List of presidential appointees to the Council of State (Ireland)

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The President of Ireland has the right to appoint a maximum of seven members of the Council of State, which advises the President in exercising certain reserve powers. As well as the seven (or fewer) appointees, the Council has seven ex officio members and a variable number of life members by right of former office. An appointed member's term ends when the President's term ends, although a new or re-elected President may re-appoint members. If an appointed member accedes to one of the positions conferring ex officio membership of the Council, this creates a vacancy which the President may fill via another appointment.

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History

The first President, Douglas Hyde, who took office in 1938, did not nominate members till the Council first met in January 1940; all six nominees were Oireachtas members, and not members of the Fianna Fáil government party. [1]

For long, Presidents included senior serving politicians on the Council. Éamon de Valera said during the 1937 debate on the proposed Constitution, "this Council of State ... will ordinarily contain the leaders of the big Parties in the Dáil." [2] Upon Richard Mulcahy's 1971 death, de Valera invited Fine Gael leader Liam Cosgrave to join but Cosgrave declined. [3] Fine Gael objected in 1991 that Mary Robinson had become the first President not to have the Leader of the Opposition in the Council. [4] [5] Robinson had promised to appoint two representatives of the Opposition, [6] but the practice of including the Leader was not a fixed rule. [7] In early 1995, after the Fianna Fáil-led government was replaced by a Fine Gael-led government without a general election, Mary Robinson asked Monica Barnes of Fine Gael to resign from the council of state to allow Mary O'Rourke of Fianna Fáil to be appointed instead to increase the Opposition voice. [8] The Oireachtas Committee on the Constitution issued a 1998 report dealing with the Presidency, which recommended that the President be "empowered to nominate two members of the Dáil who belong to parties other than the party or parties that form the government for the life of that government". [9]

Early Presidents included one or two representatives of minorities; there were several of Anglo-Irish, Protestant, or ex-Unionist backgrounds, and the Jewish Bob Briscoe. [7] In campaigning in the 1990 presidential election, Mary Robinson promised to reform the Council of State. She criticised it for consisting "mainly of senior or retired politicians" and promised to make it "truly representative of the community as a whole". [6] Prior to 1990, Presidents generally reappointed members from the previous term; new members were appointed only when a vacancy arose by a previous appointee's death or accession to ex-officio membership. Patrick Hillery considered new appointees upon assuming office in 1976, and was advised there was no precedent for informing former Councillors of their exclusion; [10] Hillery decided "it would be too hurtful to drop any of the members". [11] Robinson abandoned this practice by appointing seven new members; [4] Mary McAleese did likewise at both her first and second terms. Michael D. Higgins appointed six first-timers and Catherine McGuinness, who had served under Patrick Hillery. [12] For his second term he appointed seven first-timers.

During the 2011 presidential election campaign, candidate Mary Davis, best known for her Special Olympics activism, pledged to nominate a person with intellectual disability to the Council. [13] This proposal attracted some criticism as tokenism, but was endorsed by Fergus Finlay. [14] During a debate on The Late Late Show , candidates were later asked whether they thought Denis O'Brien would be "a suitable person to be on the Council of State". [15] After the victory of Labour Party candidate Michael D. Higgins, the party denied that its leader Eamon Gilmore had suggested nominees to Higgins. [16]

