Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 21 February 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs

European Elections 2024, Voting Rights and Combatting Disinformation: Discussion

Mr. Art O'Leary:

I thank the Deputy for his kind words about my return. Approximately 25 people are working in the organisation at the moment. It is built into three sections: electoral operations; electoral integrity; and corporate services. It is approximately a third, a third and a third at the moment. The ambition is that An Coimisiún Toghcháin will be twice that size by the end of the year, so we will have an organisation of approximately 50 people. As I mentioned earlier, we are building an organisation that is flexible and we will go where the work goes. During referendum time-----