Mr. Art O'Leary:

An coimisiún has some functions which may be helpful in this regard. We have oversight of the electoral register as well. All of the registration authorities - the local authorities - will report to an coimisiún every year on the state, completeness and accuracy of the register. It is our job to get into the undergrowth concerning those figures. My colleague, Mr. Carey, will be available to talk to the committee about this afterwards. He is getting stuck into the detail of what that means on the ground.

On the second point, an coimisiún has responsibility after every election to conduct a review of the administration of that election. If the issue identified by the Senator is a real one, which I have no reason to doubt, it is our job to define that, call it out and find remedies.