List

AppointeeTerm [n 1] President appointingDate appointedDate ceasedRole on appointment; notesSources
James Dillon 1 Douglas Hyde 8 January 194024 June 1945? TD, initially for Fine Gael, later Independent [1] [17]
Robert Farnan 1 Douglas Hyde 8 January 194024 June 1945? Senator nominated by the Taoiseach [1] [17] [18]
John Keane 1 Douglas Hyde 8 January 194024 June 1945?Independent Senator. Anglo-Irish Baronet. [17]
Richard Mulcahy 1 Douglas Hyde 8 January 194024 June 1945?Fine Gael TD [1] [17]
William Norton 1 Douglas Hyde 8 January 194024 June 1945? Labour Party leader [1] [17]
Michael Tierney 1 Douglas Hyde 8 January 19401944Independent Senator and University College Dublin professor of Greek [1] [17] [19]
Joseph Blowick 1 Seán T. O'Kelly 22 August 194624 June 1952? Clann na Talmhan leader [20] [21]
Bernard Forbes 1 Seán T. O'Kelly 22 August 194610 September 1948Anglo-Irish, 8th Earl of Granard. Died in office. [20] [21] [22]
Richard Mulcahy 2 Seán T. O'Kelly 22 August 194624 June 1952?Leader of the Opposition [20] [21]
Robert Farnan 2 Seán T. O'Kelly 22 August 194624 June 1952? [20] [21]
Thomas Foran 1 Seán T. O'Kelly 22 August 194618 March 1951Senator nominated by the Taoiseach. Died in office. [20] [21] [23]
John Keane 2 Seán T. O'Kelly 22 August 194624 June 1952? [20] [21]
William Norton 2 Seán T. O'Kelly 22 August 194618 February 1948 Tánaiste, and ex officio member of the Council, after the 1948 general election. [20] [21] [24]
Seán MacEntee 1 Seán T. O'Kelly 194824 June 1952? Fianna Fáil minister. [25] [26]
Robert Farnan 3 Seán T. O'Kelly March 195324 June 1959 [18] [27] [28] [29]
John Keane 3 Seán T. O'Kelly March 195330 January 1956Died in office [28]
Seán MacEntee 2 Seán T. O'Kelly March 195323 June 1959Made Tánaiste, and ex officio member of the Council, the day before O'Kelly's term expired [27] [28] [29]
Richard Mulcahy 3 Seán T. O'Kelly March 195324 June 1959 [27] [28] [29]
William Norton 3 Seán T. O'Kelly March 19532 June 1954Tánaiste, and ex officio member of the Council, in the 1954–57 government. [28] [30]
Cecil Stafford-King-Harman 1 Seán T. O'Kelly 195624 June 1959Anglo-Irish, grandson of Edward King-Harman; owned the Rockingham Estate, now Lough Key Forest Park [31] [27] [29]
William Norton 4 Seán T. O'Kelly 195724 June 1959Tánaiste, and ex officio member of the Council, till after the 1957 general election. [30] [27] [29]
Patrick Little 1 Seán T. O'Kelly July 195724 June 1959Fianna Fáil TD [27] [29] [32]
Maurice E. Dockrell 1 Seán T. O'Kelly 1958?24 June 1959Anglo-Irish Fine Gael TD [29]
Maurice E. Dockrell 2 Éamon de Valera 23 September 195924 June 1966? [29]
Robert Farnan 4 Éamon de Valera 23 September 19597 January 1962Died in office [29] [33]
Patrick Little 2 Éamon de Valera 23 September 195916 May 1963Died in office [29] [34] [35]
Richard Mulcahy 4 Éamon de Valera 23 September 195924 June 1966? [29]
William Norton 5 Éamon de Valera 23 September 19594 December 1963Died in office [29] [35] [36]
Stephen M. O'Mara 1 Éamon de Valera 23 September 195911 November 1959Former Mayor of Limerick. Died in office. [29] [37]
Domhnall Ua Buachalla 1 Éamon de Valera 23 September 195930 October 1963Former Governor-General of the Irish Free State. Died in office. [29] [35]
James Dillon 2 Éamon de Valera March 196024 June 1966?Fine Gael Leader of the Opposition. Replaced Stephen O'Mara. [38]
Robert Briscoe 1 Éamon de Valera 196224 June 1966?Jewish Fianna Fáil TD. Replaced Robert Farnan. [39]
Brendan Corish 1 Éamon de Valera 13 January 196424 June 1966?Labour Party leader. Replaced William Norton. [35]
Honor Crowley 1 Éamon de Valera 13 January 196424 June 1966?Fianna Fáil TD [35]
Jane Dowdall 1 Éamon de Valera 13 January 196424 June 1966?Fianna Fáil former Senator and Lord Mayor of Cork [35]
Robert Briscoe 2 Éamon de Valera 13 January 196729 May 1969Died in office [39] [40]
Brendan Corish 2 Éamon de Valera 13 January 196714 March 1973Became Tánaiste, and ex-officio member of the Council, after the 1973 general election. [40] [41] [42]
