Cultural and Educational Panel
{{Short description|Seanad Éireann constituency}}
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{{Infobox constituency
| name = Cultural and Educational Panel
| type = Seanad Éireann
| year = 1938
| seats = 5
| members_label = Senators
| members = {{unbulleted list
| {{Color box|{{party color|Fine Gael}}|border=darkgray}} Cathal Byrne (FG)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Independent politician (Ireland)}}|border=darkgray}} Joe Conway (Ind)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Fianna Fáil}}|border=darkgray}} Shane Curley (FF)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Fine Gael}}|border=darkgray}} Seán Kyne (FG)
| {{Color box|{{party color|Sinn Féin}}|border=darkgray}} Pauline Tully (SF)
}}
}}
The Cultural and Educational 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 Cultural and Educational Panel elects five 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 Cultural and Educational Panel is defined in Article 18.7.1° (i) as "National Language and Culture, Literature, Art, Education and such professional interests as may be defined by law for the purpose of this panel".{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/cons/en/html#article18_7_1|title=Constitution of Ireland|access-date=29 March 2020|website=Irish Statute Book|archive-date=3 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190503055502/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/cons/en/html#article18_7_1|url-status=live}} The Seanad returning officer maintains a list of nominating bodies for each of the five panels.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1947/act/42/section/8/enacted/en/html|title=Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 8: Establishment and maintenance of register of nominating bodies|date=19 December 1947|access-date=7 March 2020|website=Irish Statute Book|archive-date=2 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302121702/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1947/act/42/section/8/enacted/en/html|url-status=live}} Candidates may be nominated either by four members of the Oireachtas or by a nominating body.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1947/act/42/section/25/enacted/en/html|title=Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 25: Nomination to panels by members of Oireachtas|date=19 December 1947|access-date=7 March 2020|website=Irish Statute Book|archive-date=2 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302121751/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1947/act/42/section/25/enacted/en/html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1947/act/42/section/26/enacted/en/html|title=Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 26: Proposals for nominations to panel by registered nominating bodies|date=19 December 1947|access-date=7 March 2020|website=Irish Statute Book|archive-date=2 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302121643/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1947/act/42/section/26/enacted/en/html|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1947/act/42/section/44/enacted/en/html|title=Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 44: The electorate|date=19 December 1947|access-date=7 March 2020|website=Irish Statute Book|archive-date=2 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200302121743/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1947/act/42/section/44/enacted/en/html|url-status=live}} Five senators are elected on the Cultural and Educational Panel, at least two of whom must have been nominated by Oireachtas members and at least two must have been nominated by nominating bodies.{{cite web|url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1947/act/42/section/52/enacted/en/html|title=Seanad Electoral (Panel Members) Act 1947, Section 52: Allocation of members amongst the panels|date=19 December 1947|access-date=29 March 2020|website=Irish Statute Book|archive-date=28 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200328125631/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1947/act/42/section/52/enacted/en/html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/libraryResearch/2020/2020-02-26_l-rs-infographic-seanad-eireann-electoral-process_en.pdf|title=The Seanad Éireann Electoral Process|website=Oireachtas|date=February 2020|access-date=7 March 2020|format=PDF|archive-date=28 March 2020|archive-url=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|url-status=live}}{{clear}}
Senators
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|Independent politician (Ireland)
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Séamus Ó hEocha
|elections = 1
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Seán O'Donovan
|elections = 5
|party = Fianna Fáil
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Gearóid O'Sullivan
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Patrick Doyle
|elections = 5
|party = Fine Gael
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = James Parkinson{{efn|Resigned on 31 July 1947 due to ill-health.}}
|elections = 5
|party = Fine Gael
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{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 3
|byelections = 1
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Thomas Delany{{efn|Died on 9 July 1939.}}
|elections = 1
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = James Crosbie
|elections = 2
|party = Fine Gael
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{{Irish Sen table by-election
|year = 1941
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Thomas J. O'Connell{{efn|Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 22 January 1941, to replace Thomas Delany.}}
|elections = 2
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
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|seannum = 4
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Donal O'Sullivan
|elections = 1
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
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{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 5
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Patrick J. O'Reilly
|elections = 1
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Louis O'Dea
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
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{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 6
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Thomas J. O'Connell
|elections = 1
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Liam Ó Buachalla
|elections = 6
|party = Fianna Fáil
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Frank Loughman
|elections = 2
|party = Fianna Fáil
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Cecil Lavery{{efn|Appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court on 21 April 1950.}}
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Michael Hayes
|elections = 2
|party = Fine Gael
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{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 7
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Patrick F. O'Reilly
|elections = 1
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = James B. Lynch{{efn|Died on 12 March 1954.}}
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
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{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 8
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Thomas J. O'Connell
|elections = 1
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Eamon Kissane
|elections = 3
|party = Fianna Fáil
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Michael ffrench-O'Carroll
|elections = 1
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = James Crosbie
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
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{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 9
