dáil at 1997 general election[9]
6 June 1997	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil			Michael O'Kennedy elected to 28th Dáil at 1997 general election[9]
6 June 1997	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fine Gael			Gerry Reynolds elected to 28th Dáil at 1997 general election[9]
6 June 1997	Administrative Panel		Fianna Fáil			Dick Roche elected to 28th Dáil at 1997 general election[9]
6 June 1997	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Labour			Jack Wall elected to 28th Dáil at 1997 general election[9]
6 June 1997	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil			G. V. Wright elected to 28th Dáil at 1997 general election[9]
13 June 1997	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Fine Gael	Tom Berkery nominated to fill vacancy after the 1997 general election[20][23]
13 June 1997	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Labour	Niamh Bhreathnach nominated to fill vacancy after the 1997 general election[23]
13 June 1997	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Fine Gael	Niamh Cosgrave nominated to fill vacancy after the 1997 general election[23]
13 June 1997	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Democratic Left	Michael Enright nominated to fill vacancy after the 1997 general election[23]
13 June 1997	Nominated by the Taoiseach				Fine Gael	Aidan O'Connor nominated to fill vacancy after the 1997 general election[23]