James Dillon 3 Éamon de Valera 13 January 196724 June 1973? [40] [41]
Maurice E. Dockrell 3 Éamon de Valera 13 January 196724 June 1973? [40] [41]
Jane Dowdall 2 Éamon de Valera 13 January 196724 June 1973? [40] [41]
Richard Mulcahy 5 Éamon de Valera 13 January 196716 December 1971Died in office [40] [41]
Seán MacEntee 3 Éamon de Valera 16 February 196824 June 1973? [41]
Frank Aiken 1 Éamon de Valera 3 July 196924 June 1973?Fianna Fáil TD. Tánaiste, and ex officio member of the Council, till after the 1969 general election. Replaced Bob Briscoe. [41]
Albert Joseph McConnell 1 Éamon de Valera 2 January 197324 June 1973? Provost of Trinity College Dublin. Replaced Richard Mulcahy. [43]
Barry Desmond 1 Éamon de Valera 11 April 197324 June 1973Labour Party minister. Replaced Brendan Corish. [42]
Frank Aiken 2 Erskine Childers 197317 November 1974 [44]
Barry Desmond 2 Erskine Childers 197317 November 1974 [44] [45]
James Dillon 4 Erskine Childers 197317 November 1974 [44]
Maurice E. Dockrell 4 Erskine Childers 197317 November 1974 [44]
Jane Dowdall 3 Erskine Childers 197317 November 1974Died on 12 December 1974, before the newly elected President Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh had appointed nominees to the Council. [44]
Seán MacEntee 4 Erskine Childers 197317 November 1974 [44]
Albert Joseph McConnell 2 Erskine Childers 197317 November 1974 [44]
Frank Aiken 3 Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh 2 January 197522 October 1976 [44] [46]
Barry Desmond 3 Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh 2 January 197522 October 1976 [44] [45] [46]
James Dillon 5 Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh 2 January 197522 October 1976 [44] [46]
Maurice E. Dockrell 5 Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh 2 January 197522 October 1976 [44] [46]
Seán MacEntee 5 Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh 2 January 197522 October 1976 [44] [46]
Albert Joseph McConnell 3 Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh 2 January 197522 October 1976 [44] [46]
Siobhán McKenna 1 Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh 2 January 197522 October 1976Actress. Replaced Jane Dowdall. [44] [46]
Frank Aiken 4 Patrick Hillery 24 March 197719 May 1983Died in office [46]
Barry Desmond 4 Patrick Hillery 24 March 19772 December 1983 [46]
James Dillon 6 Patrick Hillery 24 March 19772 December 1983 [46]
Maurice E. Dockrell 6 Patrick Hillery 24 March 19772 December 1983 [46]
Seán MacEntee 6 Patrick Hillery 24 March 19772 December 1983 [46]
Albert Joseph McConnell 4 Patrick Hillery 24 March 19772 December 1983 [46]
Siobhán McKenna 2 Patrick Hillery 24 March 19772 December 1983 [46]
Máirín Bean Uí Dhálaigh 1 Patrick Hillery June 19832 December 1983Widow of President Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh. Replaced Frank Aiken. [47]
Barry Desmond 5 Patrick Hillery 16 December 19832 December 1990 [48]
James Dillon 7 Patrick Hillery 16 December 198310 February 1986Died in office [48]
Maurice E. Dockrell 7 Patrick Hillery 16 December 19839 December 1986Died in office [48]
Seán MacEntee 7 Patrick Hillery 16 December 198310 January 1984Died in office [48]
Albert Joseph McConnell 5 Patrick Hillery 16 December 19832 December 1990 [48]
Siobhán McKenna 3 Patrick Hillery 16 December 198316 November 1986Died in office [48]
Máirín Bean Uí Dhálaigh 2 Patrick Hillery 16 December 19832 December 1990 [48]
Pádraig Faulkner 1 Patrick Hillery 19842 December 1990Former Fianna Fáil minister and Ceann Comhairle. Replaced Seán MacEntee. [49]
Alan Dukes 1 Patrick Hillery 2 May 19882 December 1990Fine Gael leader of the Opposition [50]
Catherine McGuinness 1 Patrick Hillery 2 May 19882 December 1990Barrister and former Independent Senator [50] [51]
Gemma Hussey 1 Patrick Hillery 8 September 19892 December 1990Fine Gael TD [52] [53]
Monica Barnes 1 Mary Robinson 20 February 1991April 1995Fine Gael TD. Resigned to make way for Mary O'Rourke. [5] [8]
