Who exactly has a Seanad vote?

From today, ballot papers will be issued to the electorate for panel members of the Seanad, with the close of poll set for January 29th and 30th for the university panels and vocational panels respectively.  But who exactly has a Seanad vote? And how does it all work? We asked Claire McGing who is a political researcher who has conducted research on the Seanad.

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