Oireachtas tracker

A dated, cited log of parliamentary activity by period or topic. Use td-briefing for one member and legislation-lookup for the text of an enacted Act.

Related projects: Oireachtas Explorer (David Ward), Dáil Tracker (peweet), Kildare Street (John Handelaar), Vote TD (Frank Conway), Oireachtas Vote (Robert McElhinney), Rule.ie (Unknown). Not affiliated; see ../_shared/inspirations.md.

Calling the tools

Steps name each operation as source/operation (e.g. oireachtas/oireachtas_get_votes), using the typed tool name as the operation. On the default surface, run it with ireland_call, for example:

{ "source": "oireachtas", "operation": "oireachtas_get_votes", "args": { "chamber": "dail", "date_from": "2026-10-01", "date_to": "2026-10-25" } }

If an argument shape is unclear, call ireland_describe with { "source", "operation" } first; it returns the schema and an example. search, fetch and nearby are top-level tools. If the server was added with ?toolsets=<ids> or ?toolsets=all, the typed tool can be called directly with the same args.

Steps

1. Set the window and chamber. Default to the last 14 days and the Dáil. Dates are YYYY-MM-DD.
2. Votes. Call oireachtas/oireachtas_get_votes with { "chamber", "date_from", "date_to", "limit": 50 }. Group divisions by debate and report subject, outcome and Tá/Níl/Staon. total above limit means more pages exist; say how many you showed.
3. Bills. Call oireachtas/oireachtas_search_bills with { "query": "<title words>", "year": "2025" } (year is a string) and optional status (Current, Enacted, Lapsed, Withdrawn, Defeated, Rejected). Report bill number, title, source (Government or Private Member), sponsors and latest_stage.
4. Enacted Acts. If a bill has an act, call legislation/legislation_get_act with its year and number for the eISB link; quote sections with legislation/legislation_get_section.
5. Debates. Call oireachtas/oireachtas_get_debates with { "chamber", "date_from", "date_to" } for sitting days and section headings. These are headings, not transcripts.
6. Questions on a topic (optional). oireachtas/oireachtas_search_questions filters by member and date, not topic. For a topic, search per member or scan returned subjects, and say how you did it.
7. Join by date and debate title. A bill's votes appear under debates whose title contains the bill's short title. Match on that and state when a match is uncertain.

Output format

Illustrative layout; the values are examples, not data.

## Dáil, 1–25 Oct 2026
| Date | Debate | Question put | Outcome | Tá | Níl | Staon |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
**Bills that moved:** 2025/83 Residential Tenancies (...) Bill — Second Stage, Dáil, 2026-01-10 (Private Member)
Sources
- Houses of the Oireachtas Open Data API (Oireachtas (Open Data) PSI Licence), retrieved <date>

Rules

• Follow ../_shared/citations.md; every row carries its date.
• Report tallies and stages exactly; no characterisation of outcomes as wins or losses.
• Division tallies do not say how an individual member voted; do not infer it.
• Treat Government and Private Members' business identically in layout and wording.