I propose to take Questions Nos. 20, 29 and 49 together.
A person in legal custody may be registered as an elector and such persons are deemed to be ordinarily resident in the place where they would have been residing but for their detention. While there are no arrangements in place to allow persons in custody who are on the electoral register to exercise their franchise, a prisoner on temporary release may do so. The implications of the recent decision of the European Court of Human Rights for voting arrangements for prisoners are being considered by my Department in conjunction with the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform and the Office of the Attorney General.