Agricultural Panel
The Agricultural Panel (Irish: An Rolla Talmhaíochta) is one of five vocational panels which together elect 43 of the 60 members of Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland). The Agricultural Panel elects eleven senators, at least four of whom must come from the Oireachtas members' nominees and at least another three must come from the nominating bodies' nominees.
Senators
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Key to parties
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| Sen | Election | Senator (Party) | Senator (Party) | Senator (Party) | Senator (Party) | Senator (Party) | Senator (Party) | Senator (Party) | Senator (Party) | Senator (Party) | Senator (Party) | Senator (Party) | |||||||||||
| 2nd | 1938 | Patrick Baxter (FG) | William Caffrey (FG) | Seán Gibbons (FF) | John Nassau Greene (Ind) | Patrick Kehoe (FF) | Martin O'Dwyer (Ind) | William O'Callaghan (FG) | Ross McGillycuddy (Ind) | Pádraic Ó Máille (FF) | William Quirke [note 1] (FF) | Michael Twomey (Ind) | |||||||||||
| 3rd | 1938 | Patrick Baxter [note 2] (CnaT) | Neal Blaney (FF) | Michael Colbert (FF) | John Counihan (Ind) | Dominick MacCabe (Ind) | |||||||||||||||||
| 4th | 1943 | Daniel Hogan (FF) | Gerard Sweetman (FG) | Peter Lynch (Ind) | Thomas Walsh (FF) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 5th | 1944 | Edmund Horan (CnaT) | Patrick O'Reilly (FF) | William O'Callaghan (FG) | Timothy O'Donovan (FG) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6th | 1948 | Robert Malachy Burke [note 3] (Lab) | Seán Gibbons (FF) | Martin Quinn (Ind) | Martin O'Dwyer (Ind) | James Tunney (Lab) | |||||||||||||||||
| 7th | 1951 | Bernard Commons (CnaT) | Patrick Gorry (FF) | James Kilroy [note 4] (FF) | Michael Óg McFadden (FG) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8th | 1954 | Timothy O'Sullivan (FF) | Patrick Cogan (Ind) | John Mannion Snr (FG) | Micheál Prendergast (FG) | John Donnelly Sheridan [note 5] (Ind) | James J. McCrea (Lab) | ||||||||||||||||
1956 | Joe Sheridan [note 6] (Ind) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9th | 1957 | Daniel Hogan (FF) | Patrick Crowe (FG) | Paddy Donegan (FG) | Robert Lahiffe (FF) | James Tunney (Lab) | |||||||||||||||||
1960 | Martin O'Dwyer [note 7] (Ind) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10th | 1961 | Patrick W. Ryan (Ind) | Charles McDonald (FG) | John Mannion Snr (FG) | William Ryan (FF) | Jack Fitzgerald (Lab) | |||||||||||||||||
1963 | Batt Donegan (FF) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11th | 1965 | James Martin [note 8] (FF) | Patrick McGowan (FF) | Patrick Malone (FG) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12th | 1969 | John Doyle (FF) | Pierce Butler (FG) | John Mannion Jnr (FG) | Andy O'Brien (FG) | ||||||||||||||||||
1970 | Cornelius O'Callaghan [note 9] (FF) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13th | 1973 | Bob Aylward [note 10] (FF) | Bernard Cowen (FF) | Jack Barrett (FG) | Joe McCartin (FG) | Liam Whyte (FG) | |||||||||||||||||
1975 | Pat Codd [note 11] (FG) | Michael Ferris [note 11] (Lab) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14th | 1977 | Paul Connaughton Snr (FG) | Justin Keating (Lab) | Gerard Lynch (FG) | Charles McDonald (FG) | John Ellis (FF) | Rory Kiely (FF) | Martin O'Toole (FF) | |||||||||||||||
| 15th | 1981 | Liam Naughten (FG) | Michael Ferris (Lab) | Thomas Hussey (FF) | John Mannion Jnr (FG) | Tom Fitzgerald (FF) | Richard Bruton (FG) | ||||||||||||||||
| 16th | 1982 | Bernard Durkan (FG) | Richard Hourigan (FG) | Joseph Lennon (FG) | Michael Smith (FF) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17th | 1983 | Michael Quealy (FG) | John Ellis (FF) | Ulick Burke (FG) | Rory Kiely (FF) | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18th | 1987 | Paul Bradford (FG) | Pádraic McCormack (FG) | John Connor (FG) | Tom Fitzgerald (FF) | Patrick McGowan [note 12] (FF) | |||||||||||||||||
