COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, June 11, 2018

QUESTION NO.3a)

QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney

To ask the Chief Executive for a full break down of polling stations in the County, listing if they are a school, a community centre or other; to ask who is responsible for removing election material and other paraphernalia close to and inside polling stations; and to ask if he intends to update the polling scheme in the future. 

REPLY:

Please find attached the full list of all polling stations in the South Dublin County Council area. All election material is removed from the polling stations by both the designated polling staff on the day and staff from the Sheriff’s office. All outside posters under legislation must be removed by whoever placed them within 7 days of the election/referendum.

According to the Electoral Act of 1992 Every local authority is obliged at least once in every ten years to make a scheme in consultation with the Returning Officer for Dáil Elections dividing the county into polling districts for the purpose of Dáil elections, European Elections and Local Elections appointing a polling place for each polling district. The last Polling scheme in South Dublin County Council was produced in 2010 and the creation of a new Polling Scheme is currently being examined.