15th Seanad

The 15th Seanad was in office from 1981 to 1982. An election to Seanad Éireann, the Senate of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament), followed the 1981 general election to the 22nd Dáil. The senators served until the close of poll for the 16th Seanad.

Composition of the 15th 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 15th Seanad first met on 8 October 1981.