Agricultural Panel

The Agricultural Panel (Irish: An Rolla Talmhaíochta) is one of five Vocational Panels which together elect 43 members of Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland). The Agricultural panel elects 11 Senators, at least 4 of whom must come from the Oireachtas members' nominees and another three must come from the nominating bodies' nominees.

Senators

Senators for the Agricultural Panel
SenElectionSenator
(Party)
Senator
(Party)
Senator
(Party)
Senator
(Party)
Senator
(Party)
Senator
(Party)
Senator
(Party)
Senator
(Party)
Senator
(Party)
Senator
(Party)
Senator
(Party)
22nd 2002 Paddy Burke
(FG)
Paul Bradford
[note 1]
(FG)
Ulick Burke
(FG)
Peter Callanan
[note 2]
(FF)
Rory Kiely
(FF)
Kathleen O'Meara
(Lab)
Francis O'Brien
(FF)
Martin Mansergh
(FF)
John Paul Phelan
(FG)
Eamon Scanlon
(FF)
Jim Walsh
[note 3]
(FF)
23rd 2007 Eugene Regan
(FG)
Pearse Doherty
(SF)
Alan Kelly
[note 4]
(Lab)
Pat Moylan
(FF)
John Carty
(FF)
2009 Niall Ó Brolcháin
(GP)
2010 Paschal Mooney
(FF)
24th 2011 Michael Comiskey
(FG)
Trevor Ó Clochartaigh
(SF)
James Heffernan
[note 5]
(Lab)
Brian Ó Domhnaill
(FF)
Denis O'Donovan
(FF)
Pat O'Neill
(FG)
Susan O'Keeffe
(Lab)
25th 2016 Victor Boyhan
(Ind)
Maria Byrne
(FG)
Rose Conway-Walsh
(SF)
Grace O'Sullivan
(GP)
Tim Lombard
(FG)
Denis Landy
(Lab)
Paul Daly
(FF)


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

  1. Lost Fine Gael whip on 16 July 2013 after voting against the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill and joined Renua Ireland on 13 March 2015.
  2. Died on 11 October 2009
  3. Resigned the Fianna Fáil whip on 26 March 2015 in opposition to the Children and Family Relationships Bill and the Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Marriage Equality) Bill.
  4. Elected to the European Parliament on 7 June 2009.
  5. Lost the Labour whip on 21 December 2012 and joined the Social Democrats on 3 September 2015.

List of nominating bodies

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