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Proposals for nominations to panel by registered nominating bodies.
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26.—(1) At a Seanad general election, a nominating body which is registered in the register of nominating bodies in respect of a particular panel shall be entitled to propose for nomination to the panel such number of persons as is provided in that behalf by this section.
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(2) Where one nominating body, and no more, is entitled to propose for nomination to a particular panel, that body shall be entitled to so propose—
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(a) in the case of the cultural and educational panel—three persons,
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(b) in the case of the agricultural panel or the labour panel—eleven persons,
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(c) in the case of the industrial and commercial panel—nine persons,
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(d) in the case of the administrative panel—five persons.
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(3) Where two nominating bodies, and no more, are entitled to propose for nomination to a particular panel, each shall be entitled to propose for nomination to the panel—
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(a) in the case of the cultural and educational panel—two persons,
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(b) in the case of the agricultural panel or the labour panel—six persons,
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(c) in the case of the industrial and commercial panel—five persons,
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(d) in the case of the administrative panel—three persons.
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(4) Where three or more nominating bodies are entitled to propose for nomination to a particular panel, each shall be entitled to propose for nomination to the panel—
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(a) if the number obtained by dividing the appropriate number by the number of the nominating bodies is two or less—two persons, and
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(b) if the number so obtained is more than two—the number so obtained of persons if it is a whole number or, if it is not a whole number, the next higher whole number of persons.
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(5) in subsection (4) of this section, the expression “the appropriate number” means—
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(a) in the case of the cultural and educational panel—ten,
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(b) in the case of the agricultural panel or the labour panel—eighteen,
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(c) in the case of the industrial and commercial panel—sixteen,
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(d) in the case of the administrative panel—twelve.
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