Oireachtas Access: 27th-29th January
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Dáil Éireann (live link)
Tuesday, 27th January
2pm: Leaders’ Questions
2:30pm: Order of Business and Questions on Policy or Legislation
3pm: Taoiseach’s Questions
4:50pm: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2025 — Second Stage
6:20pm: Private Members’ Business (Sinn Féin): Motion re Emergency Mental Health Services
Wednesday, 28th January
10am: Private Members’ Business (Social Democrats): Motion re Emergency Winter Payment for Disabled People
12pm: Leaders’ Questions
12:45pm: Questions on Policy or Legislation
5:35pm: International Protection Bill 2026 — Second Stage
Thursday, 29th January
10:20am: Parliamentary Questions — Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science
12pm: Leaders Questions
12:45pm: Questions on Policy or Legislation
1:50pm: Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2025 — Second Stage
Seanad Éireann (Live Link)
Wednesday, 28th January
4:30pm: Mental Health Bill 2024 — Committee Stage (resumed)
7pm: Statements on Artificial Intelligence
Thursday, 29th January
12:30pm: Mental Health Bill 2024 — Committee Stage (resumed)
Committee Schedule
Tuesday, 27th January
3pm: Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade — Discussion on the situation in Sudan
Wednesday, 28th January
9:30am: Joint Committee on Disability Matters — HIQA - designated centres for people with disabilities
9:30am: Joint Committee on Health — Access to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
12:30pm: Joint Committee on Education and Youth — Evaluating the Impacts of the Hot School Meals Programme
Thursday, 29th January
9:30am: Joint Committee on Children and Equality — Safety and Well-being of Children Online
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