Cathaoirleach

Template:Short description Script error: No such module "about". Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hiberno-English Template:Infobox political post Cathaoirleach (Template:IPAc-en;^[1] Irish for chairperson; plural: Script error: No such module "Lang".) is the title of the chair (or presiding officer) of Seanad Éireann, the sixty-member upper house of the Oireachtas, the legislature of Ireland. The current Cathaoirleach is Fianna Fáil Senator Mark Daly, who has held the office since 12 February 2025.

Powers and functions

The Cathaoirleach is the sole judge of order, and has a range of powers and functions, namely:^[2]

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 Script error: No such module "Lang". 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 panel (since 1938) and political affiliation of each Cathaoirleach, as well as the number of the Seanad and time they spent in the position.

Seanad	Name^[3] (Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Portrait	Term of office		Party
1922	Lord Glenavy (1851–1931)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, 1922.png	6 December 1922	6 December 1928	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	N/A
1925		File:James Campbell, 1st Baron Glenavy, 1922.png	6 December 1922	6 December 1928		N/A
1928	Thomas Westropp Bennett (1867–1962)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	6 December 1928	19 May 1936^[4]	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	N/A
1931
1934					REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell
2nd	Seán Gibbons (1883–1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	27 April 1938^[4]	8 September 1943	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Agricultural Panel
3rd		File:No image.png	27 April 1938^[4]	8 September 1943		Agricultural Panel
4th	Seán Goulding (1877–1959)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	8 September 1943	21 April 1948	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Industrial and Commercial Panel (1943–1944)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
5th		File:No image.png	8 September 1943	21 April 1948	Administrative Panel (1944–1948)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
6th	Timothy O'Donovan (1881–1957)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	21 April 1948	14 August 1951	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Agricultural Panel
7th	Liam Ó Buachalla (1899–1970)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	14 August 1951	22 July 1954	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Cultural and Educational Panel
8th	Patrick Baxter (1891–1959)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	22 July 1954	22 May 1957	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Agricultural Panel
9th	Liam Ó Buachalla (1899–1970)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	22 May 1957	5 November 1969	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Cultural and Educational Panel
10th
11th
12th	Michael Yeats (1921–2007)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Michael Yeats, 1977 (cropped).jpg	5 November 1969	3 January 1973	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Cultural and Educational Panel
12th	Micheál Cranitch (1912–1999)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	3 January 1973	1 June 1973	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Nominated by the Taoiseach
13th	James Dooge (1922–2010)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:James Dooge, 1981 (cropped).tif	1 June 1973	27 October 1977	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Industrial and Commercial Panel
14th	Séamus Dolan (1914–2010)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	27 October 1977	8 October 1981	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Labour Panel
15th	Charles McDonald (born 1935)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Charles McDonald, June 12 1973 (cropped).jpg	8 October 1981	13 May 1982	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Agricultural Panel
16th	Tras Honan (1930–2023)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Tras Honan at the meeting of the European Parliament in Luxembourg (cropped).jpg	13 May 1982	23 February 1983	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Administrative Panel
17th	Patrick J. Reynolds (1920–2003)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Patrick J. Reynolds 1984.jpg	23 February 1983	25 April 1987	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Industrial and Commercial Panel
18th	Tras Honan (1930–2023)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Tras Honan at the meeting of the European Parliament in Luxembourg (cropped).jpg	25 April 1987	1 November 1989	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Administrative Panel
19th	Seán Doherty (1944–2005)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	1 November 1989	23 January 1992	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Administrative Panel
19th	Seán Fallon (1937–1995)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	23 January 1992	4 July 1995	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Industrial and Commercial Panel
20th		File:No image.png	23 January 1992	4 July 1995		Industrial and Commercial Panel
	Liam Naughten (1944–1996)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	12 July 1995	16 November 1996	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Agricultural Panel
	Liam T. Cosgrave (born 1956)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	27 November 1996	17 September 1997	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Industrial and Commercial Panel
21st	Brian Mullooly (born 1935)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	17 September 1997	12 September 2002	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Labour Panel
22nd	Rory Kiely (1934–2018)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	12 September 2002	13 September 2007	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Agricultural Panel
23rd	Pat Moylan (born 1946)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	13 September 2007	25 May 2011	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Agricultural Panel
24th	Paddy Burke (born 1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Paddy Burke 2014.jpg	25 May 2011	8 June 2016	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Agricultural Panel
25th	Denis O'Donovan (born 1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Denis O'Donovan at the Enthronement of Naruhito (1).jpg	8 June 2016	29 June 2020	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Agricultural Panel
26th	Mark Daly (born 1973)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Mark Daly 2022.jpg	29 June 2020	16 December 2022	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Administrative Panel
26th	Jerry Buttimer (born 1967)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Jerry Buttimer, December 2022 (cropped).jpg	16 December 2022	30 November 2024	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Labour Panel
27th	Mark Daly (born 1973)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Senator Mark Daly at First Sitting of the 27th Seanad Éireann - 12 February 2025 (cropped).jpg	12 February 2025	Incumbent	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Administrative Panel

Leas-Chathaoirleach

The Cathaoirleach's deputy is the Script error: No such module "Lang"..

