Mr. Seamus Hempenstall:

I am not going to qualify the views of the chief executive of An Coimisiún Toghcháin on this. The general scheme of an electoral reform (amendment) Bill was approved by the Government yesterday and it will address electoral process disinformation. I believe what the Senator is talking about is Part 5 of the Electoral Reform Act 2022 which was not commenced. The Government has reconsidered that, made amendments to that Part and our colleagues in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage will publish the general scheme of that Bill in due course. An Coimisiún Toghcháin is a member of the working group and participates as such.

On the question about electoral disinformation, I believe that is a sign of good progress.