Article 16.1.2º of the Constitution provides that all Irish citizens and such other persons in the State as may be determined by law shall have have the right to vote at Dáil elections
Section 8 of the Electoral Act, 1992, extends the right to vote at Dáil elections to resident British citizens. It also provides for extending the Dáil franchise to nationals of other EU member states on a reciprocal basis. The United Kingdom is the only member state which extends the right to vote at parliamentary elections to resident Irish citizens. There is, therefore, no scope at present for extending the Dáil franchise to nationals of other member states resident in Ireland.