Seanad Éireann

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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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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

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FG representedIn Seanad Éireann
subject surface form: Fine Gael
Richard Mulcahy (as party leader influence, historically associated) memberOf Seanad Éireann
subject surface form: Richard Mulcahy
Conor Cruise O'Brien memberOf Seanad Éireann
Michael Yeats memberOf Seanad Éireann
Irish Free State Oireachtas hasPart Seanad Éireann
Irish Free State Oireachtas upperHouse Seanad Éireann
John A. Murphy memberOf Seanad Éireann
John A. Murphy legislativeBody Seanad Éireann
Séumas Robinson memberOf Seanad Éireann