John Paul Phelan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 19:

In page 36, between lines 12 and 13, to insert the following:

"Amendment of Electoral Act 1992

46. The Act of 1992 is amended—(a) in section 164, by the insertion in subsection (1) of—

(i) ", a plebiscite under Part 6 of the Local Government Act 2018" after “local elections”, and

(ii) ", plebiscite" after "such election",

and

(b) in section 165, by—

(i) the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (g) of subsection (1):

"(g) the poll at a plebiscite under Part 6 of the Local Government Act 2018.",

and

(ii) the insertion, in paragraph (f) of subsection (2), of "or plebiscite under Part 6 of the Local Government Act 2018" after "in the case of a local election".".

Amendment No. 19 seeks to insert a new section in Part 6 of the Bill to amend sections 164 and 165 of the Electoral Act 1992 to include plebiscites under this Bill within those provisions. Section 164 provides for the making of "special difficulty" orders which will require to be put back in-----

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