Oireachtas Access: 28th -30th April
Keeping you in the loop with what's going on in the Oireachtas (including links to watch live)
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Oireachtas Access Bulletin
Our Oireachtas Access Bulletin aims to keep you in the loop with the development of law and policy that affects your rights.
Please note that the below schedule is subject to change and does not contain all information on ongoings in the Oireachtas.
Any updates, or a more detailed schedule is available over on the Houses of the Oireachtas website.
Dáil Éireann (live link)
Tuesday, 28th April
2pm: Leaders’ Questions
2:30pm: Questions on Policy or Legislation
3:05pm: Taoiseach’s Questions
3:50pm: Government Business: Statements on the Consultation process of Our Rural Future Policy
6:15pm: Private Members’ Business (Sinn Féin): Motion re Strengthening Workers’ Rights
Wednesday, 29th April
10am: Private Members’ Business (Independent Technical Group): Motion re Family Law Transparency, Child Welfare, and Reform of the In Camera Rule
12pm: Leaders’ Questions
12:45pm: Questions on Policy or Legislation
2:10pm: Mental Health Bill 2024 — Amendments from the Seanad
Thursday, 30th April
8:45am: Parliamentary Questions — Minister for Social Protection
12pm: Leaders’ Questions
12:45pm: Questions on Policy or Legislation
5:15pm: Private Members’ Bill or Committee Report (alternating weekly): Forty-first Amendment of the Constitution (Voting Rights in Presidential Elections) Bill 2025 — Second Stage
Seanad Éireann (Live Link)
Wednesday, 29th April
12:45pm: Government Business: Statements on Energy Security
5:30pm: Private Members’ Business: Motion re the Annual Progress Report and Government Response to Energy Price Pressures
Committee Schedule
Tuesday, 28th April
Wednesday, 29th April
9:30am: Joint Committee on Disability Matters — Living arrangements for persons with disabilities — Speakers include representatives from the National Advocacy Service for People with Disabilities, Wexford County Council, Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council, Inclusion Ireland and Independent Living Movement Ireland.
9:30am: Joint Committee on Health — The adequacy of radiation oncology capacity in the public hospital system and the need for investment in the renewal and expansion of infrastructure.
10:45am: Joint Committee on Social Protection, Rural and Community Development — Pre-Legislative Scrutiny on the General Scheme of the Social Welfare and Other Matters Bill 2026
7pm: Joint Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community — Traveller Accommodation
Thursday, 30th April
10am: Joint Committee on Children and Equality — Safety and Well-being of Children Online
📺 Catch Up
Speakers include: representatives from Remember Us, Before We Die, Home & Community Care Ireland and Respite & Services Kerry.
The Joint Committee on Disability Matters has published two new reports in recent weeks.
These include:
* Travel Report: Site Visit to Acquired Brain Injury’s Side by Side Clubhouse in Dún Laoghaire (PDF)
* Report on Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Disability (Amendment) Bill 2025 (PDF)
Find more details, along with recordings of recent sessions on the Committee’s dedicated webpage.
📝 Oireachtas Consultations
Public consultation on the adequacy and availability of sexual health services
Committee on Health
Submission Deadline: 30/04/2026
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