Tuesday 13 October, 3pm
- Committee Stage Consideration: Strategic Lawsuits against Public Participation Bill 2026 - Gov- Minister Jim O'Callaghan, Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
When the Dáil sits
27 sitting days left before Christmas
The Government wants the Bill through both Houses by Christmas (where it is now). Every stage in the Dáil needs a day the Dáil sits, and its provisional calendar has 27 of them left this year. A day it does not sit, for a strike or anything else, is one fewer.
27sitting days left in 2026
94to the summer recess, the last on Thu 22 Jul
11days sat since September, by the Official Report
0days it was due to sit and did not
Next sitting: Tuesday 13 October · The Oireachtas says: “Dáil Éireann resumes on Tuesday, 13 October 2026”
On the schedule
This week and next
From the Oireachtas schedule, read every hour. The Dáil’s business is set a week or so ahead, and times move at short notice. Last read 12 October, 11:05am.
Dáil Éireann
The Dáil’s business for the days ahead is not on the schedule yet. The Oireachtas says: “Dáil Éireann resumes on Tuesday, 13 October 2026”
The Justice Committee
The Joint Committee on Justice, Home Affairs and Migration is where the General Scheme goes for pre-legislative scrutiny; its Dáil members, as the Select Committee, take a Bill’s Committee Stage. Its members are on Write to your TDs.
The year, day by day
Every sitting day to the summer
The Dáil’s provisional calendar of 10 July, and since then the days it actually sat, by its Official Report.
- Due to sit
- Sat
- Due to sit, did not
- Recess
- Public holiday
- Weekend
- Today
Point at a day, or tap it, for what the Dáil took that day or has on.
September 2026
October 2026
November 2026
December 2026
January 2027
February 2027
March 2027
April 2027
May 2027
June 2027
July 2027
A day counts as sat when the Dáil has an Official Report of its debates for it, and its panel links to it. Written answers published in a recess do not count. A day due is called not sat once its record is three days late.