356. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update in respect of the issue of the voting age that was examined by An Coimisiún Toghcháin as part of its research programme from 2024 to 2026; and if An Coimisiún Toghcháin have provided him with an interim and or full report and or recommendations in respect of that work. [66745/26]
Topics / Electoral Commission
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsElectoral Commission
13 questions from 13 TDs, between 27 February 2025 and 22 September 2026.
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491. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the expenditure that has been incurred by the Electoral Commission and his Department in relation to constituency boundary reviews and local electoral area reviews during the past ten years, broken down by year. [49405/26]
262. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when and the progress that has been made with regard to the boundary changes passed for local government local electoral wards. [27419/26]
320. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is proposed to carry out a review of the local election boundaries with a view to addressing the anomalies that may exist; and if it is proposed to invite submissions to assist with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20984/26]
281. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to provide a consolidated version of the electoral Acts, in particular the heavily amended 1992 Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7043/26]
287. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has been made aware of concerns that the Electoral Commission, as well as international and domestic election observers, do not have a guaranteed right to access polling stations and count centres; whether he has plans to reform this situation to ensure guaranteed access for observers; and if he will make a statement on the ma…
368. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the planned universities panel electoral register for the next Seanad elections. [67037/25]
296. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department offers senior cycle students talks or workshops from election registration teams about the election voting process, to ensure that children aged 16 are informed of their rights to register to vote; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40165/25]
241. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will be setting up an electoral commission to review the local electoral boundaries before the 2029 local elections; if this will be based on the most recent 2022 census or if the commission will await the results of the 2027 census; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38370/25]
246. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there will be a redrawing of local electoral area boundaries in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36693/25]
494. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if, in light of the timeline for the 2027 census, he will set out the subsequent timelines for completion and publication by the Electoral Commission of boundary reviews for, respectively, local electoral areas; European constituencies; and Dáil constituencies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36098/25]
1323. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a community can make a submission to the Electoral Commission regarding the location of their voting station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20623/25]
220. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of public sector workers in each of the local electoral areas in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, per sector, in tabular form [8844/25]