David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I am trying to establish how there were rules around canvassing because I would think that was unconstitutional. I am now interested about whether or not these centres were being run unconstitutionally. People have a constitutional right to interact with elected representatives. They have the same right as anyone else to be canvassed and to receive electoral material. If the witnesses are telling me that there were circumstances in which the State allowed electoral material which was posted directly to residents in reception centres not being handed or given over to people who lived in those centres and that was actually policy, that raises constitutional issues for the Department. Maybe Mr. Banks or Mr. Dowling can refer to what the policy was.