25th Seanad

25th Seanad
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Overview
Legislative body	Seanad Éireann
Jurisdiction	Ireland
Meeting place	Leinster House
Term	8 June 2016 – 27 March 2020
Government	30th Government of Ireland (2016–2017) 31st Government of Ireland (2017–2020)
Members	60
Cathaoirleach	Denis O'Donovan
Leas-Chathaoirleach	Paul Coghlan
Leader of the Seanad	Jerry Buttimer
Deputy leader of the Seanad	Catherine Noone
Leader of the Opposition	Catherine Ardagh
Sessions
1st 8 June 2016 – 21 July 2016 2nd 28 September 2016 – 20 July 2017 3rd 26 September 2017 – 17 July 2018 4th 19 September 2018 – 12 July 2019 5th 24 September 2019 – 27 March 2020

The 25th Seanad was in office from 2016 to 2020. An election to Seanad Éireann, the senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 2016 general election to the 32nd Dáil on 26 February. There are 60 seats in the Seanad: 43 were elected on five vocational panels by serving politicians, for which polling closed on 25 April; 6 were elected in two university constituencies, for which polling closed on 26 April; and 11 were nominated by the Taoiseach (Enda Kenny) on 27 May 2016. It remained in office until the close of poll for the 26th Seanad in March 2020.