USI has elected its new officer board for the 2014-2015 academic year on April 1, 2014. This page contains all information on the elections.
The results (April 2) for the USI Officer Board 2014/15 positions are as follows;
USI President Laura Harmon
· Leas Uachtarán Gaeilge/USI VP for Irish Language Feidhlim Seoighe
· USI VP BMW (Border, Midlands and Western Region) Conor Stitt
· USI VP Southern Region Martin Lynch
· USI VP Equality and Citizenship Annie Hoey
· USI VP Campaigns Glenn Fitzpatrick
· USI VP for Welfare Greg O’ Donoghue.
· Nominations will re-open for USI VP Academic Affairs and Quality Assurance.
Procedures for elections are given in the USI Constitution in Schedule D.
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All candidates may submit a 500 word candidate’s statement for inclusion in the main Congress Document. All candidates may also submit a photo to be printed alongside their statement.
The statement and photo should be sent via email to: manager@usi.ie by 12 midday on Tuesday 18 March. Any not submitted by this time will not be included in the document, with no exceptions.
In February 2014 three of the four candidates for President of USI took part in a filming to answer four questions relating to the election. The responses are given below.
Answering questions are: Kevin Donoghue, Laura Harmon and Denise McCarthy. Steven Fleming could not attend the event due to previous arrangements. He has an option and open invitation to submit answers should he wish to.
Why are you standing for election to be President of USI?
Outline your vision for USI
Are you the right person to win this battle and why?
What makes you the best person for the this role?
Each member students’ union sends a number of students as delegates to USI Congress. The number is determined by the number of students at the member students’ union, for which affiliation fees are paid. Each delegate has a vote in the elections. The delegation entitlement (ceteris paribus) for each active member union is as follows:
| DITSU | 20 |
| UCCSU | 20 |
| NUIGSU | 18 |
| TCDSU | 18 |
| QUBSU | 18 |
| UUSU | 18 |
| Cork ITSU | 13 |
| MSU (Maynooth) | 11 |
| WITSU | 10 |
| LITSU | 8 |
| GMITSU | 8 |
| Athlone ITSU | 7 |
| ITCSU | 7 |
| DKITSU | 7 |
| ITTDSU | 6 |
| ITSSU | 6 |
| ITBSU | 5 |
| ITTSU | 5 |
| IADTSU | 4 |
| LKITSU | 4 |
| NCISU | 3 |
| ST Angela’s | 2 |
| Stranmillis | 2 |
| St Marys | 2 |
| BMC | 2 |
| NRC | 2 |
| NWRC | 2 |
| SERC | 2 |
| SRC | 2 |
| SWC | 2 |
In respect of a Member Organisation for which affiliation fees have either not been paid or have been partially paid a Member Organisation shall have the delegate entitlements, if any, as recommended by Finance Committee (having considered the circumstances of the Member Organisation) and as approved by National Council, provided always that such entitlement shall not exceed the entitlement of the Member Organisation on the basis of their number of ordinary members for whom affiliation fees would otherwise have been paid.
Final nominations received by Steering and Elections Committee are as follows:
President
Donoghue, Kevin (Vice-President for the Border, Midlands & Western Region, USI Officerboard)
AITSU; DITSU; DKITSU; GMITSU; ITCSU; ITSSU; ITTSU; NCISU; NUIGSU; QUBSU; STACSSU; TCDSU; UCCSU; UUSU; WITSU.
Fleming, Stephen (Maynooth Students’ Union)
GMITSU; MSU.
Harmon, Laura (Vice-President for Equality & Citizenship, USI Officerboard)
AITSU; DITSU; GMITSU; IADTSU; ITBSU; ITCSU; ITSSU; ITTSU; MSU; NCISU; NUIGSU; QUBSU; SMUCBSU; STACSSU; SUCSU; TCDSU; UCCSU; UUSU; WITSU.
McCarthy, Denise (Vice-President for Welfare and Deputy President, USI Officerboard)
AITSU; DITSU; GMITSU; IADTSU; ITCSU; ITSSU; ITTDSU; ITTSU; LYITSU; MSU; NCISU; QUBSU; TCDSU; UUSU; WITSU.
Re-Open Nominations (Obligatory Alternative)
Vice-President for Academic Affairs & Quality Assurance
Lynch-Frahill, Gavin (University College Cork Students’ Union)
AITSU; DITSU; GMITSU; ITSSU; ITTSU; NCISU; NUIGSU; QUBSU; STACSSU; UCCSU; UUSU; WITSU.
