In this response to the Public Consultation on a Regulatory Impact Analysis on the Establishment of an Electoral Commission the Commission calls on the Government to expedite the establishment of an electoral commission on a statutory basis and comments on its potential mandate with regards to:
- standards in political discourse,
- the right to participate in public life as set out in domestic and international human rights law,
- regulation of online political advertising, and
- evidence based policy development particularly with regards to advancing the equal participation of all groups in Ireland’s democratic process.