Seanad amendment No. 4: Section 30: In page 28, between lines 47 and 48, to insert the following subsections: “(5) The Minister shall make regulations for the conduct of elections for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) and the regulations may provide--(a) for the establishment of panels of candidates for election comprising women only and panels of candidates for election comprising men only from which persons shall be elected in accordance with those regulations, and (b) that, as far as practicable, a minimum number of women and a minimum number of men shall be elected from each local authority.(6) When making regulations under subsection (5), the Minister shall have regard to the objective that at least 40 per cent of members elected under subsection (1)(a) shall be women and at least 40 per cent shall be men.”.

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