Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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269. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the competition for the new roster for election monitoring will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60996/22]

Colm Brophy (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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The Department of Foreign Affairs maintains and administers a voluntary roster of suitably skilled and vetted individuals who are available to participate at short notice in election observation missions, organised by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) and the European Union (EU).

The current Election Observation Roster was established for a period of five years, effective as of 1 January 2019. It is scheduled to run until 31 December 2023. However, it may be extended, given the suspension of nominations during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Recruitment of members for the next Roster will be on the basis of an open and competitive application process, in compliance with Irish equality law, and based on criteria for election observers set out by the EU and the OSCE.

Details will be made available on the Department’s website in due course.