Cultural and Educational Panel

The Cultural and Educational Panel (Template:Lang-ga) 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 Cultural and Educational Panel elects five senators, at least two of whom must come from the Oireachtas members' nominees and another three must come from the nominating bodies' nominees.

Senators

Senators for the Cultural and Educational Panel
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Lab = Labour SF = Sinn Féin Ind = Independent
Sen	Election	Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)
2nd	1938		Patrick Doyle (FG)		Seán O'Donovan (FF)		Séamus Ó hEocha (Ind)		Gearóid O'Sullivan (FG)		James Parkinson ^{[note 1]} (FG)
3rd	1938						James Crosbie (FG)		Thomas Delany ^{[note 2]} (Ind)
3rd	1941						James Crosbie (FG)		Thomas J. O'Connell ^{[note 3]} (Lab)
4th	1943						Donal O'Sullivan (Ind)		Thomas J. O'Connell ^{[note 3]} (Lab)
5th	1944						Patrick J. O'Reilly (Ind)		Louis O'Dea (FF)
6th	1948		Michael Hayes (FG)		Frank Loughman (FF)		Liam Ó Buachalla (FF)		Thomas J. O'Connell (Lab)		Cecil Lavery ^{[note 4]} (FG)
7th	1951		Michael Hayes (FG)		Frank Loughman (FF)				James B. Lynch ^{[note 5]} (FF)		Patrick F. O'Reilly (Ind)
8th	1954		James Crosbie (FG)		Eamonn Kissane (FF)				Thomas J. O'Connell (Lab)		Michael ffrench-O'Carroll (Ind)
9th	1957		Michael Hayes (FG)						Anthony Barry (FG)		John O'Donovan (FG)
10th	1961		Michael Hayes (FG)						Timothy McAuliffe (Lab)		John J. Nash (FF)
11th	1965		Ben O'Quigley ^{[note 6]} (FG)		Michael O'Kennedy (FF)				Timothy McAuliffe (Lab)
12th	1969		John Kelly (FG)		Kit Ahern (FF)		Michael Yeats (FF)		Michael O'Higgins (FG)
13th	1973		Mary Walsh ^{[note 7]} (FG)						Timothy McAuliffe (Lab)		Billy Fox ^{[note 8]} (FG)
	1975		Mary Walsh ^{[note 7]} (FG)								Roddy Connolly ^{[note 9]} (Lab)
	1976		Vincent McHugh ^{[note 10]} (FG)								Roddy Connolly ^{[note 9]} (Lab)
14th	1977		Patrick Cooney (FG)		Richard Conroy (FF)		Flor Crowley (FF)				David Molony (FG)
15th	1981		Patsy Lawlor (FG)		Mary O'Rourke (FF)		Joe Walsh (FF)				Maurice Manning (FG)
16th	1982		Joachim Loughrey (FG)		Mary O'Rourke (FF)		Séamus de Brún (FF)				Madeleine Taylor (FG)
17th	1983				Michael Smith (FF)		Séamus de Brún (FF)		Helena McAuliffe-Ennis ^{[note 11]} (Lab)		Brian Fleming (FG)
18th	1987				Sean Byrne (FF)		Paschal Mooney (FF)		Tony McKenna (FF)		Maurice Manning (FG)
19th	1989		Joe O'Reilly (FG)		Sean Byrne (FF)				Éamon Ó Cuív (FF)
20th	1993		Madeleine Taylor-Quinn (FG)		Ann Ormonde (FF)				Mary Kelly (Lab)
21st	1997		Madeleine Taylor-Quinn (FG)						Labhrás Ó Murchú ^{[note 12]} (FF)
22nd	2002		Brian Hayes (FG)								Noel Coonan (FG)
23rd	2007		Liam Twomey (FG)				Cecilia Keaveney (FF)				Alex White (Lab)
24th	2011		Michael Mullins (FG)		Thomas Byrne (FF)		Deirdre Clune ^{[note 13]} (FG)				John Gilroy (Lab)
24th	2014		Michael Mullins (FG)		Thomas Byrne (FF)		Gerard Craughwell ^{[note 14]} (Ind)				John Gilroy (Lab)
25th	2016		Kieran O'Donnell (FG)		Lorraine Clifford-Lee (FF)		Fintan Warfield (SF)		Keith Swanick (FF)		Gabrielle McFadden (FG)

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns.

^ Resigned on 31 July 1947 due to ill-health
^ Died on 9 July 1939
^ Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 22 January 1941, to replace Thomas Delany
^ Appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court on 21 April 1950
^ Died on 12 March 1954
^ Died on 29 May 1969
^ Died on 18 August 1976
^ Assassinated on 12 March 1974
^ Elected to Seanad at a by-election 23 April 1975, replacing Billy Fox
^ Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 25 October 1976, replacing Mary Walsh
^ Joined the Progressive Democrats in 1986
^ Resigned the Fianna Fáil whip on 7 July 2010, rejoining on 23 November 2010
^ Elected to the European Parliament in May 2014
^ Elected in a by-election on 10 October 2014, replacing Deirdre Clune

List of nominating bodies

Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
Conradh na Gaeilge
Council of the Bar of Ireland
Dental Council of Ireland
Drama League of Ireland
Education and Training Boards Ireland
Gael Linn
Gaeloideachas
Genealogical Society of Ireland
Institute of Community Health Nursing
Institute of Guidance Counsellors
Irish Countrywomen's Association
Irish Dental Association
Irish Federation of University Teachers
Irish Georgian Society
Irish National Teachers' Organisation
Law Society of Ireland
Library Association of Ireland
Local Authority Medical Specialists
National Youth Council of Ireland
Old Dublin Society (Cumann le Seandacht Átha Cliath)
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Royal Irish Academy
Royal Irish Academy of Music
Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
Teachers' Union of Ireland
Theatre Forum
Údarás na Gaeltachta
Veterinary Council (Comhairle na d'Tréidlia)
Visual Artists Ireland
Writers' Guild of Ireland

References

[1] Resigned on 31 July 1947 due to ill-health

[2] Died on 9 July 1939

[3] Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 22 January 1941, to replace Thomas Delany

[4] Appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court on 21 April 1950

[5] Died on 12 March 1954

[6] Died on 29 May 1969

[7] Died on 18 August 1976

[8] Assassinated on 12 March 1974

[9] Elected to Seanad at a by-election 23 April 1975, replacing Billy Fox

[10] Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 25 October 1976, replacing Mary Walsh

[11] Joined the Progressive Democrats in 1986

[12] Resigned the Fianna Fáil whip on 7 July 2010, rejoining on 23 November 2010

[13] Elected to the European Parliament in May 2014

[14] Elected in a by-election on 10 October 2014, replacing Deirdre Clune

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