Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 6 June 2012
522 Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the reason an English national, living here for 10 years, paying taxes, having bought property here and married to a lady who has an Irish background is denied the right to vote on the upcoming Fiscal Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26423/12]
View answer531 Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if a person (details supplied) in County Kildare is entitled to vote in elections [27572/12]
View answer571 Deputy John Lyons asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the position regarding voting entitlements for D class voters; the rationale for restricting voting rights to Dáil Éireann elections, European elections and local elections; his plans to reform the system of voter registration and extending voting rights to this cohort taking into account the duration of residency in the State and paid taxes and social insurance contributions. [26623/12]
View answer633 Deputy Finian McGrath asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will support a matter (details supplied) regarding UK citizens [27460/12]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 522, 531, 571 and 633 together.
Subject to age and residency requirements, a registered elector's citizenship determines the polls at which he or she is entitled to vote. British Citizens (denoted by ‘D' on registers) may vote at Dáil, European Parliament and local elections. Irish Citizens alone are entitled to vote in Presidential elections and referendums.
While electoral law is subject to ongoing review, I have no proposals at present to extend the current arrangements for voting by non-Irish citizens.
