Company awarded €2.2m emergency deal to record Oireachtas sittings

PI Communications, which previously held the Oireachtas broadcast contract for 15 years, will provide video archival and broadcast services until the end of the year

A team of around 20 people manage the live broadcast of all Dáil, Seanad, and committee proceedings, ensuring they are all accessible to the public and archived for posterity.

A firm which previously ruled itself out of a tender process for the videoing of Oireachtas proceedings is to be paid €2.2m to perform those duties on an emergency basis for the next 11 months.

PI Communications, which previously held the Oireachtas broadcast contract for 15 years, will be paid that amount to provide video archival and broadcast services until the end of 2026, per records released under the Freedom of Information Act.