Michael Colreavy
Question:330. Deputy Michael Colreavy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding voting areas in County Sligo (details supplied). [52786/13]
View answerTuesday, 10 December 2013
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Under section 28 of the Electoral Act of 1992, a local authority, following consultation with the returning officer for Dáil elections in respect of the county, is required to make a polling scheme dividing the county into polling districts for the purposes of Dáil elections, European elections and local elections, and appointing a polling place for each polling district. The selection of polling stations is then a matter for the returning officer.
It is open to local authorities to review their polling schemes as necessary in accordance with the Electoral Act 1992. Where a new local electoral area splits an existing polling district, the local authority should adjoin that area to an existing polling district or constitute it as a polling district in its own right and appoint a polling place for it. These temporary arrangements should then continue in force until the next polling scheme for the county comes into effect. I will make the necessary orders for the new local electoral areas in Sligo in good time before the 2014 local elections.