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Cathaoirleach (;For the pronunciation in Irish, see here . for chairperson; plural: Cathaoirligh) is the title of the chair (or presiding officer) of Seanad Éireann, the sixty-member upper house of the , the legislature of Ireland. The current Cathaoirleach is Senator , who has held the office since 16 December 2022.

Powers and functions
The Cathaoirleach is the sole judge of order, and has a range of powers and functions, namely:

  • Calls on members to speak and all speeches must be addressed to the Chair.
  • Puts such questions to the House as are required, supervises Divisions and declares the results.
  • Has authority to suppress disorder, to enforce prompt obedience to Rulings and may order members to withdraw from the House or name them for suspension by the House itself for a period.
  • In the case of great disorder can suspend or adjourn the House.

The Cathaoirleach is also an member of the Council of State, which advises the president of Ireland in the exercise of their discretionary powers, and of the Presidential Commission, which performs the powers and functions of the office of president in their absence.

List of office-holders
Cathaoirleach
This list includes the (since 1938) and political affiliation of each Cathaoirleach, as well as the number of the Seanad and time they spent in the position.

Lord Glenavy
 6 December 19226 December 1928 N/A1922
1925
Thomas Westropp Bennett
 6 December 192819 May 1936The final sitting of Seanad Éireann of the Irish Free State was held on 19 May 1936. The Seanad was abolished on 29 May 1936. The election for the new Seanad, set up in accordance with the 1937 Constitution of Ireland, was held on 28 March 1938, and the first sitting was held on 27 April 1938. N/A1928
1931
1934
Seán Gibbons
 27 April 19388 September 1943 Agricultural Panel2nd
3rd
Seán Goulding
 8 September 194321 April 1948 Industrial and Commercial Panel
4th
Administrative Panel
5th
Timothy O'Donovan
 21 April 194814 August 1951 Agricultural Panel6th
Liam Ó Buachalla
 14 August 195122 July 1954 Cultural and Educational Panel7th
Patrick Baxter
 22 July 195422 May 1957 Agricultural Panel8th
Liam Ó Buachalla
 22 May 19575 November 1969 Cultural and Educational Panel9th
10th
11th

 5 November 19693 January 1973 Cultural and Educational Panel12th
Micheál Cranitch
 3 January 19731 June 1973 Nominated by the Taoiseach

 1 June 197327 October 1977 Industrial and Commercial Panel13th
Séamus Dolan
 27 October 19778 October 1981 14th
Charles McDonald
 8 October 198113 May 1982 Agricultural Panel15th

 13 May 198223 February 1983 Administrative Panel16th
Patrick J. Reynolds
 23 February 198325 April 1987 Industrial and Commercial Panel17th

 25 April 19871 November 1989 Administrative Panel18th
Seán Doherty
 1 November 198923 January 1992 Administrative Panel19th
Seán Fallon
 23 January 19924 July 1995 Industrial and Commercial Panel
20th

 12 July 199516 November 1996 Agricultural Panel
Liam T. Cosgrave
 27 November 199617 September 1997 Industrial and Commercial Panel

 17 September 199712 September 2002 21st

 12 September 200213 September 2007 Agricultural Panel22nd
Pat Moylan
 13 September 200725 May 2011 Agricultural Panel23rd

 25 May 20118 June 2016 Agricultural Panel24th
Denis O'Donovan
 8 June 201629 June 2020 Agricultural Panel25th
Mark Daly
 29 June 202016 December 2022 Agricultural Panel26th

 16 December 2022Incumbent

Leas-Chathaoirleach
The Cathaoirleach's deputy is the Leas-Chathaoirleach.

James G. Douglas
 12 December 19229 December 1925 N/A1922
Thomas Westropp Bennett
 9 December 192512 December 1928 N/A1925
Patrick W. Kenny
 12 December 192822 April 1931 N/A1928

 6 May 19316 September 1931 N/A
Michael F. O'Hanlon
 20 January 193212 December 1934 N/A1931

 12 December 193424 February 1936 N/A1934
David Robinson
 11 March 193619 May 1936 N/A
Pádraic Ó Máille
 11 May 193830 November 1938 Agricultural Panel2nd
Michael Tierney
 30 November 193827 October 1943 National University of Ireland3rd
27 October 194318 August 19444th
Timothy O'Donovan
 18 August 194421 April 1948 Agricultural Panel5th
Seán Goulding
 21 April 194814 August 1951 Administrative Panel6th
Timothy O'Donovan
 7 November 195127 July 1954 Agricultural Panel7th
Liam Ó Buachalla
 27 July 195429 May 1957 Cultural and Educational Panel8th
Patrick Baxter
 29 May 19573 April 1959 Agricultural Panel9th
John O'Donovan
 30 May 19593 January 1962 Cultural and Educational Panel
Patrick Lindsay
 3 January 196230 June 1965 Industrial and Commercial Panel10th

 30 June 196512 November 1969 11th
12 November 196920 June 1973Industrial and Commercial Panel12th

 20 June 19732 November 1977 13th

 2 November 19779 October 1981 Agricultural Panel14th
Séamus Dolan
 9 October 198119 May 1982 15th
Charles McDonald
 19 May 19829 March 1983 Agricultural Panel16th

 9 March 198325 April 1987 Administrative Panel17th
Charles McDonald

20 May 19878 November 1989 Agricultural Panel18th

 8 November 198925 February 1993 Agricultural Panel19th
25 February 199312 July 199520th

 19 July 199518 September 1997
Liam T. Cosgrave
 18 September 199713 September 2002 Industrial and Commercial Panel21st

 13 September 200213 September 2007 Agricultural Panel22nd
13 September 200725 May 201123rd
Denis O'Donovan
 25 May 20118 June 2016 Industrial and Commercial Panel24th

 15 June 201627 March 2020 Industrial and Commercial Panel25th

 7 July 202021 August 2020 26th
Joe O'Reilly
 22 August 202016 December 2022
Mark Daly
 16 December 2022Incumbent Agricultural Panel

See also
  • (Chairperson of Dáil Éireann)
  • Politics of the Republic of Ireland
  • History of the Republic of Ireland
  • Seanad Éireann (Irish Free State)
  • Leader of the Seanad

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