Seanad Éireann

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house of the Oireachtas upper house of parliament

Seanad Éireann is the upper house of Ireland’s national parliament, responsible for reviewing and amending legislation proposed by the lower house.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Seanad 1
Senate of Ireland 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf house of the Oireachtas ⓘ
upper house of parliament ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy Taoiseach on advice to President of Ireland ⓘ
canDelayLegislation yes ⓘ
canInitiateLegislation yes, with limitations ⓘ
chamberOf Oireachtas ⓘ
constitutionalArticle Article 18 of the Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
constitutionalStatus component of national parliament ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
electoralSystemDetail single transferable vote ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Ireland ⓘ
establishedInYear 1937 ⓘ
hasAbbreviation Seanad Éireann self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Seanad
hasDeputyLeaderTitle Leas-Chathaoirleach ⓘ
hasEnglishName Seanad Éireann self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Senate of Ireland
hasLeaderTitle Cathaoirleach ⓘ
hasMeetingPlaceImage Leinster House, Dublin ⓘ
surface form: Seanad chamber in Leinster House
hasNumberOfVocationalPanels 5 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/how-parliament-is-run/seanad-eireann/ ⓘ
hasRole amending legislation ⓘ
reviewing legislation ⓘ
hasStandingOrders Standing Orders of Seanad Éireann ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Ireland ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Ireland
locatedIn Dublin ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
meetsIn Leinster House, Dublin ⓘ
surface form: Leinster House
numberOfMembers 60 ⓘ
numberOfTaoiseachNominees 11 ⓘ
numberOfUniversitySeats 6 ⓘ
otherChamber Dáil Éireann ⓘ
oversightFunction public policy debate and review ⓘ
partOf Oireachtas ⓘ
predecessor Free State Seanad ⓘ
primaryFunction scrutiny of legislation from Dáil Éireann ⓘ
termLength maximum 5 years ⓘ
universityConstituenciesInclude National University of Ireland ⓘ
Trinity College Dublin ⓘ
surface form: University of Dublin
usesProportionalRepresentation yes ⓘ
vocationalPanelsInclude Administrative Panel ⓘ
Agricultural Panel ⓘ
Cultural and Educational Panel ⓘ
Industrial and Commercial Panel ⓘ
Labour Panel ⓘ
votingSystem indirect election ⓘ
nomination by Taoiseach ⓘ
university constituencies ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Seanad Éireann → hasAbbreviation → Seanad Éireann self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Seanad
Oireachtas → hasChamber → Seanad Éireann ⓘ
Oireachtas → hasComponent → Seanad Éireann ⓘ
Seanad Éireann → hasEnglishName → Seanad Éireann self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of Ireland
Oireachtas → hasUpperHouse → Seanad Éireann ⓘ
Mary Robinson → legislativeBody → Seanad Éireann ⓘ
Leinster House, Dublin → occupant → Seanad Éireann ⓘ
subject surface form: Leinster House
Fine Gael → representedIn → Seanad Éireann ⓘ
Sinn Féin → representedIn → Seanad Éireann ⓘ
Labour Party (Ireland) → representsIn → Seanad Éireann ⓘ
Dáil Éireann → upperHouse → Seanad Éireann ⓘ
Ireland → upperHouse → Seanad Éireann ⓘ
Irish Free State → upperHouse → Seanad Éireann ⓘ