Agricultural Panel Explained

Agricultural Panel
Type:Seanad Éireann
Year:1938
Seats:11
Members Label:Senators

The Agricultural Panel is one of five vocational panels which together elect 43 of the 60 members of Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland). The Agricultural Panel elects eleven senators.

Election

Article 18 of the Constitution of Ireland provides that 43 of the 60 senators are to be elected from five vocational panels. The Agricultural Panel is defined in Article 18.7.1°(v) as "Agriculture and allied interests, and Fisheries".[1] The Seanad returning officer maintains a list of nominating bodies for each of the five panels.[2] Candidates may be nominated either by four members of the Oireachtas or by a nominating body.[3] [4] The electorate consists of city and county councillors and current members of the Oireachtas. As the Seanad election takes place after the election to the Dáil, the Oireachtas members are the members of the incoming Dáil and the outgoing Seanad.[5] Eleven senators are elected on the Agricultural Panel, at least four of whom must have been nominated by Oireachtas members and at least four must have been nominated by nominating bodies.[6] [7]

Senators

Notes

List of nominating bodies

The following bodies are on the register of nominating bodies maintained by the Seanad Returning Officer for the Administrative Panel.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Constitution of Ireland. 7 March 2020. Irish Statute Book. 3 May 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190503055502/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/cons/en/html#article18_7_1. live.
  2. Web site: Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 8: Establishment and maintenance of register of nominating bodies. 19 December 1947. 7 March 2020. Irish Statute Book. 2 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200302121702/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1947/act/42/section/8/enacted/en/html. live.
  3. Web site: Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 25: Nomination to panels by members of Oireachtas. 19 December 1947. 7 March 2020. Irish Statute Book. 2 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200302121751/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1947/act/42/section/25/enacted/en/html. live.
  4. Web site: Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 26: Proposals for nominations to panel by registered nominating bodies. 19 December 1947. 7 March 2020. Irish Statute Book. 2 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200302121643/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1947/act/42/section/26/enacted/en/html. live.
  5. Web site: Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 44: The electorate. 19 December 1947. 7 March 2020. Irish Statute Book. 2 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200302121743/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1947/act/42/section/44/enacted/en/html. live.
  6. Web site: Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 52: Allocation of members amongst the panels. 19 December 1947. 7 March 2020. Irish Statute Book. 28 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200328125631/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1947/act/42/section/52/enacted/en/html. live.
  7. Web site: The Seanad Éireann Electoral Process. Oireachtas. February 2020. 7 March 2020. PDF. 28 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200328125633/https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/libraryResearch/2020/2020-02-26_l-rs-infographic-seanad-eireann-electoral-process_en.pdf. live.
  8. Web site: Register of Nominating Bodies as revised at the annual revision and signed by the Seanad Returning Officer in pursuance of section 19 of the Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, as amended.. Oireachtas. 19 July 2019. 21 March 2020. PDF. 12 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200212211249/https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/electoralProcess/nominatingBodies/seanad/2019/2019-07-24_register-of-nominating-bodies-2019_en.pdf. live.
  9. News: Harry. Walsh. Two FF Seanad hopefuls set on collision course. Donegal News. 2 March 2020. 6 March 2020. 6 March 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200306225741/https://donegalnews.com/2020/03/71395/. live.

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