Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Before I ask the Acting Leader to outline the business of the day, I will announce to the House for the information of Members that Senators Regina Doherty and Lynn Boylan have been elected to the European Parliament. Pursuant to the European Parliament Elections Acts 1992 to 2019, the Senators will cease to be Members of the Seanad when they take up their seats at the first sitting of the European Parliament, which is likely to be on the 16th day of July 2024. Accordingly, a vacancy in the number of nominated Members of the Seanad and in the Oireachtas Sub-Panel of the Agricultural Panel will exist at that time. On my behalf and on that of the House, I congratulate Senators Doherty and Boylan, our MEPs-elect, on their success.