Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 2 February 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

General Scheme of Electoral Reform Bill 2020: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Steven MatthewsSteven Matthews (Wicklow, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

On communication expertise, this committee asked whether the commission should have any role in regulating postering during elections and referendums, as in limiting the numbers of posters. When the posters go up, it is something that sparks a lot of conversation. There does not seem to be much conversation when the posters come down. Would that be too prescriptive? We spoke about the editorial rights of a television station to agree who should be on, but do the witnesses have any view on whether there should be any limitation on posters to even the playing field across an election campaign?

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