Returning Officer Contact Details
- Published on: 23 December 2020
- Last updated on: 19 June 2025
Returning officers are responsible for the running of Dáil elections. They are also responsible for the taking of the poll at European Parliament elections, Presidential elections and referendums at constituency (or local authority area) level.
At Dáil elections, they are responsible for:
- receiving and ruling on candidate nominations
- the organisation of the poll, the printing of ballot papers and the counting of votes in each constituency
- sending polling information card to each voter, informing the voter of their number on the register of electors and the polling station at which they may vote
- making the necessary arrangements for voting by postal and special voters.