The 20th Seanad was in office from 1993 to 1997. An election to

Seanad Éireann Seanad Éireann ( ; ; "Senate of Ireland") is the senate of the Oireachtas (the Irish legislature), which also comprises the President of Ireland and Dáil Éireann (defined as the house of representatives). It is commonly called the Seanad or ...

, the

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of the

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(Irish parliament), followed the 1992 general election to the 27th Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 21st Seanad.

Cathaoirleach

On 17 February 1993, Seán Fallon ( FF) was proposed as

Cathaoirleach Cathaoirleach (; Irish language, Irish for Chair (officer), chairperson; plural: ) is the title of the chair (or speaker (politics), presiding officer) of Seanad Éireann, the sixty-member upper house of the Oireachtas, the legislature of Repub ...

by G. V. Wright (FF) and seconded by

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( Lab). He was elected without a division, with David Norris (

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) dissenting. On 25 February 1993, Liam Naughten ( FG) was proposed as Leas-Chathaoirleach by Maurice Manning (FG) and seconded by

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(FG). Mary Henry (Ind) was proposed by David Norris (Ind) and seconded by

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( PDs). Naughten was elected by a vote of 19 to 6. On 4 July 1995, Seán Fallon died. On 12 July 1995, Liam Naughten (FG) was proposed as Cathaoirleach by Maurice Manning (FG) and seconded by Liam T. Cosgrave (FG). He was elected without a division. On 19 July 1995, Brian Mullooly was proposed as Leas-Chathaoirleach by G. V. Wright (FF) and seconded by Tom Fitzgerald (FF). He was elected without a division. On 16 November 1996, Liam Naughten died. On 27 November 1996, Liam T. Cosgrave (FG) was proposed as Cathaoirleach by Maurice Manning (FG) and seconded by Jan O'Sullivan (Lab). Brian Mullooly (FF) was proposed by G. V. Wright (FF) and seconded by

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(FF). Cosgrave was elected by a vote of 31 to 28.

Composition of the 20th Seanad

There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad: 43 were elected on five

vocational panel A vocational panel () is any of five lists of candidates from which are elected a total of 43 of the 60 senators in Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of Ireland. Each panel corresponds to a grouping of "interests and ...

s, 6 were elected from two

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and 11 were

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. The following table shows the composition by party when the 20th Seanad first met on 17 February 1993.

Cathaoirleach

Composition of the 20th Seanad

List of senators

Changes

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