Oireachtas Access: 24th-26th February 2026

Keeping you in the loop with what's going on in the Oireachtas (including links to watch live!)

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Dáil Éireann (live link)

Tuesday, 24th February

2pm: Leaders’ Questions
2:35pm: Questions on Policy or Legislation
3pm: Taoiseach’s Questions
6:15pm: Private Members’ Business (Sinn Féin): Motion re Special Needs Assistants

Wednesday, 25th February

10am: Private Members’ Business (Social Democrats): Motion re Expanding Access to General Practitioner Care
12pm: Leaders’ Questions
12:45pm: Questions on Policy or Legislation
1:10pm: Government Business: Statements on Special Needs Assistants
3:35pm: Government Business: Apology related to childhood abuse (hunger strikers) Statements
6:20pm: Government Business: International Protection Bill 2026 — Committee and remaining Stages

Thursday, 26th February

8:45am: Parliamentary Questions — Minister for Social Protection
12pm: Leaders’ Questions
12:45pm: Questions on Policy or Legislation
6:25pm: Motion re Report entitled “First Interim Report” of the Joint Committee on Artificial Intelligence

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Seanad Éireann (Live Link)

Tuesday, 24th February

5:45pm: Government Business: Statements on the National Volunteering Strategy

Wednesday, 25th February

6pm: Government Business: Statements on Seachtain na Gaeilge
7pm: Private Members’ Business: Institutional Burials (Amendment) Bill 2022 — Second Stage

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Committee Schedule

Tuesday, 24th February

11am: Joint Committee on Artificial Intelligence — Recent issues around images, deepfakes and consent

3pm: Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage — Changing demographics, depopulation in rural Ireland and housing strategy

Wednesday, 25th February

9:30am: Joint Committee on Disability Matters — 2026 Revised Estimates for Public Services: Vote 40 — Children, Disability and Equality

9:30am: Joint Committee on Health — National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026

9:45am: Joint Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science — Launch of the Joint Committee Report on Apprenticeships

12:30pm: Joint Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport — Further consideration of Regulation of online platforms and supports to improve safety and participation

2:20pm: Joint Committee on Education and Youth — Briefing on the Interim additional time measure for students with specific needs sitting State examinations in 2026

Thursday, 26th February

9:30am: Joint Committee on Children and Equality — State provided childcare places and early childcare matters

12:30pm: Joint Committee on Drugs Use — Engagement on Legal and Policy Responses to Drug Use: Criminal Justice and Public Health Perspectives

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