The first five senators have been elected to the next Seanad.
Two Fine Gael candidates, two from Fianna Fáil and one from Sinn Féin have been elected by the Cultural and Educational panel.
Former government chief whip Sean Kyne was the first person deemed elected this morning.
Mr Kyne made the quota on the 14th count of the Cultural and Educational panel.
The Fine Gael politician previously served as a TD for Galway West, but narrowly lost his seat in last month's general election.
#Seanad2020 - The 14th count of the Cultural and Educational Panel has concluded - Kyne, Seán was Deemed To Be Elected - look back here #seeforyourself https://t.co/A21XOxYk9n pic.twitter.com/Ui0PaLi5PU
— Houses of the Oireachtas - Tithe an Oireachtais (@OireachtasNews) March 31, 2020
Fianna Fáil's Lisa Chambers also won a seat this morning, after she failed to win re-election to the Dáil last month.
A third former TD, Fianna Fáil's Malcolm Byrne, was also elected after contesting his fifth election in 300 days.
It's the third he has won, having been elected a councillor, TD and Senator in separate elections since last May
The final two senators elected to the panel were Sinn Féin's Fintan Warfield and Fine Gael's John McGahon.
First Seanad panel is complete.
Cultural and Education:
Sean Kyne, FG
Malcolm Byrne, FF
Lisa Chambers, FF
Fintan Warfield, SF
John McGahon, FG
The Green Party's Saoirse McHugh misses out https://t.co/VPRIAOoPxQ— Seán Defoe (@SeanDefoe) March 31, 2020
Green Party candidate Saoirse McHugh missed out on a seat, having fallen short in the final count.
Meanwhile, counting is also underway for the Trinity College and NUI panels today, while the Agricultural Panel count set to begin this afternoon.
It's expected counting will take until Thursday or Friday to complete.
The final 11 members of the next Seanad will be nominated by the Taoiseach of the next government.
