Dáil Éireann resumes on Wednesday, 16 September 2026
Dáil Éireann resumes on Wednesday, 16 September 2026
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The Presidency of the Council of the EU
Ireland has assumed the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the eighth time it has taken the role since it did so first in 1975.
During the Presidency, Ireland will play a leading part in guiding negotiations, brokering agreements and helping to deliver laws and policies affecting more than 450 million people across Europe.
Explore the Dáil Chamber
Our new interactive Chamber map of the Dáil allows you to explore Member positions by name, party or constituency.
In the Dáil Chamber Government and Opposition TDs may sit opposite each other and parties are usually grouped. Each Member is assigned a specific seat for voting purposes.
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PAC | The watchdog at work
For more than 100 years, the Committee of Public Accounts, more commonly referred to as PAC, has cast an impartial and forensic eye on how State money is spent.
Take a look at how Parliament's oldest standing committee has become a byword for accountability and oversight in spending.
There are 174 Members (called Deputies or TDs) of Dáil Éireann.
There are 60 Members (called Senators) in Seanad Éireann.
News
6 Aug 2026, 15.00
29 Jul 2026, 10.00
23 Jul 2026, 10.00
Press releases
29 Jul 2026, 18:00
Statement by An Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann, Verona Murphy TD on the passing of Glen Hansard
16 Jul 2026, 14:18
14 Moladh maidir le hOideachas lán-Ghaeilge ó Chomhchoiste na Gaeilge bunaithe ar a thoscaireacht chuig an mBreatain Bheag
16 Jul 2026, 11:33
Social Protection and Rural Development Committee calls for increased LEADER funding and simpler access for rural communities
16 Jul 2026, 10:32
Committee of Public Accounts calls for urgent Government action on the National Children’s Science Centre
15 Jul 2026, 21:26
Public Accounts Committee to meet with the National Transport Authority (NTA) and Iarnród Éireann
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Working in Parliament
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Recently considered Bills and Acts
24 Jul 2026
Before Dáil Éireann
Railway Safety Bill 2026
No. 82 of 2026
23 Jul 2026
Enacted
Development (Strategic Gas Reserve) Act 2026
No. 36 of 2026
Development (Strategic Gas Reserve) Bill 2026
No. 72 of 2026
23 Jul 2026
Enacted
Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2026
No. 34 of 2026
Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026
No. 1 of 2026
23 Jul 2026
Enacted
Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Act 2026
No. 35 of 2026
Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2026
No. 57 of 2026
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Ireland: a parliamentary democracy
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