Cultural and Educational Panel
The Cultural and Educational Panel (Irish: An Rolla Saíochta agus Oideachais) 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 Cultural and Educational panel elects 5 Senators, at least 2 of whom must come from the Oireachtas members' nominees and 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) |
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22nd | 2002 | Paschal Mooney (FF) |
Ann Ormonde (FF) |
Noel Coonan (FG) |
Labhrás Ó Murchú [note 1] (FF) |
Brian Hayes (FG) |
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23rd | 2007 | Cecilia Keaveney (FF) |
Alex White (Lab) |
Liam Twomey (FG) |
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24th | 2011 | Thomas Byrne (FF) |
Deirdre Clune [note 2] (FG) |
John Gilroy (Lab) |
Michael Mullins (FG) |
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2015 | Gerard Craughwell (Ind) |
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25th | 2016 | Lorraine Clifford-Lee (FF) |
Fintan Warfield (SF) |
Kieran O'Donnell (FG) |
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 the Fianna Fáil whip on 7 July 2010, during the debate on the Civil Partnership and Certain Rights and Obligations of Cohabitants Bill, rejoining on 23 November 2010.
- ↑ Elected to the European Parliament in May 2014.
Elections
While Oireachtas members and city and county council members have a franchise for general elections for the Seanad, in bye-elections it is confined to Oireachtas members.
2014 by-election
Fine Gael's Deirdre Clune resigned from the Seanad upon being returned to the European Parliament for the South constituency in the May 2014 elections. The by-election to fill the casual vacancy had 225 Oireachtas members as voters, and nomination by 9 members required to be added to the ballot.
Gerard Craughwell, former president of the Teachers' Union of Ireland, put himself forward in August 2014 as an independent candidate, initially a symbolic gesture to protest against the usual practice of the government using its parliamentary majority to secure the election of its chosen candidate.[1] Craughwell secured nomination from members of the technical group and Fianna Fáil.[2]
On 12 September 2014, Heather Humphreys, the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht wrote to John McNulty, a businessman who had run unsuccessfully for Donegal County Council in the 2014 local elections, offering him a place on the board of the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA); on 15 September he accepted, and before nominations closed on 18 September Fine Gael nominated him for the by-election to fill the Seanad vacancy.[3][4][5] Opposition politicians protested that McNulty's IMMA appointment was abusive and had been made solely to bolster his eligibility for the Cultural and Educational Panel; Humphreys took responsibility for the appointment and refused to state whether others had pressed her to make it.[6] McNulty resigned from the IMMA board on 25 September, stating its rules prohibited board members from running for election.[7] On 23 February 2016, in a televised debate before the 2016 general election, Enda Kenny appeared to concede for the first time that it was his decision to nominate McNulty to IMMA, later backtracking somewhat.[8]
On 30 September, McNulty unofficially withdrew from the by-election, stating that "to contest the election would be an ongoing distraction from the critical work of Government"; although his name remained on the ballot paper he requested that electors not vote for him.[9] Although many Fine Gael members voted for McNulty regardless, Craughwell won the election on 10 October 2014.[10]
Seanad by-election, 2014: Cultural and Educational Panel[10] | |||||
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Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | |
Independent | Gerard Craughwell | 45.1% | 87 | 98 | |
Fine Gael | John McNulty | 43.5% | 84 | 85 | |
Sinn Féin | Catherine Seeley | 11.4% | 22 | — | |
Electorate: 223 Valid: 193 Quota: 96.501 Turnout: 86.5% |
List of nominating bodies
- Aontas Múinteoirí Éireann
- Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI)
- Bantracht na Tuaithe
- Comhairle na dTréidlia
- Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann
- Comhar na Múinteoirí Gaeilge
- Comhdháil Náisiúnta na Gaeilge
- Cónaidhm Éireannach na Múinteoirí Ollscoile
- Conradh na Gaeilge
- Council of the Bar of Ireland
- Cumann Gairm-Oideachais in Éirinn
- Cumann Geinealais na hÉireann (Genealogical Society of Ireland)
- Cumann Leabharlann na hÉireann
- Cumann Le Seandacht Átha Cliath
- Dental Council of Ireland
- Drama League of Ireland
- Gael-Linn Teoranta
- Gaelscoileanna Teoranta
- Institute of Community Health Nursing
- Irish Dental Association
- Irish Georgian Society
- Irish National Teachers' Organisation
- Irish Playwrights' and Screenwriters Guild
- Law Society of Ireland
- Medical Specialists Limited
- National Youth Council of Ireland
- Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland
- Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
- Royal Irish Academy
- Royal Irish Academy of Music
- Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
- Údarás na Gaeltachta
References
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