24th Seanad
| 24th Seanad Éireann | |||||||||||||
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| Jurisdiction | Ireland | ||||||||||||
| Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||||||||||
| Term | 25 May 2011 – 9 February 2016 | ||||||||||||
| Members | 60 | ||||||||||||
| Cathaoirleach | Paddy Burke | ||||||||||||
| Leas-Chathaoirleach | Denis O'Donovan | ||||||||||||
| Leader of the Seanad |
Maurice Cummins | ||||||||||||
| Deputy Leader of the Seanad | Ivana Bacik | ||||||||||||
| Leader of the Opposition |
Darragh O'Brien | ||||||||||||
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| 1st | 25 May 2011 – 27 July 2011 |
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| 2nd | 14 September 2011 – 20 July 2012 |
| 3rd | 19 September 2012 – 24 July 2013 |
| 4th | 20 August 2013 – 31 July 2014 |
| 5th | 17 September 2014 – 21 July 2015 |
| 6th | 23 September 2015 – 9 February 2016 |
This is a list of the members of the 24th Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland. These Senators were elected on 27 April 2011 after postal voting closed. The Taoiseach's nominees were announced on 20 May 2011. The Seanad election took place 60 days after the 2011 general election for the Dáil. The 24th Seanad first met at Leinster House on 25 May 2011.Paddy Burke was elected as the new Cathaoirleach of the Seanad.
There are a total of 60 seats in the Seanad. There are 43 Senators elected by the Vocational Panels, 6 elected by the Universities and 11 are nominated by the Taoiseach.
The following table shows the composition by party when the 24th Seanad first met on 25 May 2011.
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