| 19th | 1989 | Liam Naughten [note 13] (FG) | Pat Upton (Lab) | Richard Hourigan (FG) | Seán McCarthy (FF) | Francis O'Brien (FF) | Avril Doyle (FG) | ||||||||||||||||
| 20th | 1993 | Michael Calnan (Lab) | Brendan Daly (FF) | Paddy Burke (FG) | John V. Farrelly (FG) | John Dardis (PD) | Michael D'Arcy (FG) | ||||||||||||||||
1997 | Denis Naughten [note 14] (FG) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21st | 1997 | Tom Hayes [note 15] (FG) | Kathleen O'Meara (Lab) | Peter Callanan [note 16] (FF) | Jim Walsh [note 17] (FF) | John Connor (FG) | Pat Moylan (FF) | Avril Doyle (FG) | |||||||||||||||
2000 | Seán Ó Fearghaíl [note 18] (FF) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2001 | M. J. Nolan [note 19] (FF) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 22nd | 2002 | Paul Bradford [note 20] [note 21] (FG) | Eamon Scanlon (FF) | Ulick Burke (FG) | Martin Mansergh (FF) | John Paul Phelan (FG) | |||||||||||||||||
| 23rd | 2007 | Alan Kelly [note 22] (Lab) | John Carty (FF) | Eugene Regan (FG) | Pat Moylan (FF) | Pearse Doherty [note 23] (SF) | |||||||||||||||||
2009 | Niall Ó Brolcháin [note 24] (GP) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | Paschal Mooney [note 25] (FF) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 24th | 2011 | James Heffernan [note 26] [note 27] (Lab) | Michael Comiskey (FG) | Brian Ó Domhnaill (FF) | Pat O'Neill (FG) | Susan O'Keeffe (Lab) | Trevor Ó Clochartaigh [note 28] [note 29] (SF) | Denis O'Donovan (FF) | |||||||||||||||
| 25th | 2016 | Victor Boyhan (Ind) | Denis Landy [note 30] (Lab) | Grace O'Sullivan (GP) | Paul Daly (FF) | Maria Byrne (FG) | Tim Lombard (FG) | Rose Conway-Walsh (SF) | |||||||||||||||
2018 | Ian Marshall [note 31] (Ind) | Anthony Lawlors [note 31] (FG) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns.
^ Died on 5 March 1955
^ Died on 3 April 1959
^ Resigned on 6 December 1950
^ Died on 5 January 1954
^ Died on 5 April 1963
^ Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 14 May 1956
^ Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 9 February 1960
^ Died on 3 October 1969
^ Died on 24 January 1974
^ Died on 18 July 1974
^ ab Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 23 April 1975
^ Died on 3 October 1999
^ Died on 16 November 1996
^ Elected to Seanad at by-election on 28 January 1997
^ Elected to Dáil at the Tipperary South by-election on 30 June 2001
^ Died on 11 October 2009
^ Resigned the Fianna Fáil whip on 26 March 2015
^ Elected to Seanad in a by-election on 2 June 2000
^ Elected to the Seanad at a by-election in December 2001
^ Lost the Fine Gael whip on 16 July 2013
^ Joined Renua on 13 March 2015.
^ Elected to the European Parliament on 7 June 2009.
^ Elected to Dáil Éireann in a by-election on 26 November 2010
^ Elected to Seanad in a by-election on 14 December 2009
^ Elected to Seanad in a by-election on 19 January 2010
^ Lost the Labour whip on 21 December 2012
^ Joined the Social Democrats on 3 September 2015
^ Resigned the Sinn Féin whip on 30 November 2017
^ Resigned from Seanad on 5 March 2018
^ Retired on health grounds on 28 November 2017
^ ab Elected at a by-election on 27 April 2018
List of nominating bodies
- Agricultural Science Association
- Dairy Executives' Association
- Irish Thoroughbred Breeders' Association
- Irish Co-operative Organisation Society
- Irish Grain and Feed Association
- Irish Greyhound Owners and Breeders Federation
- Munster Agricultural Society Company
- National Association of Regional Game Councils
Royal Dublin Society (RDS)
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