Mr. Art O'Leary:

On that issue, we came across many posters within 50 m during the local and European Parliament elections.

This will feature in our post-electoral event review of that particular event . We met the returning officers yesterday. Many of the returning officers are very active in this space with regard to removing posters. Some talk to candidates and ask them to take them down. Otherwise they have a man in a van to remove posters as well but there is a lack of clarity in relation to who is responsible and whether it is the returning officer, the local authority, the Garda or the candidate. Depending on which area one is dealing with there tends to be a different approach. It is probably something we will flag. It is important because this could be key in the general election as well. It is something that should be clarified in advance of a general election.