The Agricultural Panel (Irish: An Rolla Talmhaíochta) is one of five vocational panels which together elect 43 of the 60 members of Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland). The Agricultural Panel elects eleven senators.
| Agricultural Panel | |
|---|---|
| Seanad Éireann constituency | |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1938 |
| Seats | 11 |
| Senators |
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Election
Article 18 of the Constitution of Ireland provides that 43 of the 60 senators are to be elected from five vocational panels. The Agricultural Panel is defined in Article 18.7.1°(v) as "Agriculture and allied interests, and Fisheries".[1] The Seanad returning officer maintains a list of nominating bodies for each of the five panels.[2] Candidates may be nominated either by four members of the Oireachtas or by a nominating body.[3][4] The electorate consists of city and county councillors and current members of the Oireachtas. As the Seanad election takes place after the election to the Dáil, the Oireachtas members are the members of the incoming Dáil and the outgoing Seanad.[5] Eleven senators are elected on the Agricultural Panel, at least four of whom must have been nominated by Oireachtas members and at least four must have been nominated by nominating bodies.[6][7]
Senators
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns.
- Notes
List of nominating bodies
The following bodies are on the register of nominating bodies maintained by the Seanad Returning Officer for the Administrative Panel.[8]
- Agricultural Science Association
- Dairy Executives' Association
- Irish Thoroughbred Breeders' Association
- Irish Co-operative Organisation Society
- Irish Grain and Feed Association
- Irish Greyhound Owners and Breeders' Federation[9]
- Irish South and West Fish Producers Organisation
- Munster Agricultural Society Company
- National Association of Regional Game Councils (NARGC)[9]
- Royal Dublin Society (RDS)