Careers

The Houses of the Oireachtas Service, on the proposal of the Taoiseach, is running a competition to select the best qualified candidate with the required knowledge, skills and attributes to meet the requirements of the role of Superintendent of the Houses of the Oireachtas for consideration for appointment by the Taoiseach. The Taoiseach has absolute discretion whether to appoint a candidate to the position from this competition.

Detailed information about the scope of this role and the essential entry requirements are outlined in the competition booklet.

Only completed applications submitted to finbarr.monahan@oireachtas.ie and on the official application forms will be accepted in this competition. The deadline for receipt of applications is 1 p.m. on Friday, 4 November 2022. Applications received after the deadline will not be accepted.

Find out about what we are doing to promote a culture of diversity, equality and inclusion and put it at the heart of the Houses of the Oireachtas Service.

The OPLA is the in-house legal team within the Houses of the Oireachtas. Solicitor and Advisory Counsel Grade III Simon Halpin is one of several solicitors that works as part of the OPLA team, since April 2022.

I’m first into the Members Reading Room in Leinster House this morning, so I set up the room for the day.

We both begin our day’s work as Irish Sign Language (ISL) interpreters before we leave the house, with essential yoga stretches. Sign language interpreters find themselves repeating a lot of the same movements and that can lend itself to repetitive strain injury.

Wednesday is the toughest day of the week for a parliamentary reporter, with numerous committee meetings in the morning, Seanad sittings and a Dáil session that stretches into the night.

English (Assistant Parliamentary Education Officer)

Houses of the Oireachtas Service is running a competition to select the best qualified candidate with the required knowledge, skills and attributes to meet the requirements of the role of Assistant Parliamentary Education Officer.

Detailed information about the scope of this role and the essential entry requirements are outlined in the competition booklet.

Only completed applications submitted to recruitment@oireachtas.ie and on the official application forms will be accepted in this competition. The deadline for receipt of applications is 1 p.m. on Thursday 08 August 2024. Applications received after the deadline will not be accepted.

Gaeilge (Oifigeach Cúnta Oideachais Parlaiminteach)

Tá comórtas á reáchtáil ag Seirbhís Thithe an Oireachtais chun an t-iarrthóir is mó atá cáilithe a roghnú, ar iarrthóir é nó í a bhfuil an t-eolas, na scileanna agus na tréithe riachtanacha aige nó aici chun riachtanais ról an Oifigeach Cúnta Oideachais Parlaiminteach.

Leagtar amach faisnéis mhionsonraithe maidir le scóip an róil seo agus maidir leis na bunriachtanais iontrála i leabhrán an chomórtais.

Ní ghlacfar ach le hiarratais chomhlánaithe a dhéanfar ar na foirmeacha iarratais oifigiúla agus a chuirfear chuig recruitment@oireachtas.ie sa chomórtas seo. Is é an spriocdháta faoinar gá iarratais a fháil ná 1 p.m. an Déardaoin, an 08 Lúnasa 2024. Ní ghlacfar le hiarratais a gheofar tar éis an spriocdháta.