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
4:35 pm
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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There is feedback from the Referendum Commission and research to the effect that 55% of people were confused and 13% wrongly voted "Yes" and 6% wrongly voted "No". That is serious. Has anyone thought about coming up with a proposition at departmental level? Have the departmental officials thought about making changes and making proposals to the Minister internally?