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Accessible polling stations

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Seán Crowe raises the lack of wheelchair access at a Dublin polling station and asks whether legislation needs revision; the Chair recommends submitting the matter as a Topical Issue.

The Ceann Comhairle might guide me on my question. One of the schools used for the elections in Dublin South-West was Holy Rosary primary school, but anyone with a physical impairment could not approach the polling station. There is legislation on this matter, but it does not seem to have been implemented. Anyone with a physical impairment-----

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

The Deputy should table a parliamentary question on that issue.

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I could, but a by-election is coming down the tracks. Must the Electoral Commission Bill be tweaked? It was degrading to see people in wheelchairs-----

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

Maybe the Deputy could submit this as a Topical Issue.

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-----not being able to access the polling station.

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That should not be allowed.

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

If the Deputy submitted this as a Topical Issue, I would certainly consider it favourably. That is the best way of dealing with it.

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

The Deputy cannot ask questions that are not in order. I do not mean to be-----

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It related to the Electoral Commission Bill.

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Seán Barrett An Ceann Comhairle Fine Gael

-----narky all of the time, but there have to be some rules and regulations.

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