Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 25 October 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters

Ensuring Inclusive Local and EU Elections: Discussion

Photo of Dessie EllisDessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wanted to say one other thing on polling stations. When a person gets into the polling station to vote, they are supposed to have a private cubicle. None of them are wheelchair accessible. That is a point I have noticed over the past number of years. The polling station is said to be wheelchair accessible and wheelchair approved but my experience is that is not the case. That needs to be highlighted because some of the booths have a high point for writing with no proper facility for a person with a disability.

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