About Oireachtas TV

UPC has agreed to broadcast the proceedings of the Houses of the Oireachtas on a pilot basis. This service can be found on UPC's Channel 801. This service will be provided free of charge to all UPC's digital cable customers.

As part of our agreement with UPC, Oireachtas proceeding will be carried live from 2.00 p.m on Tuesdays until close of business on Thursdays with coverage of Dáil Éireann. Coverage of sittings of Seanad Éireann and Committees will be then broadcast from Thursday evening until 2.00 p.m the following Tuesday.

In this pilot, the public are invited to give their views and feedback at TV@oireachtas.ie

Transmission will commence at 2.00 pm Tuesday, 15 November, when it will air the sitting of Dáil Éireann live.

Read the Press Release from the 15 November, 2011

Some useful facts about this service

• Cost
  This service is being delivered at no additional cost to the Houses of the Oireachtas or the tax-payer

• Facts & Figures
  The Oireachtas broadcast will be available through the UPC Channel 801 to approx. 957,842 people or in percentage terms it will reach 20.5% of the population in 328,100 homes.

• Schedule of programming
  Attached is a sample schedule for this week’s broadcast including both the live coverage from Dáil Éireann and the recorded loop from Seanad Éirean and Oireachtas Committees’ to be broadcast from Thursday evening to Tuesday morning (17 to 22 November).

• Extension of Service
  The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission are in contact with the other service providers and hope that in time this service will be provided on those channels.   

• Other Parliamentary TV Channels
  Some other Parliaments that transmit live are:
  UK Parliament
  New Zealand Parliament