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The first sitting of the 34th Dáil is scheduled for Wednesday, 18 December, 2024 at 10.30 a.m.

The first sitting of the 34th Dáil is scheduled for Wednesday, 18 December, 2024 at 10.30 a.m.

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Parliamentary Budget Office

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Education | Learning Hub

Our education team brings learning to life by making Leinster House, the seat of our national Parliament, a learning hub.

A new Dáil | Day 1

A new Dáil

A new Dáil | Day 1

The Thirty-fourth Dáil has taken shape after a general election and many new TDs will join colleagues returning to Leinster House as public representatives.

Find out more about how the first sitting day of the new Dáil will unfold, including the selection of a Ceann Comhairle and nomination of Taoiseach.

A new Dáil | Working in Parliament

A New Dáil

A new Dáil | Working in Parliament

Members and staff in the Thirty-fourth Dáil will be advised and supported by a broad range of parliamentary offices and services that ensure the smooth and seamless running of Ireland's Parliament.

Find out how we can help with first steps in Leinster House with our accessible and intuitive guide to Working in Parliament.

Press releases

8 Nov 2024, 15:09

Ceann Comhairle presents The National Bravery Awards

6 Nov 2024, 17:15

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport & Media publishes its Report on the State’s response to online disinformation and media/digital literacy, including social media and fake news

6 Nov 2024, 16:45

Good Friday Committee publishes report on Women and Constitutional Change

6 Nov 2024, 16:30

Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community (2023) publishes Report on Travellers’ Experience of the Justice System

6 Nov 2024, 10:19

Joint Committee on Transport and Communications meet to discuss the Public Service Performance Report (PSPR) 2023

Recently considered Bills and Acts

13 Nov 2024

Enacted

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Act 2024

No. 46 of 2024

Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2024

No. 96 of 2024

13 Nov 2024

Enacted

Appropriation Act 2024

No. 45 of 2024

Appropriation Bill 2024

No. 97 of 2024

13 Nov 2024

Enacted

Family Courts Act 2024

No. 48 of 2022

Family Courts Bill 2022

No. 113 of 2022

13 Nov 2024

Enacted

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Act 2024

No. 47 of 2024

Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Bill 2024

No. 51 of 2024

Ireland: a parliamentary democracy

Leinster House

Ireland: a parliamentary democracy

Ireland is a parliamentary democracy. The National Parliament (Oireachtas) consists of the President and two Houses: Dáil Éireann (House of Representatives) and Seanad Éireann (the Senate) whose functions and powers derive from the Constitution of Ireland enacted by the people on 1 July 1937. The Houses of the Oireachtas are situated at Leinster House, Dublin.

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