Dáil Éireann schedule
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Dáil Éireann resumes on Tuesday, 20 October 2020 at 2.00 pm
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14.34
Motion without debate 1: Motion re Parliamentary Precincts and Privilege (Item No. 6)
14.34
Motion without debate 2: Motion re Restoration of Private Members' Bills (Item No. 6a)
16.09
Government Business: Statements post European Council Meeting of 15th -16th October 2020, pursuant to Standing Order 124 (Item No. 10)
18.34
Parliamentary Questions: Oral – Minister for Children, Disability, Equality and Integration
20.04
Private Members’ Business (Sinn Féin): Ministerial Power (Repeal) (Ban Co-Living and Build to Rent) Bill 2020 – Second Stage (Item No. 16)
23.12
Parliamentary Questions: Oral – Minister for Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science until 12:42 am
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10.00
Private Members’ Business (Reg Grp): Motion re the Post Office Network (Item No. 89)
15.09
Government Business 1: Railway Safety (Reporting and Investigation of Serious Accidents, Accidents and Incidents involving Certain Railways) Bill 2020 - Order for Second Stage and Second Stage (Item No. 4)
17.14
Government Business 2: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad] - Second Stage (Item No. 1)
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10.30
Government Business 1: Motion re Extension of Sunset Clause for Part 5 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (Item No. 7)
10.30
Government Business 2: Motion re Extension of Sunset Clause for Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 (Item No. 7a)
12.34
Latent Defects Redress Bill 2020 - First Stage (Deputy Eoin Ó Broin) (5 minutes) (Item No. 5a)
12.34
Residential Tenancies (Extension of Eviction Ban) Bill 2020 - First Stage (Item No. 5b)
13.04
Government Business 3: Motion re Extension of Sunset Clause for Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 (Item No. 7a)
13.04
Government Business 4: Railway Safety (Reporting and Investigation of Serious Accidents, Accidents and Incidents involving Certain Railways) Bill 2020 - Committee and Remaining Stages (Item No. 4)
13.04
Government Business 5: Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 [Seanad] - Committee and Remaining Stages (Item No. 1)
13.04
Government Business 6: Residential Tenancies Bill 2020 ‒ All Stages (Item No. 4a)
13.04
Motion without debate: Motion re Weekly Schedule and Business of the Dáil (Item No. 7b)
13.04
Motion without debate: Motion re Fourth Report of Committee of Selection and Appointment of Chair (Item No. 7c)
13.04
Motion without debate: Motion re Revised Estimates for Public Services 2020 [Votes 28, 30, 31, 35, 36 and 42] (Item No. 8)
22.59
Ministerial Power (Repeal) (Ban Co-Living and Build to Rent) Bill 2020 (postponed division) (Item No. 16)
22.59
Motion re Extension of Sunset Clause for Part 5 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 - Amendment No. 1 (postponed division) (Item No. 7)
22.59
Motion re Extension of Sunset Clause of Part 3 of the Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 - Amendment 1 (postponed division) (Item No. 7a)
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10.30
Government Business 1: Health (Amendment) Bill 2020 ‒ All Stages (Item No. 4b)
10.30
Government Business 2: Statements on the Level 5 response to Covid-19 (Item No. 10a)
19.48
Private Members’ Bill (Sinn Féin): Forestry (Planning Permission) (Amendment) Bill 2018 – Second Stage (Item No. 17)
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Dáil Éireann resumes on Tuesday, 3 November 2020 at 2.00 pm
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Dáil Éireann resumes on Tuesday, 3 November 2020 at 2.00 pm
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Dáil Éireann resumes on Tuesday, 3 November 2020 at 2.00 pm
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Dáil Éireann resumes on Tuesday, 3 November 2020 at 2.00 pm
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Dáil Éireann resumes on Tuesday, 3 November 2020 at 2.00 pm
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Dáil Éireann resumes on Tuesday, 3 November 2020 at 2.00 pm
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Dáil Éireann resumes on Tuesday, 3 November 2020 at 2.00 pm
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Dáil Éireann resumes on Tuesday, 3 November 2020 at 2.00 pm
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Dáil Éireann resumes on Tuesday, 3 November 2020 at 2.00 pm
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Dáil Éireann resumes on Tuesday, 3 November 2020 at 2.00 pm
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21.47
Parliamentary Questions: Oral – Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine
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10.30
Parliamentary Questions: Oral – Minister for Rural and Community Development
18.20
Private Members’ Bill: Education (Admission to Schools) (Amendment) Bill 2020 – Second Stage
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No business is currently scheduled. Leinster House is open with reduced hours and restricted access due to Covid-19.
