asked the President if he will state whether a definite date has been fixed for An Dáil and Municipal elections; if so, will he now give the dates.
CEISTEANNA—QUESTIONS. [ ORAL ANSWERS. ] - DATES OF ELECTIONS.
The answer is in the negative as regards the Dáil election, and the date for Municipal elections is at present the 12th September. Both dates depend on the date fixed for the coming into force of the Register, and the printing is not yet sufficiently advanced to admit of the latter date being fixed with certainty.
Arising out of that, would the President be able to state whether, according to the present attitude of the Executive Council, it is intended to take the Dáil elections before the local elections, or vice versa?
I believe the general impression is that the Dáil elections will take place first.