Labour Panel

The Labour Panel (Irish: An Rolla Oibreachais) is one of five vocational panels which together elect 43 of the 60 members of Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland). The Labour Panel elects eleven Senators, at least four of whom must come from the Oireachtas members' nominees and at least another four must come from the nominating bodies' nominees.

Senators

Senators for the Labour Panel
Key to parties CnaT = Clann na Talmhan CnaP = Clann na Poblachta DL = Democratic Left FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Lab = Labour SF = Sinn Féin Ind = Independent
Sen	Election	Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)
2nd	1938		John Butler (Lab)		Michael Conway (Ind)		John Gaffney (Ind)		Gilbert Hughes (Ind)		Thomas McShea (Ind)		Frederick Hawkins (Ind)		Seán Milroy (FG)		David Walsh (Ind)		James Johnston (Ind)		Seán Hayes (FF)		James Tunney (Lab)
3rd	1938				Seán Campbell (Lab)		William Cummins (Lab)		Thomas Foran (Lab)		Patrick Hogan (Lab)				Peter Lynch (Ind)		Eamonn Lynch (Lab)				Seán Hayes (FF)		James Tunney (Lab)
4th	1943				Thomas Hayden (Lab)		Thomas Kennedy ^{[note 1]} (Lab)		Thomas Foran (Lab)		Michael Colgan (Ind)				Seán Ruane (Ind)		Sam Kyle (Lab)				Michael Smyth (Ind)		Richard Mulcahy (FG)
5th	1944								Peter Lynch (Ind)		John Meighan (CnaT)		John Thomas Keane ^{[note 2]} (Ind)										James Tunney (Lab)
5th	1946								Peter Lynch (Ind)				Frederick Hawkins ^{[note 3]} ^{[note 4]} (Ind)										James Tunney (Lab)
6th	1948				Seán Campbell ^{[note 5]} (Lab)		Michael Colgan ^{[note 6]} (Ind)		Richard Anthony (Ind)								J. T. O'Farrell ^{[note 7]} (Lab)		Seán Hayes (FF)				Andrew Fogarty (FF)
7th	1951				Pádraig Ághas (Ind)		Michael Colgan ^{[note 6]} (Ind)		Noel Hartnett (CnaP)								Vincent McHugh (FG)				Daniel O'Rourke (FF)		William McMullen (Lab)
8th	1954				Patrick Crowley (Lab)		Victor Carton (FG)		Richard Anthony (Ind)		Frank Purcell ^{[note 8]} (Ind)						Liam Kelly (Ind)				Patrick Tierney (Lab)		Dominick Murphy (Lab)
9th	1957		Ben O'Quigley (FG)						Frank Carter (FF)		Frank Purcell ^{[note 8]} (Ind)		Harry Colley (FF)		Liam Ahern (FF)		Eoin Ryan Snr (FF)				Joe Sheridan (Ind)
9th	1960		Ben O'Quigley (FG)						Frank Carter (FF)		Edward Browne ^{[note 9]} (Ind)		Harry Colley (FF)		Liam Ahern (FF)		Eoin Ryan Snr (FF)				Joe Sheridan (Ind)
10th	1961		John Butler (Lab)						Seán Browne (FF)		Seán Brosnahan (Ind)		Mark Killilea Snr (FF)		Michael Yeats (FF)		Joseph Farrell (FF)				James Dooge (FG)
11th	1965		Séamus Dolan (FF)						Seán Browne (FF)				Mark Killilea Snr (FF)		Vincent McHugh (FG)				John Ormonde (FF)		James Dooge (FG)
12th	1969		Seán Walsh (FF)		Jimmy Dunne ^{[note 10]} (Lab)		John Boland (FG)		Michael Lyons (FG)				Mark Killilea Jnr (FF)		William O'Brien (FG)				Des Hanafin (FF)		Evelyn Owens (Lab)		Fintan Kennedy (Lab)
13th	1973		Séamus Dolan (FF)		Jack Harte (Lab)		John Boland (FG)						Mark Killilea Jnr (FF)		William O'Brien (FG)		Bernard Markey (FG)				Evelyn Owens (Lab)
14th	1977						Joseph Dowling (FF)				Brian Hillery (FF)		John Blennerhassett (FG)		Tony Herbert (FF)		Bernard Markey (FG)				Andy O'Brien (FG)
15th	1981						Brian Mullooly (FF)		Toddie Byrne (FG)		Brian Hillery (FF)		John Blennerhassett (FG)		Donal Carey (FG)		Maurice O'Connell (FG)				Andy O'Brien (FG)		Dan Kiely (FF)
16th	1982		Donie Cassidy (FF)						Toddie Byrne (FG)		Dick Dowling (FG)		Mark Killilea Jnr (FF)		Tony Herbert (FF)		Maurice O'Connell (FG)				Monica Barnes (FG)		Denis Cregan (FG)
17th	1983								Jim Higgins (FG)		Brian Hillery (FF)		Mark Killilea Jnr (FF)		Larry McMahon (FG)		Peter Kelleher (FG)				Andy O'Brien (FG)
18th	1987								Dan Kiely (FF)		Brian Hillery (FF)		Don Lydon (FF)				Peter Kelleher (FG)				Nuala Fennell (FG)
19th	1989										Dan Neville (FG)						Mary Jackman (FG)				Pól Ó Foighil (FG)		Batt O'Keeffe (FF)
20th	1993				Jarlath McDonagh (FG)						Dan Neville (FG)				Bill Cotter (FG)		Frank Fahey (FF)		Joe Sherlock (DL)		Seán Maloney (Lab)		Denis Cregan (FG)
21st	1997										Liam Fitzgerald ^{[note 11]} (FF)				Therese Ridge (FG)		Des Hanafin (FF)		Mary Jackman (FG)		Seán Ryan (Lab)
21st	1998														Therese Ridge (FG)		Des Hanafin (FF)		Mary Jackman (FG)		John Cregan ^{[note 12]} (FF)
22nd	2002		Fergal Browne (FG)		Maurice Cummins (FG)		Jim Higgins (FG)		Geraldine Feeney (FF)						Michael Finucane (FG)		Brendan Daly (FF)		John Hanafin (FF)		Terry Leyden (FF)		Michael McCarthy (Lab)
23rd	2007		Jerry Buttimer (FG)				Donie Cassidy (FF)		Geraldine Feeney (FF)		Frances Fitzgerald (FG)		Fidelma Healy Eames ^{[note 13]} (FG)		Ned O'Sullivan (FF)		Phil Prendergast (Lab)		John Hanafin (FF)				Michael McCarthy (Lab)
24th	2011		Terry Brennan (FG)				Cáit Keane (FG)		David Cullinane (SF)		Tony Mulcahy (FG)		Fidelma Healy Eames ^{[note 13]} (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 ^{[note 14]} (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.