Seanad	Name (Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	Portrait	Term of office		Party
1922	James G. Douglas (1887–1954)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:James Green Douglas, circa 1940s.jpg	12 December 1922	9 December 1925	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	N/A
1925	Thomas Westropp Bennett (1867–1962)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	9 December 1925	12 December 1928	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	N/A
1928	Patrick W. Kenny (died 1931)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Patrick W. Kenny, circa 1927.jpg	12 December 1928	22 April 1931	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	N/A
1928	Patrick Hooper (died 1931)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	6 May 1931	6 September 1931	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	N/A
1931	Michael F. O'Hanlon (1890–1967)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	20 January 1932	12 December 1934	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	N/A
1934	Michael Comyn (1871–1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Michael Comyn 1933.png	12 December 1934	24 February 1936	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	N/A
1934	David Robinson (1882–1943)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	11 March 1936	19 May 1936^[4]	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	N/A
2nd	Pádraic Ó Máille (1878–1946)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Pádraic Ó Máille, circa 1922.jpg	11 May 1938	30 November 1938	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Agricultural Panel
3rd	Michael Tierney (1894–1975)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".		30 November 1938	27 October 1943	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	National University of Ireland
4th			27 October 1943	18 August 1944		National University of Ireland
5th	Timothy O'Donovan (1881–1957)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	18 August 1944	21 April 1948	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Agricultural Panel
6th	Seán Goulding (1877–1959)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	21 April 1948	14 August 1951	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Administrative Panel
7th	Timothy O'Donovan (1881–1957)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	7 November 1951	27 July 1954	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Agricultural Panel
8th	Liam Ó Buachalla (1899–1970)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	27 July 1954	29 May 1957	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Cultural and Educational Panel
9th	Patrick Baxter (1891–1959)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	29 May 1957	3 April 1959	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Agricultural Panel
9th	John O'Donovan (1908–1982)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	30 May 1959	3 January 1962	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Cultural and Educational Panel
10th	Patrick Lindsay (1914–1993)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	3 January 1962	30 June 1965	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Industrial and Commercial Panel
11th	James Dooge (1922–2010)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:James Dooge, 1981 (cropped).tif	30 June 1965	12 November 1969	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Labour Panel
12th		File:James Dooge, 1981 (cropped).tif	12 November 1969	20 June 1973	Industrial and Commercial Panel
13th	Evelyn Owens (1931–2010)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	20 June 1973	2 November 1977	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Labour Panel
14th	Joe McCartin (born 1939)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Joe McCartin, 2004 (cropped).jpg	2 November 1977	12 July 1979	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Agricultural Panel
14th	Charles McDonald (born 1935)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Charles McDonald, June 12 1973 (cropped).jpg	18 July 1979	13 May 1982	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Agricultural Panel
15th	Séamus Dolan (1914–2010)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	9 October 1981	19 May 1982	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Labour Panel
16th	Charles McDonald (born 1935)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Charles McDonald, June 12 1973 (cropped).jpg	19 May 1982	9 March 1983	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Agricultural Panel
17th	Tras Honan (1930–2023)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Tras Honan at the meeting of the European Parliament in Luxembourg (cropped).jpg	9 March 1983	25 April 1987	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Administrative Panel
18th	Charles McDonald (born 1935)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Charles McDonald, June 12 1973 (cropped).jpg	20 May 1987	8 November 1989	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Agricultural Panel
19th	Liam Naughten (1944–1996)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	8 November 1989	25 February 1993	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Agricultural Panel
20th		File:No image.png	25 February 1993	12 July 1995		Agricultural Panel
20th	Brian Mullooly (born 1935)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	19 July 1995	18 September 1997	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Labour Panel
21st	Liam T. Cosgrave (born 1956)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:No image.png	18 September 1997	13 September 2002	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Industrial and Commercial Panel
22nd	Paddy Burke (born 1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Paddy Burke 2014.jpg	13 September 2002	13 September 2007	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Agricultural Panel
23rd		File:Paddy Burke 2014.jpg	13 September 2007	25 May 2011		Agricultural Panel
24th	Denis O'Donovan (born 1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Denis O'Donovan at the Enthronement of Naruhito (1).jpg	25 May 2011	8 June 2016	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Industrial and Commercial Panel
25th	Paul Coghlan (1944–2023)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Paul Coghlan, June 2018 (cropped).jpg	15 June 2016	27 March 2020	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Industrial and Commercial Panel
26th	Jerry Buttimer (born 1967)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Jerry Buttimer.jpg	7 July 2020	21 August 2020	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Labour Panel
	Joe O'Reilly (born 1955)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Joe O'Reilly, November 2022 (cropped).jpg	22 August 2020	16 December 2022	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Labour Panel
	Mark Daly (born 1973)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".	File:Mark Daly 2022.jpg	16 December 2022	12 February 2025	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Administrative Panel
27th	Maria Byrne	File:Maria Byrne, January 2025 (cropped).jpg	19 February 2025	Incumbent	REDIRECT Template:Party name with color Template:Redirect category shell	Agricultural Panel

References

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External links

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↑ For the pronunciation in Irish, see here Template:Webarchive.
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↑ ^a ^b ^c The 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.

[1] For the pronunciation in Irish, see here Template:Webarchive.

[2] Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

[3] Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".

[senate-4] The 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.

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