Bill entitled an Act to regulate, for the purpose of Article 18.4.2° of the Constitution of Ireland, elections (including bye-elections as well as general elections) of those elected members of Seanad Éireann who are required by that Constitution to be elected by universities or other institutions of higher education in the State, to define the franchise on which such members are to be elected, to amend the Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937, to provide for vacancies in Seanad Éireann in the Higher Education constituency to be filled from replacement candidates lists and to provide for matters incidental to or connected with such elections.