Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 December 2018

Select Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Local Government Bill 2018: Committee Stage

6:00 pm

Photo of John Paul PhelanJohn Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 106:

In page 26, between lines 1 and 2, to insert the following:

“Regulations 34. (1) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of this Part.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations under this section may make provision in relation to any one or more of the following:
(a) the form of the ballot paper in respect of a plebiscite, including the wording of the proposal to be included on the ballot paper;

(b) arrangements and requirements relating to the publication of notices and the provision of information to electors;

(c) the appointment of the returning officer for the purposes of the plebiscite, his or her duties and the assignment of staff to him or her for the purposes of the plebiscite;

(d) the taking of the poll and the counting (including recounting) of votes in a plebiscite;

(e) the use of school premises and other premises to which the public ordinarily have access for purposes connected with a plebiscite;

(f) arrangements for—
(i) voting at the plebiscite in person or by post,

(ii) special voting, and

(iii) voting at the plebiscite by persons who are members of the staff of the returning officer;
(g) voting at a plebiscite by electors who are physically ill or physically disabled;

(h) polling at a plebiscite on islands that form part of the administrative area in which the plebiscite is being conducted;

(i) the issue of polling information cards;

(j) the maintenance of the secrecy of the ballot;

(k) the removal of persons misconducting themselves in polling stations;

(l) procedures to be followed in cases of disorder or obstruction at polling stations or otherwise in relation to the holding of a plebiscite;

(m) procedures to be followed in the case of damage to ballot boxes or damage to a polling station;

(n) arrangements to prevent interference with ballot boxes or ballot papers and procedures to be followed should such interference occur or be suspected of having occurred;

(o) modifications of the provisions specified in section 35for the purposes of that section; and

(p) such other matters relating to the holding of a plebiscite as the Minister considers appropriate.
(3) Where regulations under this section are proposed to be made, a draft of the regulations shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the regulations shall not be made until a resolution approving the draft has been passed by each such House.”.

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