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No business is currently scheduled. Leinster House is open with reduced hours and restricted access due to Covid-19.
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No business is currently scheduled. Leinster House is open with reduced hours and restricted access due to Covid-19.
Seanad Éireann schedule
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Seanad Éireann resumes on Thursday, 22 October 2020 at 10:30 am
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Seanad Éireann resumes on Thursday, 22 October 2020 at 10:30 am
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Seanad Éireann resumes on Thursday, 22 October 2020 at 10:30 am
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12.00
Motion without debate: Motion regarding the arrangements for the sitting of the House on Friday 23 October 2020
13.30
Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020 – Committee Stage (resumed, to conclude)
16.00
Motions regarding Part 3 of the Health (Preservation & Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest) Act 2020 and Part 5 of the Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (No. 2 of 2020)
18.00
Private Members Business: Electoral (Civil Society Freedom) (Amendment) Bill 2019 – Second Stage
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10.30
Motion without debate: Motion regarding Parliamentary Precincts and Privilege
10.31
10.31
Motion without debate: Motion regarding the earlier signature of the Railway Safety (Reporting and Investigation of Serious Accidents, Accidents and Incidents Involving Certain Railways) Bill 2020
12.00
Motion without debate: Motion regarding the earlier signature of the Residential Tenancies Bill 2020
14.30
Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and Another Matter, Bill 2020 – Report Stage (Amendments from Dáil Éireann) and Final Stage
14.30
Motion without debate: Motion regarding the earlier signature of the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and Another Matter, Bill 2020
17.30
Motion without debate regarding the earlier signature of the Health (Amendment) Bill 2020
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Seanad Éireann resumes on Thursday, 5 November 2020 at 10:30 am
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Seanad Éireann resumes on Thursday, 5 November 2020 at 10:30 am
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Seanad Éireann resumes on Thursday, 5 November 2020 at 10:30 am
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Seanad Éireann resumes on Thursday, 5 November 2020 at 10:30 am
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Seanad Éireann resumes on Thursday, 5 November 2020 at 10:30 am
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Seanad Éireann resumes on Thursday, 5 November 2020 at 10:30 am
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Seanad Éireann resumes on Thursday, 5 November 2020 at 10:30 am
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Seanad Éireann resumes on Thursday, 5 November 2020 at 10:30 am
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Seanad Éireann resumes on Thursday, 5 November 2020 at 10:30 am
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Seanad Éireann resumes on Thursday, 5 November 2020 at 10:30 am
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Seanad Éireann resumes on Thursday, 5 November 2020 at 10:30 am
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Seanad Éireann resumes on Thursday, 5 November 2020 at 10:30 am
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13.30
Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2020 – Order for Second Stage and Second Stage
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12.30
Motion regarding Section 6(5)(a) of the Act of the Data Protection Act 2018 (section 60(6))(Central Bank of Ireland) Regulations 2020
13.15
Investment Limited Partnerships (Amendment) Bill 2020 – Report and Final Stages
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No business is currently scheduled. Leinster House is open with reduced hours and restricted access due to Covid-19.
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No business is currently scheduled. Leinster House is open with reduced hours and restricted access due to Covid-19.
Schedule of meetings
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No meetings are currently scheduled.
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10.20
Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
11.00
Joint Committee on Climate Action
Microsoft Teams
11.00
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Microsoft Teams
12.00
Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
14.30
Joint Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration
MS Teams Virtual Private Meeting
16.00
CR2, LH 2000
16.00
Joint Committee on Transport and Communications Networks
MS Teams - Virtual
16.30
CR2, LH 2000
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12.30
Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform and Taoiseach
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
16.00
Joint Committee on Disability Matters
Private online meeting
16.30
CR2, LH 2000
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09.15
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No meetings are currently scheduled.