Emer Colleran 1 Mary Robinson 20 February 199112 September 1997 An Taisce [5]
Patricia O'Donovan1 Mary Robinson 20 February 199112 September 1997Trade union barrister [5]
Quintin Oliver1 Mary Robinson 20 February 199112 September 1997Director of the Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action [5]
Rosemarie Smith1 Mary Robinson 20 February 199112 September 1997 Irish Farmers' Association official [5]
Donal Toolan1 Mary Robinson 20 February 199112 September 1997Disabled journalist [5]
T. K. Whitaker 1 Mary Robinson 20 February 199112 September 1997Former civil servant and Senator [5]
Mary O'Rourke 1 Mary Robinson April 199512 September 1997Fianna Fáil TD. Replaced Monica Barnes. [8]
Gordon Brett1 Mary McAleese 16 December 199710 November 2004Psychologist [54] [55]
Brian Crowley 1 Mary McAleese 16 December 199710 November 2004Fianna Fáil MEP [54] [55]
Christina Carney Flynn1 Mary McAleese 16 December 199710 November 2004 Irish Municipal, Public and Civil Trade Union official [54] [55]
Ruth Curtis1 Mary McAleese 16 December 199710 November 2004 NUI Galway psychology professor [56] [54] [55]
Stanislaus Kennedy 1 Mary McAleese 16 December 199710 November 2004Nun, Focus Ireland campaigner [54] [55]
Martin Naughton 1 Mary McAleese 16 December 199710 November 2004Businessman [54] [55]
Noel Stewart1 Mary McAleese 16 December 199710 November 2004Belfast accountant [54] [55]
Harvey Bicker 1 Mary McAleese 22 November 200410 November 2011Former British Army colonel and Ulster Unionist Party councillor [57] [58]
Anastasia Crickley1 Mary McAleese 22 November 200410 November 2011Chair of the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism [57] [58]
Mary Davis 1 Mary McAleese 22 November 200410 November 2011 Special Olympics activist [57] [58]
Martin Mansergh 1 Mary McAleese 22 November 200410 November 2011Fianna Fáil Senator [57] [58]
Enda Marren 1 Mary McAleese 22 November 200410 November 2011Fine Gael activist [57] [58]
Denis Moloney 1 Mary McAleese 22 November 200410 November 2011Northern Irish lawyer [57] [58]
Daráine Mulvihill 1 Mary McAleese 22 November 200410 November 2011Meningitis survivor [57] [58]
Michael Farrell 1 Michael D. Higgins 6 January 201210 November 2018Solicitor and human/civil rights campaigner [12] [59]
Deirdre Heenan 1 Michael D. Higgins 6 January 201210 November 2018 Provost and Dean of Academic Development, Magee College, University of Ulster [12] [59]
Catherine McGuinness 2 Michael D. Higgins 6 January 201210 November 2018Former Senator, Supreme Court judge and President, Law Reform Commission [12] [51] [59]
Ruairí McKiernan 1 Michael D. Higgins 6 January 201210 November 2018Community activist; Social entrepreneur; founder SpunOut.ie [12] [59]
Sally Mulready 1 Michael D. Higgins 6 January 201210 November 2018 Hackney borough councillor and advocate for Irish people in Great Britain [12] [59]
Gearóid Ó Tuathaigh 1 Michael D. Higgins 6 January 201210 November 2018 Professor Emeritus, NUI Galway; Former Cathaoirleach, Údarás na Gaeltachta [12] [59]
Gerard Quinn 1 Michael D. Higgins 6 January 201210 November 2018Director, Centre for Disability Law and Policy, NUI Galway [12] [59]
Cara Augustenborg 1 Michael D. Higgins 4 April 2019 Fellow in environmental policy at University College Dublin [60]
Sinéad Burke 1 Michael D. Higgins 4 April 2019 Disability activist [60]
Sindy Joyce 1 Michael D. Higgins 4 April 2019 Irish Travellers' rights activist [60]
Maurice Malone1 Michael D. Higgins 4 April 2019Chief executive of the Birmingham Irish Association [60]
Johnston McMaster1 Michael D. Higgins 4 April 2019 Methodist minister and academic at the Irish School of Ecumenics [60] [61]
Mary Murphy1 Michael D. Higgins 4 April 2019 Social policy academic at NUI Maynooth [60] [62]
Seán Ó Cuirreáin  [ ga ]1 Michael D. Higgins 4 April 2019Journalist and former Coimisinéir Teanga [60]
  1. ↑ e.g. a value of 3 indicates that the relevant term was the 3rd time the person served on the Council of State.

