Ms Annette Costello:

The Deputy asked about the NDA's checklist. When the DSG met with the Department and representatives from the franchise unit, we were informed that the Department sends the NDA checklist to its returning officers in advance of each election and it relies on the returning officers to feed it among their staff. We have no information as to whether the checklists are compiled at each polling station or if the results of the findings are fed back to the Department. If this committee meets with the franchise unit, maybe that is something it could raise because there is no point having a checklist if it is not used.