Section 31, The Public Elections Act, 2012

(1) A public inquiry shall be held for each ward by the Revising Officer for that ward for the purpose of revising the provisional list for the ward. (2) The inquiry shall be held on a day being within eight days after the publication of the list of claims and objections referred to in subsection (3) of section 30, as may be fixed by the Revising Officer, and five days’ notice of the holding of the inquiry and of the place and time at which the inquiry is to be held shall be given in such manner as the Revising Officer may consider appropriate.