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No meetings are currently scheduled.
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No meetings are currently scheduled.
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11.00
Joint Committee on Climate Action
Private Meeting - MS Teams
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12.00
Joint Committee on Agriculture and the Marine
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
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No meetings are currently scheduled.
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No meetings are currently scheduled.
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No meetings are currently scheduled.
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10.00
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10.00
10.20
Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
11.00
Joint Committee on Climate Action
MS Teams
12.00
Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
12.00
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Microsoft Teams - Virtual Meeting
14.30
Joint Committee on Children, Disability, Equality and Integration
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
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09.00
13.00
Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
14.00
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
15.00
Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform and Taoiseach
MS Teams Virtual Meeting
16.00
Joint Committee on Disability Matters
Private online meeting
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10.30
Joint Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Microsoft Teams Virtual Meeting
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No meetings are currently scheduled.
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No meetings are currently scheduled.
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No meetings are currently scheduled.
Business Papers
No business papers were published today.
Dáil Éireann
Official Report latest update:
Fri, 23 Oct 2020: 14 topics were published, which include 143 speakers and divisions of the House.
Seanad Éireann
Official Report latest update:
Fri, 23 Oct 2020: 15 topics were published, which include 48 speakers and divisions of the House.
Committees
Official Report latest update:
Meeting of the Joint Committee On Climate Action on Thu, 29 Oct 2020.
PQs (Questions)
Official Report latest update:
Thu, 22 Oct 2020: 214 Parliamentary Questions answered.
Covid-19
Covid-19 information digest
Get quick links to recent debates on the Covid-19 pandemic. Read the latest research by the Oireachtas Library & Research Service (L&RS) and Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) on Covid-19.
Virtual visit
Virtual tour of Leinster House
While we remain unable to welcome visitors except those on official business, we invite you to take a 3D virtual tour of Leinster House.
Take a walk through the home of Ireland's parliamentary democracy. See the art collection, the recently restored Seanad Chamber and the Dáil Chamber from the Ceann Comhairle's chair. You will also see some of the rooms traditionally used to receive distinguished visitors.
There are 160 Members (called Deputies or TDs) of Dáil Éireann.
There are 60 Members (called Senators) in Seanad Éireann.
News
23 Oct 20, 18.00
23 Oct 20, 17.00
21 Oct 20, 10.00
Press releases
28 Oct 2020, 12.40
Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment urges shoppers to support Irish businesses to meet combined challenges of Covid-19 restrictions and Brexit
27 Oct 2020, 18.48
Chief Medical Officer Dr Tony Holohan to appear before Oireachtas Transport Committee next week to discuss air travel and HIQA’s rapid testing report
27 Oct 2020, 17.12
Joint Committee on Climate Action continues Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2020
27 Oct 2020, 15.18
Oireachtas Committee to examine EU response to Covid-19
27 Oct 2020, 14.40
Health Committee to question HSE on test and trace system
About the Oireachtas
Ireland: a parliamentary democracy
Ireland is a parliamentary democracy. The National Parliament (Oireachtas) consists of the President and two Houses: Dáil Éireann (House of Representatives) and Seanad Éireann (the Senate) whose functions and powers derive from the Constitution of Ireland enacted by the people on 1 July 1937. The Houses of the Oireachtas are situated at Leinster House, Dublin.
Recently considered Bills and Acts
27 Oct 2020
Before Dáil Éireann
Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020
No. 48 of 2020
23 Oct 2020
Before Seanad Éireann
Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020
No. 38 of 2020
23 Oct 2020
Before Seanad Éireann
Railway Safety (Reporting And Investigation Of Serious Accidents, Accidents And Incidents Involving Certain Railways) Bill 2020
No. 41 of 2020
23 Oct 2020
Before Seanad Éireann
Health (Amendment) Bill 2020
No. 42 of 2020
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