Commission: membership

The Electronic Voting and Counting Commission, established by the Government on March 1st, was headed by a High Court judge, …

The Electronic Voting and Counting Commission, established by the Government on March 1st, was headed by a High Court judge, Mr Justice Matthew P. Smith.

The other members were:

Mr Kieran Coughlan, clerk of the Dáil;

Ms Deirdre Lane, clerk of the Seanad;

Mr Danny O'Hare, chairman of the Information Society Commission and former head of Dublin City University; and

Mr Brian Sweeney, chairman and former chief executive of Siemens Ireland, and former chairman of the Science Foundation Ireland.

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