Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent)
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To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the total cost to his Department of holding the Children's Referendum including a breakdown of the costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50055/12]

Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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In accordance with the Referendum Acts the costs of running the Children’s Referendum are met by the Minister for Finance from the Central Fund on the request of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and the costs of the Referendum Commission are met by the Department of Children and Youth Affairs. To date, costs totalling €88,390.06 have been spent by my Department in respect of (a) Newspaper advertising to advise the electorate of the closing dates for (i) applications for inclusion in the supplement to the electoral register and the supplement to the postal and special voters lists , and (ii) applying to their local returning officer, in the case of voters with physical illnesses or disabilities who have difficulty gaining access to their polling station , to have their vote transferred to a more accessible station in their constituency; the translation of a press release encouraging voters to check that they are on the register of electors, and the printing of the Referendum Commission (Establishment) (No.2) Order, 2012.