Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 286: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the person who decides where the general election count is held in any particular constituency; if the public and public representatives are entitled to make representations to that person regarding possible suitable venues; if in the case of a venue being selected that is not suitable, it is possible to overturn this decision; if, in the case of a constituency that takes in two counties there is any reason that the count should not be alternated between the two counties. [2645/07]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Under electoral law, returning officers are responsible for all matters in connection with the conduct of elections in the constituencies concerned. The detailed arrangements for the counting of votes in Dáil elections are set out in Part 18 of the Electoral Act 1992, by the returning officers including in relation to the selection of count centres in accordance with section 112 of the Act.