Labour Panel
The Labour Panel (Irish: An Rolla Oibreachais) 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 Labour panel elects 11 Senators, at least 4 of whom must come from the Oireachtas members' nominees and at least another four 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) | Senator (Party) | Senator (Party) | Senator (Party) | Senator (Party) | Senator (Party) | Senator (Party) | |||||||||||
| 22nd | 2002 | Feargal Browne (FG) |
Maurice Cummins (FG) |
Brendan Daly (FF) |
Geraldine Feeney (FF) |
Michael Finucane (FG) |
Jim Higgins (FG) |
John Hanafin (FF) |
Terry Leyden (FF) |
Don Lydon (FF) |
Liam Fitzgerald [note 1] (FF) |
Michael McCarthy (Lab) | |||||||||||
| 23rd | 2007 | Jerry Buttimer (FG) |
Donie Cassidy (FF) |
Frances Fitzgerald (FG) |
Fidelma Healy Eames [note 2] (FG) |
Ned O'Sullivan (FF) |
Phil Prendergast (Lab) | ||||||||||||||||
| 24th | 2011 | Terry Brennan (FG) |
Cáit Keane (FG) |
David Cullinane (SF) |
Tony Mulcahy (FG) |
Darragh O'Brien (FF) |
Marie Moloney (Lab) |
John Whelan (Lab) | |||||||||||||||
| 25th | 2016 | Jerry Buttimer (FG) |
Neale Richmond (FG) |
Jennifer Murnane-O'Connor (FF) |
Máire Devine (SF) |
Paul Gavan (SF) |
Joe O'Reilly (FG) |
Robbie Gallagher (FF) |
Gerard Craughwell (Ind) |
Ged Nash (Lab) | |||||||||||||
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns.
List of nominating bodies
- Irish Conference of Professional and Service Associations
- Irish Congress of Trade Unions
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