A special meeting of two Oireachtas committees is taking place today to deal with concerns raised by the President.
Michael D Higgins has criticised the amount of legislation he's being asked to consider in a short space of time.
He says he had to deal with 19 bills in the first three weeks of this month, just before the Oireachtas summer break.
A cross-party group of senators and TDs is meeting this afternoon,
