Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 16 April 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions

Design of Ballot Papers: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government

4:15 pm

Mr. Ger Deering:

This was the first time the Referendum Commission asked the confusion question. It would have looked at a number of other issues in previous research, but that specific question was not asked previously. That is one of the reasons the commission has raised the issue and says it now requires further research.