The Assembly typically meets in plenary session twice a year: once in a venue in Ireland and once in a venue in the United Kingdom.
At plenary sessions, Assembly Members debate draft resolutions, discuss current issues with Ministers, senior officials and other stakeholders, receive reports from Assembly committees and discuss the findings of those reports.
At plenary sessions, Assembly Members sit in alphabetical order rather than as delegations of their respective legislatures, and national representation is only relevant for the purposes of the quorum and the tabling of certain motions and amendments.
A full transcript of the proceedings is published following each plenary session. Read the transcripts of previous plenaries here.
Until November 2015 the Assembly produced minutes of its plenary sessions. Read the minutes of plenary sessions before 2015 here.
Plenary sessions of the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly
68th Plenary, Tralee, March 2026 –
View here67th Plenary, Weybridge, October 2025 –
View here66th Plenary, Wicklow, April 2024 –
View here65th Plenary, Kildare, October 2023 –
View here64th Plenary, Jersey, May 2023 –
View here63rd Plenary, Belfast, March 2023 –
View here62nd Plenary, Cavan, October 2022 –
View here61st Plenary, Westminster, February 2022 –
View here60th Plenary: Dublin, Co. Dublin (virtual hosting), March 2021
59th Plenary: Forest of Arden, Warwickshire, October 2019
58th Plenary: Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow, April 2019
57th Plenary: Tower Hamlets and Westminster, October 2018
56th Plenary: Sligo, Co. Sligo, June 2018
55th Plenary: Liverpool, October 2017
54th Plenary: Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, July 2017
53rd Plenary: Cardiff, November 2016
52nd Plenary: Malahide, Co. Dublin, June 2016
51st Plenary: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, November 2015
50th Plenary (25th Anniversary): Dublin, Co. Dublin, February 2015
49th Plenary: Flanders and Ashford, Kent, October 2014
48th Plenary: Kilmainham, Co. Dublin, March-April 2014
47th Plenary: London, October 2013
46th Plenary: Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, March 2013
45th Plenary: Glasgow, October 2012
44th Plenary: Dublin, Co. Dublin, May 2012
43rd Plenary: Brighton, East Sussex, October 2011
42nd Plenary: Cork, Co. Cork, June 2011
41st Plenary: Douglas, Isle of Man, November 2010
40th Plenary (20th Anniversary Conference): Cavan, Co. Cavan, February 2010
39th Plenary: Swansea, October 2009
38th Plenary: Donegal, March 2009
37th Plenary: Newcastle, October 2008
Plenary sessions of the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body
36th Plenary: Wexford, Co. Wexford, April 2008
35th Plenary: Heythrop, Oxfordshire, November 2007
34th Plenary: Castleknock, Co. Dublin, March 2007
33rd Plenary: Belfast, Co. Antrim, October 2006
32nd Plenary: Killarney, Co. Kerry, April 2006
31st Plenary: Edinburgh, November 2005
30th Plenary: Bundoran, Co. Donegal, March 2005
29th Plenary: Chepstow, Monmouthshire, October 2004
28th Plenary: Inchydoney, Co. Cork, April 2004
27th Plenary: Ware, Hertfordshire, October 2003
26th Plenary: Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, March 2003
25th Plenary: Manchester, November 2002
24th Plenary: Dublin, Co. Dublin, March 2002
23rd Plenary: Bournemouth, Dorset, December 2001
22nd Plenary: Killarney, Co. Kerry, February 2001
21st Plenary: Galway, Co. Galway, October 2000
20th Plenary (10th Anniversary Conference): Westminster, February 2000
19th Plenary: Cambridge, September 1999
18th Plenary: Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co. Clare, March 1999
17th Plenary: York, September 1998
16th Plenary (extraordinary meeting): Dublin, Co. Dublin, May 1998
15th Plenary: Ballyconnell, Co. Cavan, March 1998
14th Plenary: Westminster, December 1997
13th Plenary: Dublin, Co. Dublin, March 1997
12th Plenary: Bath, Somerset, September 1996
11th Plenary: Adare, Co. Limerick, May 1996
10th Plenary: Cardiff, September 1995
9th Plenary: Dublin, Co. Dublin, March 1995
8th Plenary: Dublin, Co. Dublin, April 1994
7th Plenary: London, December 1993
6th Plenary: Cork, Co. Cork, June 1993
5th Plenary: Edinburgh, July 1992
4th Plenary: Dublin, Co. Dublin, December 1991
3rd Plenary: London, May 1991
2nd Plenary: Dublin, Co. Dublin, December 1990
Inaugural Plenary: Westminster, February 1990