Members' Area

You can find the meeting dates and locations on the meetings page.

Your accommodation and meals will be provided by the Assembly for each meeting. Rooms booked for members who opt to stay overnight will be paid directly by the Citizens’ Assembly to the Grand Hotel.  This will not include any additional costs that you may incur during your stay such as supplementary guest charge, mini-bar, room service, bar bill etc. which you will pay directly to the hotel. The hotel may ask for your credit card on check-in as is standard practice.

Members may bring a guest to the hotel if they wish to do so. However, this will incur a charge of €30 per person per night on a B&B basis, payable, by the member directly to the hotel. This must be arranged with the secretariat in advance.

Please note: Guests of Assembly members cannot attend Assembly meetings or meals as they are for members only.

As a member of the Citizens’ Assembly, your meals in the hotel for the weekend will be covered. These will include:

• Breakfast on Saturday and Sunday
• Lunch on Saturday
• Dinner on Saturday
• Lunch on Sunday

There may also be a small drinks reception on Friday evening for those arriving on Friday.

Please note: Guests of Assembly members will need to make their own dining arrangements.

Directions to hotel
Members are encouraged to use public transport where possible. The Secretariat are available to provide guidance on directions to the hotel.

By rail via Heuston Station

If you are travelling to Dublin via Heuston station, take the Luas (Red line) to Connolly and change for *DART services.

By rail via Connolly Station
If you are travelling to Dublin via Connolly station, at Connolly station take the *DART service to travel to Malahide.

*The DART runs to and from Malahide Station to all city centre stations. The station islocated about 200m from the hotel. The full DART timetable can be found onwww.irishrail.ie.

Please note that the DART services on Sundays commence at a later starting time, and the Citizens’ Assembly will start at 9:00am so alternative arrangements may need to be made for those intending to travel by public transport on the morning of the meeting.

By bus (within Dublin)

There are several bus options including the H2 and 102 services. All have stops within approx. 200m of the Grand Hotel (5-8 minutes walk).
The Dublin Bus Route Planner is available here.

By car

From national roads N4, N60, N6, N7, N72, N8:−Join the M50 motorway and head northbound.

• Near the Airport, take the Malahide exit onto the R139 (formerly N32) for 4km.
• At the Malahide Road junction (Landmark: Hotel on left and Tesco on far right), turn leftonto the Malahide Road, R107, and drive 5km to Malahide.

From Dublin Airport:

• From the Airport exit, proceed straight ahead onto the M1/N1.
• Take the Malahide exit onto the R139 (formerly N32) for 4km.
• At the Malahide Road junction (Landmark: Hotel on left and Tesco on right) turn leftonto the Malahide Road, R107, and drive 5km to Malahide.

From City Centre:

• From O’Connell Bridge heading north, turn right onto the Quays.
• Turn left at Liberty Hall to Amiens Street.
• Continue to Fairview, stay left, and turn on to the Malahide Road, R107, after passingbelow the pedestrian bridge.
• Follow this road for 10km to Malahide.

Taxi
Please note taxis are permitted only in the following exceptional circumstances:

• where no suitable public transport is available (i.e. train or bus)
• where public transport is available only at equal or greater expense
• where the use of public transport would result in significant overall travel time
• where the member has mobility difficulties that warrant the use of a taxi

In all instances, you should contact the Secretariat in advance if you need to travel by taxi.

Assembly members will have access to the facilities of the Arena Health and Fitness Club located on the hotel grounds. Please see further information on the Grand Hotel website.

Check-in time is 3.00pm onwards

Check-out time is 12 noon (early/late check in or outs, if available, will be an additional charge responsible to the member payable at the hotel)

Note: You are advised to check out of your room on the Sunday morning before the meeting starts, giving yourself enough time to do so.

For those arriving at the hotel by car, parking is provided on the hotel grounds. There are also disabled parking spaces in front of the hotel.

The Citizens’ Assembly will contribute towards your Childcare costs if required over the course of the meetings.

This contribution will be a subsidy towards your childcare costs, whether your children are being looked after at home or travelling with you. However, any child-minding arrangements must be made by yourself.

The contribution by the Citizens’ Assembly towards the cost of childcare is as follows:

If you plan to bring you children to the venue for the meeting, please note that you must inform the Secretariat at least 14 days in advance as this will determine the type of room booked with the hotel on your behalf.

Please note, the contribution by the Citizens’ Assembly is an overall subsidy and is not on a per child basis.

You can request a childcare cost form at each meeting or by contacting the Secretariat Members@citizensassembly.ie, or call (01) 619 4111.

You can find all the information on how to claim your expenses on the claim expenses page.

If you are approached by anyone who wishes to address the Assembly,  please let them know that they can email info@citizensassembly.ie with their request. They should provide details of the topic, or topics, they would propose to address the Assembly on, setting out their case for being considered as an invited speaker, and providing relevant information about any organisations or groups that they represent including outlining what their role within these organisations is. Their application will be given due consideration on the same basis as all other applicants.