Electoral Reform Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2022-07-07
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

I move amendment No. 29:
In page 48, between lines 18 and 19, to insert the following:
“(2) The Commission shall include, as a programme under subsection (1), the subject of participation in elections, with particular regard to participation by—
(a) women,
(b) persons with a disability,
(c) persons who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or intersex,
(d) persons from disadvantaged socio-economic backgrounds,
(e) Travellers and persons from other ethnic minority backgrounds,
(f) persons under the age of 25, and
(g) persons serving custodial sentences.”.

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