Re-Open Nominations (Obligatory Alternative)
Vice-President for Welfare
Leahy, Jack (Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union)
DITSU; IADTSU.
Nic A’Bhaird, Saoirse (NUI Galway Students’ Union)
DITSU; GMITSU; NUIGSU; TCDSU.
O’Donoghue, Greg (National College of Ireland Students’ Union)
DITSU; GMITSU; IADTSU; ITBSU; NCISU; NUIGSU; TCDSU; WITSU.
Re-Open Nominations (Obligatory Alternative)
A fourth candidate did receive a nomination from one member organisation but did not receive the requisite second nomination to be validly nominated to contest the election. Any nominated candidate who wishes to withdraw may so do by 17:30 on Friday 14th March, 2014.
Vice-President for Campaigns
FitzPatrick, Glenn (Dublin Institute of Technology Students’ Union)
AITSU; DITSU; DKITSU; GMITSU; IADTSU; ITBSU; ITCSU; ITSSU; ITTSU; ITTDSU; NCISU; NUIGSU; STACSSU; TCDSU; UCCSU; UUSU; WITSU.
Lenihan , Tom (Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union)
DITSU; GMITSU; IADTSU; ITSSU; MSU; NCISU; NUIGSU; QUBSU; UCCSU; WITSU.
Re-Open Nominations (Obligatory Alternative)
Vice-President for Equality & Citizenship
Hoey, Annie (University College Cork Students’ Union)
AITSU; DITSU; GMITSU; IADTSU; ITCSU; ITSSU; ITTSU; LYITSU; MSU; NCISU; NUIGSU; STACSSU; TCDSU; UCCSU; WITSU.
Re-Open Nominations (Obligatory Alternative)
Vice-President for the Border, Midlands & Western Region
Loughnane, Joseph (NUI Galway Students’ Union)
GMITSU; STACSSU; NUIGSU.
Stitt, Conor (NUI Galway Students’ Union)
AITSU; GMITSU; ITSSU; LYITSU; MSU; NUIGSU; STACSSU.
Re-Open Nominations (Obligatory Alternative)
Vice-President for the Southern Region
Lynch, Martin (Limerick Institute of Technology Students’ Union)
ITCSU; ITTSU; LITSU; UCCSU; WITSU.
Re-Open Nominations (Obligatory Alternative)
Vice-President for the Irish Language & Culture
Seoighe, Feidhlim (Irish Language Officer, USI Officerboard)
DITSU; NUIGSU.
Re-Open Nominations (Obligatory Alternative)
Some Students’ Unions arrange Hustings events, either to gauge the position of their members vis-á-vis candidates for elections or to create mandates for their Congress delegates. These are not in a strict sense binding or formal and there is no formal requirement for candidates to attend these. They are usually closed events for SU members only. Where USI is informed formally of these dates, they are listed below:
| Date | SU | Location | Time | Status |
| 19 February | Dublin Institute of Technology SU | Room 259, Bolton St. | 18.00 | Mandating |
| 3 March | NUIGSU | IT250 IT Building | 6pm | TBC |
| 4 March | GMITSU | MacNeill Theatre, Hamilton Building | 5pm | TBC |
| 11 March | TCDSU | MacNeill Theatre, Hamilton Building | 7pm | Binding (See Below) |
| 12 March | IADTSU | TBC | 6pm | Binding (See Below) |
| 18 March | WITSU | Auditorium, Cork Road Campus | 17.30 | TBC (See below) |
| 19 March | UCCSU and CITSU | G01, Kane Building, UCC | 18.30 | Joint event with CITSU – UCC mandating, CITSU not mandating |
Notes:
TCDSU Hustings 11 March
IADTSU Hustings 12 March:
IADTSU would like to formally invite candidates running for all positions in USI to Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design & Technology on Wednesday at 6pm. They will be given four minutes to speak, then questions after all candidates in their respective position have spoken. Then one minute each for summation at the end.
WITSU Hustings 18 March:
WITSU will follow the same running order as agreed for the DIT Student Union Hustings for 2014.
Each candidate will have 3 minutes max to speak. WITSU will then open the discussion to the floor for questions. Questions will be towards the position and not individual candidates. Questions must be answered within the 1 minute time frame allowed.
All candidates: please contact Stephen O’Rourke at WITSU to confirm attendance.
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