^ Died on 18 September 1947
^ Died on 22 May 1946
^ Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 24 July 1946
^ Died on 2 August 1956
^ Died on 27 February 1950
^ Died on 22 June 1953
^ Resigned on 31 May 1950
^ Died on 2 April 1960
^ Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 1 November 1960
^ Died on 23 February 1972
^ Resigned Fianna Fáil whip on 27 March 2007
^ Elected to the Seanad at a by-election on 23 June 1998
^ Fine Gael party whip removed on 16 July 2013
^ Suspended from Sinn Féin 19 March – 19 June 2018

List of nominating bodies

Irish Conference of Professional and Service Associations
Irish Congress of Trade Unions

[1] Died on 18 September 1947

[2] Died on 22 May 1946

[3] Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 24 July 1946

[4] Died on 2 August 1956

[5] Died on 27 February 1950

[6] Died on 22 June 1953

[7] Resigned on 31 May 1950

[8] Died on 2 April 1960

[9] Elected to Seanad at a by-election on 1 November 1960

[10] Died on 23 February 1972

[11] Resigned Fianna Fáil whip on 27 March 2007

[12] Elected to the Seanad at a by-election on 23 June 1998

[13] Fine Gael party whip removed on 16 July 2013

[14] Suspended from Sinn Féin 19 March – 19 June 2018

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