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Mon, 5 Oct
No business is currently scheduled.
Tue, 6 Oct
Government Business: Budget Statements
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Government Business: Allocation-of-Time motion by Government Chief Whip
Government Business: Financial Resolution No. 1 - INCOME TAX
Government Business: Financial Resolution No. 2 - Capital Acquisitions Tax
Government Business: Financial Resolution No. 3 - Capital Gains Tax
Government Business: Financial Resolution No. 4 - Excise - Tobacco Products Tax
- Financial Resolution No. 5 - Excise - Mineral Oil Tax
- Financial Resolution No. 6 - Excise - Natural Gas Carbon Tax
- Financial Resolution No. 7 - Excise - Solid Fuel Carbon Tax
Government Business: Financial Resolution No. 8 - General
Motion(s) without debate: Education (Student and Parent Charter) Bill 2019 [Seanad] — Motion to Instruct the Committee
Dáil adjourns
Wed, 7 Oct
Parliamentary Questions: Oral — Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Other Members’ Questions
Government Business: Financial Motions by the Minister for Finance [2026] (Motion 8, resumed)
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Government Business: Financial Motions by the Minister for Finance [2026] (Motion 8, resumed)
Dáil adjourns
Thu, 8 Oct
Parliamentary Questions: Oral — Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Other Members’ Questions
Questions on Policy or Legislation
SOS
Government Business: Statements on World Mental Health Day
Government Business: Statements on National Breastfeeding Week
Government Business: Financial Motions by the Minister for Finance [2026] (Motion 8, resumed)
Dáil adjourns
Fri, 9 Oct
No business is currently scheduled.
Mon, 12 Oct
No business is currently scheduled.
Tue, 13 Oct
Motion(s) without debate: Motion re Appointment of Ordinary Member of the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission
Government Business: Employment Equality and Institutional Burials (Amendment) Bill 2026 — Second Stage
Government Business: Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2026 — Report and Final Stages
Government Business: Employment Equality and Institutional Burials (Amendment) Bill 2026 — Committee and remaining Stages
Private Members' Business (Sinn Féin): Motion re Home Heating Oil Costs
Dáil adjourns
Wed, 14 Oct
No business is currently scheduled.
Today, 15 Oct
Parliamentary Questions: Oral — Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht
Parliamentary Questions: Oral — Minister for Health
Other Members’ Questions
Questions on Policy or Legislation
SOS
Private Members' Business (Labour Party): Motion re Public Sector Pay
Private Members' Bill or Committee Report (alternating weekly): Children’s Health (Ospidéal Náisiúnta Kathleen Lynn do Leanaí) (Amendment) Bill 2025 — Second Stage
Dáil adjourns
Fri, 16 Oct
No business is currently scheduled.
Dáil Éireann schedule
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Today, 15 Oct
08:47
Parliamentary Questions: Oral — Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht
12:00
Leaders' Questions (Sinn Féin, Labour Party, Independent and Parties Technical Group, Independent Technical Group)16:52
Private Members' Bill or Committee Report (alternating weekly): Children’s Health (Ospidéal Náisiúnta Kathleen Lynn do Leanaí) (Amendment) Bill 2025 — Second Stage
Mon, 5 Oct
No business is currently scheduled.
Tue, 6 Oct
Wed, 7 Oct
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Private Members’ Business: Motion re a referendum on Irish neutrality and protection of the Triple Lock
Thu, 8 Oct
Motion(s) without debate: Motion re the Report of the Joint Committee on Education and Youth entitled ‘Report on Evaluating the Impacts of the School Meals Programme’.
Fri, 9 Oct
No business is currently scheduled.
Mon, 12 Oct
No business is currently scheduled.
Tue, 13 Oct
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Government Business: Statements on the Local Democracy Taskforce Report and Implementation Plan
Wed, 14 Oct
No business is currently scheduled.
Today, 15 Oct
Fri, 16 Oct
No business is currently scheduled.
Tue, 6 Oct
Wed, 7 Oct
Thu, 8 Oct
Fri, 9 Oct
Mon, 12 Oct
No business currently scheduled.
