Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 11 March 2015
132. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the date by which a person not currently on the electoral register must be included on the supplementary electoral register in order to vote in the upcoming referendums being held on 22 May 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10832/15]
View answer133. Deputy Dominic Hannigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the date by which a person who wishes to be included on the postal and special voters list on the electoral register in order to vote in the upcoming referendums being held on 22 May 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10833/15]
View answer143. Deputy Marcella Corcoran Kennedy asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to facilitate Irish citizens to cast their vote by post or online who are out of the country, at work or on holidays at the time of an election or a referendum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10689/15]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 132, 133 and 143 together.
Eligible voters not included in the register of electors can apply to their local authority for inclusion in the supplement to the register up until 15 days (not including Sundays, Good Friday or Public Holidays ) before polling day, if they wish to be included in the supplement that will apply at the forthcoming referendums. Eligible voters not included in the postal and special voters lists can apply to their local authority for inclusion in the supplement to these lists up until 22 days (not including Sundays, Good Friday or Public Holidays) before polling day, if they wish to be included in the supplement to these lists that will apply at the forthcoming referendums.
As regards a date for the forthcoming referendums, I will make the necessary polling day order, in accordance with section 10 of the Referendum Act 1994, when the Constitution Amendment Bills have been passed by both Houses of the Oireachtas. If polling was to take place on 22 May 2015, the closing date for receipt of applications for inclusion in the supplement to the register would be 5 May 2015, and the closing date for inclusion in the supplement to the postal and special voters lists would be 25 April 2015.
As to the position in relation to postal voting, I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 566, 590, 595, 596, 598, 603 and 604 of 24 February 2015. There is no provision in electoral law regarding online ballot papers.
