Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)

I thank the Deputy for his comments and I assure him I will bring them to the attention of the Minister. I agree that priority must be given to unemployed people where possible. Obviously, there must be some experienced staff but there is no reason young unemployed people or older unemployed people should not be able to do all the jobs done in any polling station in the country.

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