Electoral commission and poster removal
Mattie McGrath asks whether Gardaí will act against the alleged removal of referendum posters and seeks progress on the electoral commission Bill. The Taoiseach has no introduction date but says removing posters is already an offence.
The Taoiseach accepts that we are all political practitioners here and go about our election campaigns without fear or favour. We were promised an electoral commission Bill. I have a dossier here about posters being taken down from Donegal to Tipperary by the "Yes" campaign in the marriage referendum campaign. Will gardaí take any action or are they tied up? The Garda has always looked after elections without fear or favour. This is terrible behaviour.
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Will the Taoiseach ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to talk to the Garda-----
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There are pictures of people on Facebook who think they can act with impunity after the intervention of the Garda Representative Association. It is disgraceful.
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I am asking about this legislation. We will hardly get it before the referendum.
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It is the electoral commission legislation. Will the Taoiseach ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to talk to the Garda?
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It is not very funny. Deputies would not like it if it happened to them.