Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht
Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed)
2:15 pm
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I thank the three witnesses for their contributions. My question, which is addressed to Mr. Weeks, concerns education. He stated that Irish people are not educated and do not know the system, how to vote or what the voting system is like. Could he expand on that and what he feels should be done? When I was in school, we studied civic, social and political education. We were taught about the electoral system and how to vote. I encourage many schools and younger people to visit the Dáil for question-and-answer sessions and to be as inquisitive as possible. Is Mr. Weeks talking about younger people or the older generation?
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