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Seanad Éireann · 2026-09-22

Vacancy in Seanad Membership: Motion

FG Garret Ahearn · Administrative Panel

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I move: That the Clerk of Seanad Éireann do send to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage notice of a vacancy in the membership of Seanad Éireann occasioned by the election to Dáil Éireann of Senator Seán Kyne, a member elected from the Nominating Bodies Sub-Panel of the Cultural and Educational Panel at the General Election for Seanad Éireann, January, 2025.

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I move:

That the Clerk of Seanad Éireann do send to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage notice of a vacancy in the membership of Seanad Éireann occasioned by the election to Dáil Éireann of Senator Seán Kyne, a member elected from the Nominating Bodies Sub-Panel of the Cultural and Educational Panel at the General Election for Seanad Éireann, January, 2025.