NEW: TDs and Senators have been told there is NO possibility of holding *any* meetings – or the Dáil, Seanad or their committees – through videoconference. Oireachtas has received legal advice saying the Constitution requires a physical “place” for any meetings to occur

— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) April 20, 2020

On a related note, though, the Supreme Court is holding its first remote hearing this morning – they’ve found some software which allows Skype, Zoom, FaceTime and the rest to all integrate as one, so that “attendees” can use whichever client works best for them

— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) April 20, 2020

There you go.

More as he gets it.

Related: It’s going to cost taxpayer €50k-a-day to have Dail sit in Convention Centre (Herald.ie)

UDPATE:

“Place” does not mean that everyone has to be in the same place.

Look at section 161(6)(b) of the Companies Act 2014 for example pic.twitter.com/SKZrE2IFxy

— Fred Logue (@FredPLogue) April 20, 2020

For completeness, the houses of the Oireachtas have autonomy over their standing orders so they could easily change their rules to bring in a rule akin to the Companies Act provision for teleconferences and such a rule would obviously be constitutional.

— Fred Logue (@FredPLogue) April 20, 2020