Dáil Éireann resumes on Tuesday, 16 December 2025
Dáil Éireann resumes on Tuesday, 16 December 2025
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President Zelenskyy of Ukraine addresses the Houses of the Oireachtas
Watch H.E. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine making his address to a sitting of both Houses of the Oireachtas.
It was the second time President Zelenskyy addressed a joint sitting of Parliament, having first addressed the Houses soon after the 2022 invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
Image courtesy of RTÉ archives
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.
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Working in Parliament
Members and staff in the Thirty-fourth Dáil and Twenty-seventh Seanad will be advised and supported by a range of parliamentary offices and services that ensure the smooth and seamless running of Ireland's Parliament.
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There are 174 Members (called Deputies or TDs) of Dáil Éireann.
There are 60 Members (called Senators) in Seanad Éireann.
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8 Dec 2025, 13.00
Press releases
10 Dec 2025, 18:55
Joint Committee on Further & Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science meets for engagement on Apprenticeship exams
10 Dec 2025, 17:24
Public Accounts Committee to examine 2024 accounts and financial statements of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners
10 Dec 2025, 16:30
Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community to discuss ‘Traveller Health: Research and Evidence Base’
10 Dec 2025, 14:08
Joint Committee on Drugs Use to discuss substance use and neurodiversity
9 Dec 2025, 18:27
Disability Matters Committee to discuss autonomy and integrity for persons with disabilities with Safeguarding Ireland and Inclusion Ireland
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Procedure in Parliament
Get insight into the most common parliamentary procedures with our intuitive guides on the scheduling of business, voting, speaking in the Houses and more.
Recently considered Bills and Acts
17 Dec 2025
Before Seanad Éireann
National Training Fund (Amendment) Bill 2025
No. 58 of 2025
11 Dec 2025
Before Dáil Éireann
Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2025
No. 82 of 2025
11 Dec 2025
Before Dáil Éireann
Remediation of Dwellings Damaged by the Use of Defective Concrete Blocks (Amendment) Bill 2025
No. 75 of 2025
10 Dec 2025
Before Dáil Éireann
Appropriation Bill 2025
No. 81 of 2025
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