Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 28 November 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Local and European Elections 2024 and Subsequent General Election: Discussion
Mr. Art O'Leary:
We accept that. We absolutely accept the challenge, recognising that it is of concern to many people, not just Members of the Oireachtas and those political actors. We are a small organisation. This time next year we will have about 50 people, I suspect. It is clear we cannot manage this challenge by ourselves. It will be done in collaboration with electoral management bodies from all around the world. They have some really bright ideas in electoral commissions in other jurisdictions about how to manage this process because there are actors in different spaces there as well. It also requires the co-operation of social media companies. We will be looking forward to engaging with the social media companies in the weeks and months ahead on the management of this particular challenge.
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