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Anthony Barry
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = John O'Donovan
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Michael Hayes
|elections = 2
|party = Fine Gael
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{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 10
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Timothy McAuliffe
|elections = 2
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = John J. Nash
|elections = 3
|party = Fianna Fáil
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{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 11
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Michael O'Kennedy
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Ben O'Quigley{{efn|Died on 29 May 1969.}}
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 12
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = John Kelly
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Kit Ahern
|elections = 4
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Michael Yeats
|elections = 4
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Michael O'Higgins
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 13
|byelections = 2
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Timothy McAuliffe
|elections = 6
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Billy Fox{{efn|Assassinated on 12 March 1974.}}
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Mary Walsh{{efn|Died on 18 August 1976.}}
|elections = 2
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table by-election
|year = 1975
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Roddy Connolly{{efn|Elected to Seanad at a by-election 23 April 1975, in place of Billy Fox.}}
|elections = 2
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish Sen table by-election
|year = 1976
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Vincent McHugh{{efn|Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 25 October 1976, replacing Mary Walsh.}}
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 14
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Richard Conroy
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Flor Crowley
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Patrick Cooney
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = David Molony
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 15
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Mary O'Rourke
|elections = 2
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Joe Walsh
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Patsy Lawlor
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Maurice Manning
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 16
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Séamus de Brún
|elections = 2
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Joachim Loughrey
|elections = 3
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Madeleine Taylor
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 17
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{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Helena McAuliffe-Ennis{{efn|Joined the Progressive Democrats in 1986.}}
|elections = 1
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Michael Smith
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Brian Fleming
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 18
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Seán Byrne
|elections = 2
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Tony McKenna
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Paschal Mooney
|elections = 5
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Maurice Manning
|elections = 4
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 19
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Éamon Ó Cuív
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Joe O'Reilly
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 20
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Madeleine Taylor-Quinn
|elections = 2
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Mary Kelly
|elections = 1
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Ann Ormonde
|elections = 4
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 21
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Labhrás Ó Murchú{{efn|Resigned the Fianna Fáil whip on 7 July 2010, rejoining on 23 November 2010.}}
|elections = 5
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 22
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Noel Coonan
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Brian Hayes
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 23
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Alex White
|elections = 1
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Cecilia Keaveney
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Liam Twomey
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 24
|byelections = 1
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = John Gilroy
|elections = 2
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Thomas Byrne
|elections = 2
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Deirdre Clune{{efn|Elected to the European Parliament in May 2014.}}
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Michael Mullins
|elections = 2
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table by-election
|year = 2014
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Gerard Craughwell{{efn|Elected in a by-election on 10 October 2014, replacing Deirdre Clune.}}
|elections = 1
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 25
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Fintan Warfield
|elections = 2
|party = Sinn Féin
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Lorraine Clifford-Lee
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Keith Swanick
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Gabrielle McFadden
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Kieran O'Donnell{{efn|Elected to Dáil Éireann on 8 February 2020.}}
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 26
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Malcolm Byrne
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Lisa Chambers
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Seán Kyne
|elections = 2
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = John McGahon
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table Seanad
|seannum = 27
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Pauline Tully
|elections = 1
|party = Sinn Féin
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Shane Curley
|elections = 1
|party = Fianna Fáil
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Joe Conway
|elections = 1
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
}}
{{Irish Sen table Sen with party link
|name = Cathal Byrne
|elections = 1
|party = Fine Gael
}}
{{Irish Sen table end}}
;Notes
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List of nominating bodies
The following bodies are on the register of nominating bodies maintained by the Seanad Returning Officer for the Cultural and Educational Panel:{{cite web|url=https://data.oireachtas.ie/ie/oireachtas/electoralProcess/nominatingBodies/seanad/2019/2019-07-24_register-of-nominating-bodies-2019_en.pdf|title=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.|website=Oireachtas|date=19 July 2019|access-date=29 March 2020|format=PDF|archive-date=12 February 2020|archive-url=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|url-status=live}}
- Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland (ASTI)
- Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
- Comhlámh
- Conradh na Gaeilge
- Bar Council 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
- 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
- Visual Artists Ireland
- Writers' Guild of Ireland
References
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