# 16th Seanad

The 16th Seanad was in office from 1982 to 1983. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the February 1982 general election to the 23rd Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 17th Seanad.

## Cathaoirleach

On 13 May 1982, Tras Honan (FF) was proposed as Cathaoirleach by Eoin Ryan (FF) and seconded by Séamus de Brún (FF). She was elected without a division. Honan was the first female Cathaoirleach of the Seanad.
On 19 May 1982, Charles McDonald (FG) was proposed as Leas-Chathaoirleach by James Dooge (FG) and seconded by Patrick J. Reynolds (FG). He was elected without a division.

## Composition of the 16th Seanad

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 16th Seanad first met on 13 May 1982.
| OriginParty | OriginParty | Vocational panels | Vocational panels | Vocational panels | Vocational panels | Vocational panels | NUI | DU | Nominated | Total | Total |
| OriginParty | OriginParty | Admin | Agri | Cult & Educ | Ind & Comm | Labour | NUI | DU | Nominated | Total | Total |
| | Fianna Fáil | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 28 | |
| | Fine Gael | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| | Labour Party | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| | Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | |
| Total | Total | 7 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 60 | |

## List of senators

* Note: The entries for Senators who were elected or appointed to fill vacancies are shown in italics
| Name | Panel | Party | Notes |
| Luke Belton | Administrative Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Katharine Bulbulia | Administrative Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Sean Conway | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Micheál Cranitch | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Tras Honan | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Billy Kenneally | Administrative Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Flor O'Mahony | Administrative Panel | Labour | |
| Bernard Durkan | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to 24th Dáil at general election on 24 November 1982 |
| Michael Ferris | Agricultural Panel | Labour | |
| Tom Fitzgerald | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Richard Hourigan | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Thomas Hussey | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Joseph Lennon | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | |
| John Mannion | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Charles McDonald | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Martin O'Toole | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| William Ryan | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Michael Smith | Agricultural Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Séamus de Brún | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Joachim Loughrey | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Timothy McAuliffe | Cultural and Educational Panel | Labour | |
| Mary O'Rourke | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fianna Fáil | Elected to 24th Dáil at general election on 24 November 1982 |
| Madeleine Taylor | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to 24th Dáil at general election on 24 November 1982 |
| Deirdre Bolger | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Timmy Conway | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Labour | |
| Jack Daly | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Seán Fallon | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Willie Farrell | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Michael Howard | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Mick Lanigan | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Patrick J. Reynolds | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Eoin Ryan | Industrial and Commercial Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Monica Barnes | Labour Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to 24th Dáil at general election on 24 November 1982 |
| Toddie Byrne | Labour Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Donie Cassidy | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Denis Cregan | Labour Panel | Fine Gael | |
| Dick Dowling | Labour Panel | Fine Gael | Elected to 24th Dáil at general election on 24 November 1982 |
| Des Hanafin | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Jack Harte | Labour Panel | Labour | |
| Tony Herbert | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Mark Killilea | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Brian Mullooly | Labour Panel | Fianna Fáil | |
| Maurice O'Connell | Labour Panel | Fine Gael | |
| James Dooge | National University of Ireland | Fine Gael | |
| John A. Murphy | National University of Ireland | Independent | |
| Brendan Ryan | National University of Ireland | Independent | |
| Mary Robinson | Dublin University | Labour | |
| Shane Ross | Dublin University | Independent | |
| Trevor West | Dublin University | Independent | |
| Paudge Brennan | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Elected to 24th Dáil at general election on 24 November 1982 |
| Flor Crowley | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | |
| Aidan Eames | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Nominated on 13 December 1982 to fill vacancy after the general election |
| Camilla Hannon | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | |
| James Larkin | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Independent Fianna Fáil | |
| Seamus Mallon | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Independent | Deputy Leader of the Social Democratic and Labour Party |
| P. J. Mara | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | |
| Bernard McGlinchey | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | |
| M. J. Nolan | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Elected to 24th Dáil at general election on 24 November 1982 |
| Seán O'Connor | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Nominated on 13 December 1982 to fill vacancy after the general election |
| Ned O'Keeffe | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Elected to 24th Dáil at general election on 24 November 1982 |
| John Robb | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Independent | |
| Frank Wall | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | Nominated on 13 December 1982 to fill vacancy after the general election |
| G. V. Wright | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | |

## Changes

| Date | Panel | Loss | Gain | Note |
| 24 November 1982 | Agricultural Panel | Fine Gael | | Bernard Durkan elected to 24th Dáil at general election |
| 24 November 1982 | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fianna Fáil | | Mary O'Rourke elected to 24th Dáil at general election |
| 24 November 1982 | Cultural and Educational Panel | Fine Gael | | Madeleine Taylor elected to 24th Dáil at general election |
| 24 November 1982 | Labour Panel | Fine Gael | | Monica Barnes elected to 24th Dáil at general election |
| 24 November 1982 | Labour Panel | Fine Gael | | Dick Dowling elected to 24th Dáil at general election |
| 24 November 1982 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | | Paudge Brennan elected to 24th Dáil at general election |
| 24 November 1982 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | | M. J. Nolan elected to 24th Dáil at general election |
| 24 November 1982 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | Fianna Fáil | | Ned O'Keeffe elected to 24th Dáil at general election |
| 13 December 1982 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fianna Fáil | Aidan Eames nominated to fill vacancy after the general election |
| 13 December 1982 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fianna Fáil | Seán O'Connor nominated to fill vacancy after the general election |
| 13 December 1982 | Nominated by the Taoiseach | | Fianna Fáil | Frank Wall nominated to fill vacancy after the general election |