Oireachtas Access: 6th - 7th May

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

May 05, 2026

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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)

Wednesday, 6th May

2pm: Leaders’ Questions
2:45pm: Questions on Policy or Legislation
7:10pm: Topical Issues

Thursday, 7th May

12pm: Leaders’ Questions
12:45pm: Questions on Policy or Legislation
1:50pm: Statements to mark Europe Day
4:10pm: Private Members’ Business (Labour Party): Motion re Cost of Living Mini-Budget

Seanad Éireann (Live Link)

Wednesday, 6th May

5pm: Statements on International Developments

Thursday, 7th May

1:30pm: Statements to mark Europe Day 2026

Committee Schedule

Wednesday, 6th May

9:30am: Joint Committee on Health — Sexual health services – availability and access to

10am: Joint Committee on Disability Matters — Freedom from exploitation, violence, and abuse for persons with disabilities — Speakers include representatives from the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission and the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights.

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

12:30pm: Joint Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy — Building Climate Resilience – Flood Risk Adaptation

12:30pm: Joint Committee on Enterprise, Tourism and Employment — Pre-Legislative Scrutiny of the General Scheme of a Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026

12:45pm: Joint Committee on Education and Youth — EU/Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development Education

Thursday, 7th May

9:30am: Joint Committee on Children and Equality — Safety and Well-being of Children Online

1pm: Joint Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community — Traveller Identity, with particular reference to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination

📺 Catch Up

Joint Committee on Disability Matters — 29th April — Living arrangements for persons with disabilities: Video recording with ISL interpretation

Speakers include: representatives from 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.

Opening statements for speakers are available in PDF format on the “Recent Documents” section of the Committee’s webpage here.