Taoiseach Enda Kenny has opened the MacGill Summer School in Glenties, Co Donegal, which runs until Friday.
He said that the months from September to Christmas will be some of the most hectic in living memory.
Rules, Mr Kenny said, will be changed to allow TDs to get involved in issues that interest them and there will be special Friday sittings for private members bills.
He confirmed that there are discussions going on about investment in an Irish bank - he said he could not name the bank, but was hopeful there would be a result.
He concluded his speech by saying he was an optimist on the pragmatism of the Irish people.
