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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
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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.
Thu, 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
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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, 17 Oct
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Mon, 5 Oct
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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
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Tue, 13 Oct
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Government Business: Statements on the Local Democracy Taskforce Report and Implementation Plan
Wed, 14 Oct
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Thu, 15 Oct
Fri, 16 Oct
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Seanad Éireann schedule
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Today, 17 Oct
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Thu, 8 Oct
Fri, 9 Oct
Mon, 12 Oct
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Tue, 13 Oct
Wed, 14 Oct
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Thu, 15 Oct
Fri, 16 Oct
No business currently scheduled.
Mon, 19 Oct
No business currently scheduled.
Tue, 20 Oct
Wed, 21 Oct
Thu, 22 Oct
Fri, 23 Oct
Schedule of meetings
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Today, 17 Oct
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Mon, 5 Oct
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Tue, 6 Oct
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Wed, 7 Oct
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Thu, 8 Oct
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Fri, 9 Oct
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Sat, 10 Oct
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Sun, 11 Oct
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Oireachtas TV
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Today, 17 Oct
01:05
Budget Statements 2027
Coverage of Budget 2027 statements
(ISL)02:50
Budget Statements: 2027
Coverage of Budget 2027 statements05:50
Budget 2027
Coverage of Budget 2027 statements, financial resolutions and speeches08:15
Joint Committee: Defence and National Security
Members can examine key legislation and policy areas under the remit of the Department and its agencies10:50
OWL Graduation Ceremony 2026
The OWL Programme is an applied learning, development and socialisation programme for young adults with an intellectual disability and/or autism. The Houses of the Oireachtas is the first parliament in the world to host an initiative of this kind
(ISL)11:30
Commencement Matters
Coverage of the debates on matters submitted by Senators which is topical either nationally or local to a specific area and which is replied to by a Member of the Government
(ISL)12:15
Seanad: Statements
Coverage of Statements made in the Seanad on specific matters of national or international interest.14:10
Joint Committee: Enterprise, Tourism and Employment
Members can examine key legislation and policy areas under the remit of the Department and its agencies15:40
Joint Committee: Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
Members can examine key legislation and policy areas under the remit of the Department and its agencies17:50
Report Launch
Launch of a Committee report
(ISL)18:15
Committees Replay
Replay of selected Committee proceedings19:00
Committees Replay
Replay of selected Committee proceedings21:00
Leaders' Questions Tuesday
Leaders Questions, where Party Leaders and the Leaders of recognised technical groups can put a question to an Taoiseach without prior notice
(ISL)21:40
Leaders' Questions Thursday
Leaders Questions, where Party Leaders and the Leaders of recognised technical groups can put a question to an Taoiseach without prior notice. Followed by Other Member's Questions
(ISL)22:30
The Opinion of the Censor
The story of how one canny term in the Censorship of Films Act 1923 has allowed consecutive holders of the role of Film Censor to reflect the prevailing values of Irish society over the last 100 years
(ISL)23:45
When the island said ‘Yes’
Panel discussion on the Good Friday Agreement referendums, featuring key players that contributed to delivering peace on our island, moderated by broadcaster Sean O’Rourke
(ISL)
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15 Oct 2026, 11:01
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13 Oct 2026, 11:02
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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
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