See also

Sources

Citations

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas Byrne (Meath politician)</span> Irish Fianna Fáil politician (b. 1977)

Thomas Byrne is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician and solicitor who was appointed Minister of State at the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in December 2022. He previously served as Minister of State for European Affairs from July 2020 to December 2022. He has served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for Meath East from 2007 to 2011, and subsequently since 2016, during which period he held the position of Dáil Éireann opposition front bench spokesperson for Education and Skills. From 2011 to 2016, he was elected as a senator for the Cultural and Educational Panel, and worked as Seanad Éireann opposition front bench spokesperson for both Public Expenditure and Reform and Health, respectively.

The composition of Seanad Éireann, one of the two houses of the Oireachtas (parliament) of Ireland, is set out in Article 18 of the Constitution of Ireland. This provides for 60 Senators, of whom 11 are nominated by the Taoiseach who is appointed next after the election to general election to Dáil Éireann.

The 31st Dáil was elected at the 2011 general election on 25 February 2011 and first met at midday on 9 March 2011 in Leinster House. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of Ireland, are known as TDs. The 31st Dáil lasted 1,793 days. It was dissolved by President Michael D. Higgins on 3 February 2016, at the request of the Taoiseach Enda Kenny.

Ireland has no formal honours system. Proposals to introduce one have been made by various groups at different times. The Order of St. Patrick, established by the British monarchy in the Kingdom of Ireland in 1783, has been in abeyance for decades. The Constitution of Ireland mandates that "Titles of nobility shall not be conferred by the State."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mary Mitchell O'Connor</span> Irish former Fine Gael politician (b. 1959)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as a Minister of State from 2017 to 2020 and Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation from 2016 to 2017. She served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency from 2011 and 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Seán Barrett (politician)</span> Irish former Fine Gael politician (b. 1944)

Seán Barrett is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 2011 to 2016, Minister for Defence and Minister for the Marine from 1995 to 1997, Government Chief Whip from 1982 to 1986 and 1994 to 1995. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dún Laoghaire constituency from 1981 to 2002 and 2007 to 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2015</span> Proposal to reduce the minimum age of candidacy for the office of President

The Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2015 was a proposed amendment to the constitution of Ireland to reduce the minimum age of candidacy for the office of President of Ireland from 35 to 21. The bill was introduced to the Oireachtas in January 2015 by the Fine Gael–Labour government, after which both houses of the Oireachtas passed the bill. The bill was rejected by the electorate in a referendum on 22 May 2015 by 73.1% against to 26.9% in favour. This was the largest losing margin of any referendum in Ireland.

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