Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

This commission will be set up. That is the appropriate forum to deal with the issue. I will make representations to it in terms of the education side of it and we will try to ensure that, where possible, schools are not used for polling stations. The fact is that, ultimately, the responsibility is not mine. It lies within the other Department, and it has the authority to decide that a school is needed for a polling station. It is an issue we will address but there is no silver bullet to solve it.

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