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21st Seanad
21st Seanad
Overview
Legislative body	Seanad Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	17 September 1997 – 26 June 2002
Government	25th Government of Ireland
Members	60
Cathaoirleach	Brian Mullooly
Leas-Chathaoirleach	Liam T. Cosgrave
Leader of the; Seanad	Donie Cassidy

The 21st Seanad was in office from 1997 to 2002. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1997 general election to the 28th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 22nd Seanad at the end of July 2002.

Composition of the 21st Seanad

There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad. 43 Senators were elected on five vocational panels, 6 were elected from two university constituencies and 11 are nominated by the Taoiseach.

The following table shows the composition by party when the 21st Seanad first met on 17 September 1997.

Origin Party		Vocational panels					NUI	DU	Nominated	Total
Origin Party		Admin	Agri	Cult & Educ	Ind & Comm	Labour	NUI	DU	Nominated	Total
	Fianna Fáil	3	6	3	5	6	0	0	6	29
	Fine Gael	3	4	2	3	4	0	0	0	16
	Labour Party	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	4
	Progressive Democrats	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
	Independent	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	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		Notes
Fintan Coogan	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael
Joe Costello	Administrative Panel	Labour	Elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election^[1]
Joe Doyle	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael
Michael Finneran	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election^[1]
Camillus Glynn	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
Tony Kett	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil
Fergus O'Dowd	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election^[1]
Paddy Burke	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael
Peter Callanan	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
John Connor	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael
Avril Doyle	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael
Tom Hayes	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael	Elected to Dáil at the Tipperary South by-election on 30 June 2001^[2]
Rory Kiely	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Patrick McGowan	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil	Died on 3 October 1999^[3]
Pat Moylan	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Francis O'Brien	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Kathleen O'Meara	Agricultural Panel	Labour
Jim Walsh	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil
Seán Ó Fearghaíl	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to Seanad in a by-election on 2 June 2000;^[4] Elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election^[1]
M. J. Nolan	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to the Seanad at a by-election on 18 December 2001;^[5] Elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election^[1]
Maurice Manning	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fine Gael
Paschal Mooney	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil
Labhrás Ó Murchú	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil
Ann Ormonde	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fianna Fáil
Madeleine Taylor-Quinn	Cultural and Educational Panel	Fine Gael
Eddie Bohan	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
Ernie Caffrey	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael
Paul Coghlan	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael
Liam T. Cosgrave	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fine Gael
Margaret Cox	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
Willie Farrell	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
Pat Gallagher	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Labour	Resigned from the Seanad on 12 October 1999^[6]
Jim Glennon	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to the Seanad at a by-election on 2 June 2000;^[7] Elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election^[1]
Mick Lanigan	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil
Denis O'Donovan	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election^[1]
Donie Cassidy	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election^[1]
Denis Cregan	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
Liam Fitzgerald	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Des Hanafin	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Mary Jackman	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
Dan Kiely	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Don Lydon	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Jarlath McDonagh	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
Brian Mullooly	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil
Therese Ridge	Labour Panel	Fine Gael
Seán Ryan	Labour Panel	Labour	Elected to the Dáil at the Dublin North by-election on 11 March 1998^[8]
John Cregan	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil	Elected to the Seanad at a by-election on 23 June 1998;^[9] Elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election^[1]
Joe O'Toole	National University of Ireland	Independent
Feargal Quinn	National University of Ireland	Independent
Brendan Ryan	National University of Ireland	Independent	Joined the Labour Party on 14 January 1999^[10]
Mary Henry	Dublin University	Independent
David Norris	Dublin University	Independent
Shane Ross	Dublin University	Independent
Enda Bonner	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Frank Chambers	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
John Dardis	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Progressive Democrats
Tom Fitzgerald	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Resigned from Seanad on 4 April 2002^[11]
Dermot Fitzpatrick	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election^[1]
Jim Gibbons	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Progressive Democrats
Edward Haughey	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Maurice Hayes	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Independent
Helen Keogh	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Progressive Democrats	Changed from Progressive Democrats to Fine Gael on 14 June 2000^[12]
Ann Leonard	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil
Máirín Quill	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Progressive Democrats
Martin Mackin	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Nominated on 22 May 2002 to fill vacancy^[13]
Mary O'Rourke	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil	Nominated on 22 May 2002 to fill vacancy^[13]

Changes

Date	Panel			Note
11 March 1998	Labour Panel	Labour		Seán Ryan elected to the Dáil at the Dublin North by-election^[8]
23 June 1998	Labour Panel		Fianna Fáil	John Cregan elected to the Seanad at a by-election^[9]
14 January 1999	National University	Independent	Labour	Brendan Ryan joined the Labour Party^[10]
3 October 1999	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil		Death of Patrick McGowan (FF)^[3]
12 October 1999	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Labour		Pat Gallagher (Lab) resigned from the Seanad^[6]
9 June 2000	Industrial and Commercial Panel		Fianna Fáil	Jim Glennon (FF) elected to the Seanad at a by-election^[7]
9 June 2000	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil	Seán Ó Fearghaíl (FF) elected to Seanad in a by-election^[4]
14 June 2000	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Progressive Democrats	Fine Gael	Helen Keogh (PD) joined Fine Gael^[12]
30 June 2001	Agricultural Panel	Fine Gael		Tom Hayes (FG) elected to Dáil at the Tipperary South by-election^[2]
December 2001	Agricultural Panel		Fianna Fáil	M. J. Nolan (FF) elected to the Seanad at a by-election^[5]
4 April 2002	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil		Tom Fitzgerald (FF) resigned from the Seanad^[11]
17 May 2002	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil		Donie Cassidy (FF) elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election^[1]
17 May 2002	Administrative Panel	Labour		Joe Costello (Lab) elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election^[1]
17 May 2002	Labour Panel	Fianna Fáil		John Cregan (FF) elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election^[1]
17 May 2002	Administrative Panel	Fianna Fáil		Michael Finneran (FF) elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election^[1]
17 May 2002	Nominated by the Taoiseach	Fianna Fáil		Dermot Fitzpatrick (FF) elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election^[1]
17 May 2002	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil		Jim Glennon (FF) elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election^[1]
17 May 2002	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil		M. J. Nolan (FF) elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election^[1]
17 May 2002	Industrial and Commercial Panel	Fianna Fáil		Denis O'Donovan (FF) elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election^[1]
17 May 2002	Administrative Panel	Fine Gael		Fergus O'Dowd (FG) elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election^[1]
17 May 2002	Agricultural Panel	Fianna Fáil		Seán Ó Fearghaíl (FF) elected to Dáil at the 2002 general election^[1]
22 May 2002	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Mary O'Rourke nominated to fill vacancy^[13]
22 May 2002	Nominated by the Taoiseach		Fianna Fáil	Martin Mackin nominated to fill vacancy^[13]

References

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^ ^a ^b "Mr. Tom Hayes". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Mr. Patrick McGowan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Mr. Seán Ó Fearghaíl". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Mr. M. J. Nolan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Mr. Pat Gallagher". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Mr. Jim Glennon". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Mr. Seán Ryan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Mr. John Cregan". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Mr. Brendan Ryan". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Mr. Tom Fitzgerald". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Ms. Helen Keogh". Oireachtas Members Database. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Seanad Éireann debates, Volume 169, 26 June 2002: Nomination of Members". Oireachtas. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 1 November 2008.