Industrial and Commercial Panel

The Industrial and Commercial Panel (Irish: An Rolla Tionscail Agus Tráchtála) is one of five Vocational Panels which together elect 43 members of Seanad Éireann, the upper house of the Oireachtas (the legislature of Ireland). The Industrial and Commercial Panel elects 9 Senators. At least 3 of them must be the nominees of Oireachtas members and at least 3 must be nominees of the nominating bodies.

Senators

Senators for the Industrial and Commercial Panel
Key to parties FG = Fine Gael FF = Fianna Fáil Lab = Labour Party SF = Sinn Féin Ind = Independent
Sen	Election	Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)		Senator (Party)
22nd	2002		James Bannon (FG)		Eddie Bohan (FF)		Paul Coghlan (FG)		Margaret Cox ^{[note 1]} (FF)		Derek McDowell (Lab)		Marc MacSharry (FF)		Kieran Phelan (FF)		Sheila Terry (FG)		Mary White (FF)
23rd	2007		Paudie Coffey (FG)		Larry Butler ^{[note 2]} (FF)				Denis O'Donovan (FF)		Dominic Hannigan (Lab)				Kieran Phelan (FF)		Joe O'Reilly (FG)
24th	2011		Colm Burke (FG)		Imelda Henry (FG)				Catherine Noone (FG)		Jimmy Harte ^{[note 3]} (Lab)				Averil Power ^{[note 4]} (FF)		Kathryn Reilly (SF)
24th	2015				Imelda Henry (FG)						Máiría Cahill (Lab)				Averil Power ^{[note 4]} (FF)		Kathryn Reilly (SF)
25th	2016				Frances Black (Ind)						Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Lab)		Aidan Davitt (FF)		Gerry Horkan (FF)		Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (SF)		Catherine Ardagh (FF)

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns.

↑ Fianna Fáil party whip was removed on 4 April 2007.
↑ Resigned Fianna Fáil party whip 5 June 2010.
↑ Resigned from the Seanad on 23 September due to ill health following a serious assault.
↑ Resigned from Fianna Fáil party on 25 May 2015.

Elections

Seanad By-election, 2015: Industrial and Commercial Panel
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1
	Labour Party	Máiría Cahill	64.9%	122
	Fianna Fáil	Keith Swanick	20.2%	38
	Sinn Féin	Sinead Burke	9.6%	18
	Independent	Jerry Beades	5.3%	10

Nominating bodies

Association of Advertisers in Ireland
Chambers of Commerce of Ireland
Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport in Ireland
Construction Industry Federation
Cumann Aturnaethe Paitinní agus Trádmharcanna
Electrical Industries Federation of Ireland
Institute of Advertising Practitioners in Ireland
Institute of Bankers in Ireland
Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland
Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland
Institution of Engineers of Ireland
Institute of Industrial Engineers
Institute of Professional Auctioneers & Valuers
Insurance Institute of Ireland
Irish Architects' Society
Irish Auctioneers and Valuers Institute
Irish Business and Employers Confederation
Irish Computer Society
Irish Country Houses and Restaurants Association
Irish Exporters Association
Irish Hardware & Building Materials Association
Irish Hotel and Catering Institute
Irish Hotels Federation
Irish Planning Institute
Irish Road Haulage Association
Irish Tourist Industry Federation
Licensed Vintners' Association
Marketing Institute of Ireland
Marketing Society Limited
National Off-Licence Association
Restaurants Association of Ireland
Retail, Grocery, Dairy and Allied Trades Association (RGDATA)
Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland
Society of the Irish Motor Industry
Vintners' Federation of Ireland
Wholesale Produce Ireland

Seanad Éireann

Positions

Members

Vocational Panels (43)	Administrative (7) Agricultural (11) Cultural and Educational (5) Industrial and Commercial (9) Labour (11)

University constituencies (6)	National University of Ireland (3) University of Dublin (3)

Other members (11)	Nominated members

Predecessors

Referendums

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