14th Seanad | |
Body: | Seanad Éireann |
Country: | Ireland |
Meeting Place: | Leinster House |
Term Start: | 27 October 1977 |
Term End: | 16 July 1981 |
Before: | 13th Seanad |
After: | 15th Seanad |
Membership1: | 60 |
Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | Cathaoirleach |
Chamber1 Leader1: | Séamus Dolan (FF) |
Chamber1 Leader2 Type: | Leas-Chathaoirleach |
Chamber1 Leader2: | Joe McCartin (FG) |
Chamber1 Leader3 Type: | Leader of the Seanad |
Chamber1 Leader3: | Eoin Ryan |
The 14th Seanad was in office from 1977 to 1981. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1977 general election to the 21st Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 15th Seanad in 1981.
There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad: 43 were elected on five vocational panels, 6 were elected from two university constituencies and 11 were nominated by the Taoiseach.
The following table shows the composition by party when the 14th Seanad first met on 27 October 1977.
Vocational panels | NUI | DU | Nominated | Total | ||||||||
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Admin | Agri | Cult & Educ | Ind & Comm | Labour | ||||||||
Fianna Fáil | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 29 | |||
3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||||
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||||
Total | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 60 |