Tue, 13 Oct
Wed, 14 Oct
No business currently scheduled.
Today, 15 Oct
Fri, 16 Oct
No business currently scheduled.
Schedule of meetings
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Today, 15 Oct
09.30
Joint Committee on Children and Equality
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
Private meeting
09.30
09:30Funding for Third-Level Institutions11:30Private Session09.30
Joint Committee on Defence and National Security
CR4, LH 2000
09:30Building National Resilience and National Emergency Planning10:45Building National Resilience and National Emergency Planning09.30
CR3, LH 2000
09:30Private Session10:00Minutes of previous meetingsAccounts and StatementsCorrespondenceWork ProgrammeAny other business10:30Opening statements and briefing documentsFinancial Statements: 2025 Uisce Éireann Financial Statements 202510.00
10:00Minutes of previous meetings: 29/09/2026 and 30/09/2026EU Cybersecurity Act 2 (CSA2) (Public Consultation on Revision of the Cybersecurity Act)11.00
Joint Committee on Children and Equality
Audio Visual Room, LH 2000
11:00Launch of the Committee's Report on ‘Technology, Social Media and Children’ with a focus on the safety and well-being of children online11.45
Committee Rooms Lobby
11:45Dark Money flowing through Irish Financial sector12.30
CR1, LH 2000
12:30Private Session12:40Ireland’s progress toward a universal healthcare system12.30
12:30Private Session13:00Current Condition of the Traveller Accommodation site on Spring Lane, Ballyvolane, Cork and Proposed Development14.00
Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food
CR4, LH 2000
14:00Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Deforestation and Forest Degradation Bill 2026
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Oireachtas TV
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Today, 15 Oct
01:10
Budget 2027
Coverage of Budget 2027 statements, financial resolutions and speeches03:30
Dáil: Statements
Coverage of Statements made in the Dáil on specific matters of national or international interest.05:45
National Bravery Awards 2025
Coverage of the 2025 National Bravery Awards Ceremony, held in Leinster House on 5th December 2025
(ISL)06:50
State of The European Union
Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, gives her annual address to the EU Parliament in Strasbourg
(ISL)08:10
In Focus – September 2026
Flor MacCarthy is joined by a panel of guests to discuss the State of the European Union Address, the upcoming legislative agenda, and British Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s recent comments on Irish Unity
(ISL)08:45
Live: Parliamentary Questions
When Deputies have an opportunity to receive replies to questions submitted by them to a Member of the Government on matters for which they have administrative responsibility10:30
Committee of Public Accounts
This committee works to ensure accountability and transparency in the way Government departments and agencies allocate, spend and manage their finances12:00
Live - Leaders' Questions
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(ISL)12:45
Live - Questions on Policy or Legislation
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(ISL)13:10
Joint Committee: Health
Members can examine key legislation and policy areas under the remit of the Department and its agencies13:50
Live: Topical Issues
When Deputies who have raised a matter which is topical either nationally or within their constituency are answered by a Member of the Government.14:50
Live: Private Members' Business
Private Members Business is time set aside to debate a motion or legislation which is proposed by a party in opposition.16:50
Live: Dáil Private Members' Bill
Private Members Business is time set aside to debate a motion or legislation which is proposed by a party in opposition.19:00
Leaders' Questions Replay
Leaders Questions, where Party Leaders and the Leaders of recognised technical groups can put a question to an Taoiseach without prior notice
(ISL)19:45
Seanad Éireann Replay
Replay of current Seanad Éireann sittings23:00
Committees Replay
Replay of selected Committee proceedings
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15 Oct 2026, 12:42
Joint Committee on Children and Equality publishes its Report on Technology, Social Media and Children with a particular focus on the safety and well-being of children
15 Oct 2026, 11:01
Public Accounts Committee to meet with Uisce Éireann
13 Oct 2026, 11:02
The Joint Committee on Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science meets for engagement on Funding for Third-Level Institutions
12 Oct 2026, 17:14
Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade to discuss Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine with the Ambassadors of Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia and Finland to Ireland
12 Oct 2026, 14:32
Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food meets for Pre Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Deforestation and Forest Degradation Bill 2026
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