WHAT’S GOING ON in Leinster House?

Every day the Dáil and Seanad are sitting, TheJournal.ie brings you the most comprehensive guide to what our lawmakers are getting up to in the Houses of the Oireachtas.

So, here is what we can expect to be happening in the Dáil, Seanad and Committee rooms today…

3 things we’ll be keeping an eye on

• Dáil: Leaders’ Questions – The Tánaiste is once again likely to field questions with Enda Kenny away. This will be taken at 12 noon.
• Dáil: Electricity Infrastructure and Eirgrid –  Fianna Fáil’s Private Members’ motion will resume after at 7.30pm, while Fintan Slye, Chief Executive of Eirgrid, will be in front of the Transport and Communications Committee in Room 4 at 9.30am to hear regional community concerns in respect of State company’s project to upgrade the country’s electricity infrastructure.
• Committees: School Admissions – Parent and education groups will be in attendance at the Education and Social Protection Committee in Room 3 at 1pm to discuss the Draft General Scheme of an Education Admission to Schools Bill.

Everything else that’s happening in the Dáil

• The Finance Bill which provides alteration and regulation of taxation and stamp duties enters final stage today and will be discussed at 10.45am and resumed at 2.40pm.
• The Order of Business will be taken at 12.21pm or probably a little after that before Topical Issues will be taken at 12.51pm or probably closer to lunchtime.
• The morning’s business on the Finance Bill resumes after that, before Fianna Fáil’s motion is debated.
• The Dáil adjourns at 9.00pm.

Everything else that’s happening the Seanad

• Senators start the day by discussing anything and everything on the Order of Business from 10.30am.
• Junior Minister Fergus O’Dowd will be discussing the Water Services Bill, which relates to the establishment of Irish Water and its charges, at 12.30pm.
• Labour senators will be asking the Government at 5pm to ensure staffing levels in the mental health services will increase and that community based teams are strengthened.
• Then it’s Matters on the Adjournment before the Seanad itself adjourns at 7pm.

Everything else that’s happening in the Committees

• Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore will attend meetings of the EU Foreign Affairs Council of Ministers and the Foreign Affairs Policy Review at the Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs at 2.30 pm in Room 1.
• The Minister for Defence Alan Shatter will be in front of Justice, Defence and Equality Committee in Room 2 at 4pm to discuss supplementary estimates to the Army pensions.
• Seán Ó Cuirreáin, An Coimisinéir Teanga, will be at the Public Service and Oversight and Petitions Committee to discuss the annual report in Room 4 at 4pm.

Here’s how to watch what’s going on in Leinster House today

• Dáil Éireann
• Seanad Éireann
• Committee Room 1
• Committee Room 2
• Committee Room 3
• Committee Room 4
• To access streams on iOS, click here

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