Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 March 2014
119. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if there is any legal impediment to local authorities providing Deputies, councillors or registered political parties with a copy of the party political extract version of the current electoral register. [12300/14]
View answerThe requirements on registration authorities in relation to the publication and provision of copies of the electoral register are set out in rules 13, 14 and 25 of the Second Schedule to the Electoral Act 1992, as amended. Under rule 13(4) , the registration authority, when publishing the register of electors is required to send a copy to each member of the Dáil in relation to their constituency, to each local authority member for the local electoral area concerned and to each representative in the European Parliament in relation to that constituency. Rule 14(4) provides that no fee shall be charged by the registration authority for supplying on request, in either paper or electronic format -
- one copy of the register for each Dáil constituency or part of a Dáil constituency in their registration area to each candidate duly nominated for the constituency at a Dáil election,
- one copy of the register for a local electoral area in their registration area to each candidate duly nominated for the local electoral area at a local election, and
- one copy of the register for each European Parliament constituency or part thereof contained in their registration area to each candidate duly nominated at a European election for such constituency.
