Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 July 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht

Electoral Commission in Ireland: Discussion (Resumed)

4:00 pm

Mr. Brian Killoran:

There is an important crossover, to a certain extent, with people from a migrant background in terms of what is relevant. There is a perception that people from a migrant background only vote or are only interested in issues that are relevant to them, but that is not the case. Everybody who lives in Ireland has kids in school, they are involved in local communities and, therefore, they are involved in all of those issues.

Confidence in the voting system and how to make it more relevant have been mentioned.

It is about reaching out and if we talk to people and engage with them, they will tell us what they are interested in. There is often a broad unanimity of interests. The same applies in our work with migrant communities. It is not just that migrants have particular interests, they are interested in everything and have diverse views across the political spectrum on every issue. That is an important point.

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