Seanad Éireann

53.34055°N 6.254021°W / 53.34055; -6.254021 Seanad Éireann (/ˌʃænəd ˈɛərən, -əð -/ ⓘ SHAN-əd(h) AIR-ən, Irish: [ˈʃan̪ˠəd̪ˠ ˈeːɾʲən̪ˠ]; "Senate of Ireland") is the upper house of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature), which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann (the lower house).

Seanad Éireann
26th Seanad
Type
Type
History
Established29 December 1937 (Modern form)
Preceded byIrish Free State Seanad
New session started
29 June 2020
Leadership
Jerry Buttimer, FG
since 16 December 2022
Mark Daly, FF
since 16 December 2022
Lisa Chambers, FF
since 16 December 2022
Regina Doherty, FG
since 16 December 2022
Rebecca Moynihan, Lab
since September 2020
Structure
Seats60
Political groups
Government (41)
  Fianna Fáil (21)
  Fine Gael (16)
  Green Party (4)

Opposition (17)

  Labour Party (4)
  Sinn Féin (3)
  Human Dignity Alliance (1)
  Independent (9)
  Vacant (2)
Committees
  • Administration
  • Consolidation Bills
  • Members' Interests of Seanad Éireann
  • Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight (Seanad)
  • Seanad Public Consultation
  • Selection
Joint committees
  • Agriculture, Food and the Marine
  • Autism
  • Children, Disability, Equality, Integration, and Youth
  • Disability Matters
  • Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation, and Science
  • Enterprise, Trade and Employment
  • Environment and Climate Action
  • European Union Affairs
  • Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
  • Foreign Affairs and Defence
  • Gender Equality
  • Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
  • Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Irish-speaking Community
  • Health
  • Housing, Local Government and Heritage
  • Justice
  • Public Petitions
  • Social Protection, Community and Rural Development and the Islands
  • Transport and Communications
  • Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media
Length of term
No more than 5 years
AuthorityArticles 18−19, Constitution of Ireland
Salary€73,726 per year + expenses
Elections
Indirect election
Last election
30−31 March 2020
Next election
By March 2025
Meeting place
Seanad Chamber
Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin
Website
www.oireachtas.ie
Constitution
Constitution of Ireland
Rules
Seanad Éireann – Standing Orders Relative to Public Business 2020
Footnotes
  1. 6 seats elected by graduates of DU and NUI, 43 seats elected indirectly, and 11 are nominated by the Taoiseach.

It is commonly called the Seanad or Senate and its members senators (seanadóirí in Irish, singular: seanadóir). Unlike Dáil Éireann, it is not directly elected but consists of a mixture of members chosen by various methods. Its powers are much weaker than those of the Dáil and it can only delay laws with which it disagrees, rather than veto them outright. It can introduce new legislation. It has been located, since its establishment, in Leinster House.

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